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What do Americans Think About Abortion?

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What do Americans Think About Abortion?

 

It’s not even Labor Day yet, but the 2016 campaign is already in full swing. To get the best understanding of where each political party stands on abortion, you can check out the party platforms.

>>>> Read Jeanne Mancini’s op-ed in the Hill comparing the party platform’s stances on abortion.

As we get closer to Election Day and one must analyze the claims and promises made by candidates about abortion, it’s also important to know where the American people stand on abortion.

In a recent op-ed, March for Life President Jeanne Mancini provides some helpful data from Marist Polling, which is relied on by groups including NBC News, the Wall Street Journal and McClatchy Corporation.

A July 18th Marist poll revealed that the strong majority of Americans want restrictions on abortion, including 78% of Americans who would essentially limit the procedure to the first three months of pregnancy. Additionally, the American people are at odds with the recent Supreme Court Decision in Whole Women’s Health, 78% of Americans believe abortion clinics should meet the same standards as other surgery centers, and 70% percent of Americans want doctors who perform abortions to be required to have hospital admitting privileges. Last, 62% of Americans oppose taxpayer funding of abortions (i.e., they support the Hyde Amendment).

>>>> Read the full Op-Ed, The Democrat Party’s Radical New Abortion Stance Could Cost Hillary the Election 

These infographics illustrate the Marist polling. Please share on social media to promote the truth about what the American people truly think about abortion!

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Op-Ed: The Democrat Party’s Radical New Abortion Stance Could Cost Hillary The Election

 

March for Life President Jeanne Mancini had an op-ed published in the Daily Caller regarding the radical abortion platform adopted by the Democrat Party.

The Democratic Party’s Radical New Abortion Stance Could Cost Hillary The Election.

“I wanted a family but it was the wrong time,” proclaimed Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America as she joyfully “shouted her abortion” at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia a few weeks ago. As the dust settles after the DNC and we race towards November 8th, it’s critical for independent pro-life Americans to review the newly adopted radical stance on abortion in the same party’s platform, which includes seeking unlimited taxpayer funding of abortion by eliminating the Hyde Amendment.

More than 57 million lives that have been lost and hurt because of abortion in the United States since it was legalized in 1973. To quote Carl Anderson, current head of the Knights of Columbus, “what political issue could possibly outweigh this human devastation?”

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Viewers watching the Democratic Convention in late July likely noticed that what once was considered the social justice party is now more aptly called the abortion party. The DNC schedule featured Cecile Richards, head of Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, and Hollywood abortion advocates including Tony Goldwyn and Elizabeth Banks. These speakers and others sought to normalize and de-stigmatize abortion, and adopt a party platform that advocates abortion moving from “safe, legal and rare” to “unlimited, without apology, and paid for by tax dollars.”

The Democratic Party would have done well to pay attention to a major opinion poll released the week of their convention. Marist Polling is relied on by groups including NBC News, the Wall Street Journal and McClatchy Corporation.  The July 18th Marist poll revealed that the strong majority of Americans want restrictions on abortion, including 78% of Americans who would essentially limit the procedure to the first three months of pregnancy. Additionally, the American people are at odds with the recent Supreme Court Decision in Whole Women’s Health, 78% of Americans believe abortion clinics should meet the same standards as other surgery centers, and 70% percent of Americans want doctors who perform abortions to be required to have hospital admitting privileges. Last, 62% of Americans oppose taxpayer funding of abortions (i.e., they support the Hyde Amendment).

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In short, the Marist Poll showed that when it comes to issues of abortion policy, the Democratic Platform is totally out of touch with mainstream America.

Perhaps the most egregious aspect of the platform is eliminating the prohibition on taxpayer funding of abortion known as the Hyde Amendment. Named for Congressman Henry Hyde of Illinois, originally passed in 1976, the Amendment is annually included in the appropriations bill for the U.S. Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services. It prohibits use of taxpayer funds for abortion for Medicaid recipients, thereby reducing the incidence of abortion by a staggering 20-35% every year.

Until this summer the Hyde Amendment was considered an uncontroversial, bipartisan, popular public policy. Even Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Kaine was known to support the Hyde Amendment – until being named to the 2016 ticket, after which his stance became confusing at best. Perhaps emboldened by the recent death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and the ensuing abortion-related court decisions issued in late June, Democrats have moved into a full court press mode on abortion policy and ending the Hyde Amendment is a top priority, despite the fact that this is not appealing to mainstream American voters.

What’s an independent pro-lifer to do?

In contrast, the 2016 Republican Party had adopted one of the most pro-life platforms ever written in our nation’s history.  Included is a commitment to appoint pro-life justices to the Supreme Court; a promise to defend and protect conscience rights for pro-lifers who are appallingly being forced to cooperate in abortion; and even a section on defunding our nation’s largest abortion provider.

This November, will Americans vote to increase the rate of abortion (and its often unspoken wounds) by an enormous 20-35% every year? Will they vote to continue to try normalize the termination of innocent life because “we had three kids, that was enough,” to quote Cecile Richards as she explained her abortion. I pray not. For those working through real issues of conscience this election, the human devastation of abortion and its cultural consequences cannot be ignored.

