RNC Chair Presence at 2014 March for Life in D.C. First in Recent History

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The following blog post is by Family Council staff member Luke McCoy.

It is encouraging to know that a pro-life party had its chair attend an annual March for Life this year.

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus joined hundreds of thousands of pro-life supporters at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for the 2014 national March for Life.

Many would figure this is a forgone conclusion and find it ironic or odd for a current RNC chairman not to attend such a meaningful event. However, Chairman Priebus’ attendance marks the first time in recent history that a national party chair has attended the March for Life. It is safe to say, however, that the pro-choice party chair will not be attending any March for Life events soon, even though roughly half of Americans identify themselves as pro-life, and 58% believe abortion should be either completely illegal or legal only under a few circumstances.

We as Arkansans are encouraged by the regular appearance of GOP State Chairman Doyle Webb at our state’s annual March For Life in Little Rock.

You can read Chairman Priebus’s thoughts on the importance of the March for Life and being pro-life here.

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Taxpayer Funds Used to Fund Abortions? Say It Ain’t So!

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The following blog post is by Family Council staff member Luke McCoy.

Arkansas and 32 other states have successfully passed legislation prohibiting taxpayer funds from being used for certain abortions, excluding a minority of abortions from rape, incest and a mother’s ability to survive the pregnancy.

The Hyde Amendment, which is the federal provision that prohibits certain federal taxpayer funds from being used for certain abortions originated in 1976 and has been attached to federal appropriation bills throughout the years. With that said we can rest easy knowing taxpayer money is not used for abortions in those 33 states and focus on other pro-life measures, right? Don’t get comfortable yet.

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Abortion Advocates Fail to Mention Consequences for the Mothers

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Abortion not only takes the life of a baby; it can negatively impact the life of the mother.

The Elliot Institute is a nonprofit organization that studies the effects abortion has on women.  These are some of the repercussion of abortion indicated by their research:

  • 31% of women having abortions report suffering physical health complications;
  • 10% of women having abortions suffer immediate, potentially life-threatening complications;
  • Women have a 65% higher risk of clinical depression following abortion vs. childbirth;
  • 65% of women suffer symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after abortion;
  • Women’s death rates from various causes after abortion are 3.5 times higher than after giving birth ;
  • Many women describe their experience as ‘a nightmare,’ which can hardly be equated with ‘choice;’
  • 60% of women surveyed after abortion responded that, ‘Part of me died;’
  • Suicide rates among women who have abortions are six times higher than those who give birth;
  • Abortion increases a woman’s risk of future miscarriages by 60%.

More information is available on the Elliot Institute’s website.

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