| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2015 |
CONTACT: Ryan Hughes Shirley & Banister Public Affairs 703-739-5920/800-536-5920 rhughes@sbpublicaffairs.com |
Pro-Life Leaders Urge House to Move Forward in Defunding Abortion Giant |
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| Washington, D.C – House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Monday national security has become the top issue Republicans are looking promote as a possible “add on” in the upcoming government spending bill, and said this issue may end up replacing efforts to defund Planned Parenthood.
Pro-Life leaders across the board are urging House Leadership not to delay the fight to defund Planned Parenthood. “Planned Parenthood is the largest abortionist in the United States and it is abhorrent that taxpayers are being forced to subsidize them,” said Tom McClusky, President of March for Life Action. “The abortion giant is not the only pro-life concern that is in front of Congress. To name just a few, there are currently pro-life Christian hospitals being forced to pay for abortions, taxpayers being forced to pay for abortions for detained immigrants and Congressional staff on Obamacare exchanges that offer abortions despite that being against Federal law. If Congress wants to protect taxpayers from being complicit in the deaths of innocents, those are all good places to start.” Planned Parenthood commits close to 330,000 abortions every year. In their 2013-2014 report Planned Parenthood stated their total revenue was over $1.3 billion. 46 percent of that revenue came from federal, state and city governments. In that same year, the non-profit had a budget surplus of $127.1 million, some of which was likely profit from trafficking of little hearts, lungs and livers of little babies. The March for Life in Washington, D.C., began as a small demonstration on January 22, 1974, the first anniversary of the now-infamous Supreme Court decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton and rapidly grew to be the largest pro-life event in the world. The peaceful demonstration that has followed on this somber anniversary every year since is a witness to the truth concerning the greatest human rights violation of our time, abortion. |
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| Jeanne Mancini, President of March for Life Education and Defense Fund, is available for interviews. For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Ryan Hughes at RHughes@SBPublicAffairs.com or (703) 739-5920.
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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2015 |
CONTACT: Ryan Hughes
Shirley & Banister Public Affairs |
Pro-Life Advocates Urge Court to Support State’s Rights |
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| Washington, D.C. — The Supreme Court today decided to hear a case about life that promises to be the most significant abortion case in at least two decades, and could inject divisive social issues into the presidential race at a key moment. The case, Whole Woman’s Health v. Cole, centers on a series of restrictions on Texas abortion providers and clinics, which led to the closure of about half of the state’s abortion facilities.
Until recently, abortion clinics were held to similar health regulations as beauty salons or public pools. In the wake of the scandals of Philadelphia abortionist, Kermit Gosnell, many states, including Texas, passed and exacted stricter regulations so that abortion facilities were held to the same regulations of outpatient surgical facilities. “Abortion advocates often equate access to abortion with women’s health, but sadly are willing to lower the bar on abortion clinic standards,” said Jeanne Mancini, President of the March for Life Education & Defense Fund. “Today the Supreme Court made the right decision to hear this case and will hopefully let logic and reason prevail in their final decision. Duly elected Texas legislators spoke strongly when they moved to protect women and save lives.” The March for Life in Washington, D.C., began as a small demonstration on January 22, 1974, the first anniversary of the now-infamous Supreme Court decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton and rapidly grew to be the largest pro-life event in the world. The peaceful demonstration that has followed on this somber anniversary every year since is a witness to the truth concerning the greatest human rights violation of our time, abortion. |
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| For more information or to RSVP, please contact Ryan Hughes at RHughes@SBPublicAffairs.com or (703) 739-5920.
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The 2016 March for Life is fast approaching! We want to make sure that you are prepared for your trip, so that you don’t have to worry about the details, and can focus on marching for life!
Join us for a Tweet-Chat on Thursday, November 19th from 4:00 p.m. EST – 5:00 p.m. EST to learn more about the 2016 March for Life. This is your opportunity to ask questions about planning your trip, about our 2016 theme, about visiting your Members of Congress, and anything else about January 22, 2016!
Just log-on to twitter at 4:00 p.m. on the 19th, and submit your questions using #mfl16chat. Or feel free to just follow along! Don’t use Twitter? No worries, you can follow along HERE. We’ll also post a summary the day after.
Get your questions ready, and we look forward to chatting on the 19th!
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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 6, 2015 |
CONTACT: Ryan Hughes Shirley & Banister Public Affairs 703-739-5920/800-536-5920 rhughes@sbpublicaffairs.com |
Panel Must Consist of Members that can Investigate without Conflict of Interest |
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Washington, D.C – It was recently reported that House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has picked six strong abortion rights supporters for the GOP-led panel on Planned Parenthood, setting up a showdown over the already-controversial probe. However, it has just been revealed that Planned Parenthood has paid nearly $100,000 into electing the six Democrats just selected to sit on the new House Select Investigative Panel probing Planned Parenthood’s atrocities. The March for Life in Washington, D.C., began as a small demonstration on January 22, 1974, the first anniversary of the now-infamous Supreme Court decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton and rapidly grew to be the largest pro-life event in the world. The peaceful demonstration that has followed on this somber anniversary every year since is a witness to the truth concerning the greatest human rights violation of our time, abortion. Jeanne Mancini, President of March for Life Education and Defense Fund, is available for interviews. For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Ryan Hughes at RHughes@SBPublicAffairs.com or (703) 739-5920. ### |
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