Jeanne Mancini was has served as President of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund since 2012, directing the small non-profit organization committed to restoring a culture of life in the United States, most notably through the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., held on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

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HBO Glamourizing Abortion in New Film

 

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August 16, 2016		 CONTACT: Brendan Bradley

Shirley & Banister Public Affairs

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Washington, D.C. – Last Friday, HBO Documentary Films released Abortion: Stories Women Tell in six U.S. cities. The film aims to shed “new light on the contentious issue with a focus not on the debate, but rather on the women themselves.”

“The production and promotion behind Abortion: Stories Women Tell is a disturbing attempt to glamourize abortion into the mainstream of American culture,” said Jeanne Mancini, President of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund. “In reality, when a woman is facing an unexpected pregnancy she might believe that abortion will ‘erase’ the life of her growing child and thereby solve her problems. But the truth is that once life is conceived it can’t be erased, only taken, and because of this countless women profoundly regret choosing abortion. Abortion advocates have moved steadily away from the mantra ‘safe, legal and rare’ to ‘unlimited, without apology, and paid for by tax dollars.’ Women will bear the emotional and physical costs of this calculated effort to try to normalize a sad, violent, and un-natural procedure. Hopefully viewers will walk away with that in mind, but equally pitting the reality of that suffering against ‘positive’ abortion stories is a dubious muddling of the truth.”

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 the March for Life Education & Defense Fund is available for commentary. For more information, please contact Brendan Bradley at bbradley@SBPublicAffairs.com or (703) 739-5920.

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National Baby Bump Day

 

Today is National Bump Day and moms-to-be are posting their pregnancy pictures on social media to celebrate their “baby bumps.” We love it! Every life is a miracle and being a mother is a tremendous blessing. Check out some of the sweet pictures we’ve compiled below!

MFL_MEMES_APR21(3)-04The advocacy day is an effort to help raise awareness about the need for maternal health care worldwide and is a joint effort among maternal health organizations. It’s organized by the What to Expect Foundation, the brand behind the popular and widely read “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” guide.

Conspicuously absent from the awareness campaign are abortion advocacy groups, like Planned Parenthood, our nation’s largest abortion provider, and NARAL Pro-Choice America, the group credited with making abortion legal in the early 1970s. Although these groups tout themselves as leaders in women’s health issues, the health of pregnant women seems to be less of a priority judging by their absence in the Bump Campaign.

I guess it isn’t surprising considering that Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice America, and the entire abortion industry refuse to acknowledge what is obvious to our culture – an unborn baby is a human being. And at the March for Life, we know that every life is a gift and that every person possesses inherent dignity.

We don’t know the opinions on abortion of every woman posting a #babybump picture today, but everyone can agree about the love they feel and display for their growing baby.

National Bump Day illustrates the contradictory and even outright discriminatory nature of abortion. Our culture says that a wanted baby is one that deserves protection and that every health precaution should be taken to protect his or her life. But what if the baby is unplanned or unwanted? Sadly, instead of providing support for the mother to help carry the baby to term and possibly choose adoption or find other resources necessary to provide for that precious person within her, groups like NARAL and Planned Parenthood actively advocate that a woman has the moral right to “eliminate” the pregnancy, just because she wants to. At least that’s how NARAL and the abortion lobby have tried to indoctrinate our society.

The President of NARAL, Ilyse Hogue, is a prime example of this mindset. At the Democrat Convention last week, Hogue spoke passionately about the abortion she had before she wanted children in her life, as well as the children she had later in life when she was ready for a family. The abortion worldview is about “making decisions that are best for us” versus seeing every life as a gift and pregnancy as a blessing and beautiful responsibility.

>>>> During the Super Bowl, NARAL complained that a commercial showing an ultrasound was “humanizing” a fetus.

It’s wonderful to see social media efforts like National Bump Day because they draw attention to the inherent truth that pregnant women are caring for new life in the womb. Their bodies aren’t displaying a “bump” because of a “clump of cells” but rather because miraculously, a unique human being is growing and developing inside his or her mother’s body. Every bump, planned or unplanned, is the beginning of new life. And for that, each one should be supported and celebrated.

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Illinois Law Mandates Abortion Promotion

 

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August 3, 2016		 CONTACT: Andrew Shirley

Shirley & Banister Public Affairs

703-739-5920/800-536-5920

Ashirley@sbpublicaffairs.com

Washington, D.C. – Friday, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed the SB 1554 legislation that amends the state’s Health Care Right of Conscience Act to require health care providers to promote abortion even if it contradicts their religious or moral beliefs. The legislation will force pro-life doctors to refer their patients to clinics and providers that are willing to perform abortion procedures, and was passed narrowly in the Illinois House on strictly partisan lines. Jeanne Mancini, President of March for Life Education and Defense Fund, has provided the following comment on the controversial bill:

“By signing this radical bill into law, Illinois Governor Rauner is literally forcing medical experts to defy their consciences on an issue as important as being pro-life. This is blatant discrimination, and this law will have a negative impact on the quality of the medical community,” said Jeanne Mancini, President of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund. “As more and more states, from California to New York and now Illinois, continue to attack the conscience rights of health care professionals and providers we call on the U.S. Senate to pass the Conscience Protection Act, which has already passed the House. Forcing health care providers to violate their consciences on the issue of life is deplorable, un-American and must be stopped.”

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 the March for Life Education & Defense Fund is available for commentary. For more information, please contact Andrew Shirley at Ashirley@SBPublicAffairs.com or (703) 739-5920.

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