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U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Review Arizona’s 20-Week Abortion Ban

Jan 13, 2014JerryAbortionAbortion, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life

The following blog post is by Family Council staff member Ken Yang.

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review Arizona’s fetal pain law banning abortions starting at 20 weeks. The justices gave no reason for refusing to review the case.

Arizona’s law is similar to one passed in Arkansas last year as well as laws in many other states around the country.

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed the bill into law in April, 2012, but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck it down saying it violated the standards set by Roe v. Wade.

Arizona’s 20-week ban is the first to reach the U.S. Supreme Court. Texas appears to be next in line with the court system, so be on the lookout. Sooner or later the U.S. Supreme Court will have to begin hearing the people and the 55 plus million lives that have been silenced by abortion.

Undercover Video: Statutory Rapist Buys Plan B for 15 Year-Old Girl

Nov 22, 2013JerryAbortion, Human TraffickingAbortion, Human Trafficking, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life, Students for Life

Yesterday Students for Life of America released an undercover video in which a 33 year-old man poses as a statutory rapist purchasing Plan B “emergency contraception” over the counter at multiple pharmacies and drugstores for his underage girlfriend. His “girlfriend,” portrayed by a 15 year-old girl, appears with him in some of the videos.

At some stores, the man asks if the drug will “dissolve in a drink” so he can give it to his girlfriend without her knowledge. Another video shows the girl complaining she does not want to take the drug; the man replies that he will make her take it; all of this occurs in front of store employees, who do nothing.

In a final video, the man goes so far as to explain that he is 33 and his girlfriend for whom he is buying the drug is 15; store employees, again, do nothing.

Many wrote earlier this year when the government moved Plan B from behind the pharmacist’s counter and authorized sales to underage girls that doing so would inadvertently make it that much easier for child predators and human traffickers to cover up their crimes. Moreover, Plan B’s effects have not been thoroughly studied among minors.

The man and girl in this video may be actors, but one has to wonder how many times this scenario has played out in real life all over America. You can watch the video below.

Pro-life Leaders Urge Sen. Mark Pryor to Protect Unborn Babies

Nov 18, 2013JerryAbortionAbortion, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life

The following is a press release from Family Council and Susan B. Anthony List.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 18, 2013

Contact: Mallory Quigley, SBA List: 202-223-8073
Jerry Cox, Family Council: 501-375-7000

Washington, D.C – Pro-life leaders from the Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List) and Arkansas Family Council are calling on Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) to co-sponsor the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (S. 1670) introduced by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC). The bill already has 39 cosponsors, including Senator John Boozman (R-AR), and would protect babies beginning at 20 weeks, or more than halfway through pregnancy. The pro-life groups will be mobilizing their members this week to call and email Senator Pryor asking him to co-sponsor the bill. In 2003, Senator Pryor voted for the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.

“Arkansans deserve to know where Senator Pryor stands when it comes to protecting unborn children and their mothers from the painful death of abortion more than halfway through pregnancy,” said SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser. “We urge him to respect life and to respect the pro-life people of Arkansas by supporting this compassionate legislation. The majority of Americans are opposed to brutal, late abortion – and women support this bill in even higher numbers than men. Senator Pryor should do the right thing and protect the weak and vulnerable from pain. It’s one of the most human things we can do.”

“Arkansans have already made their position very clear on this issue,” said Jerry Cox, President of Arkansas Family Council. “The Arkansas Legislature passed a bill protecting unborn children capable of feeling pain earlier this year. We had top medical experts travel to Arkansas to explain the science behind fetal-pain. But this issue is too important to be left for individual states to decide. Unborn children and their mothers shouldn’t be victims of painful, late abortions simply because they don’t live in a state like Arkansas. Most Americans support this type of legislation. I hope Senator Pryor will too. I’ve known Senator Pryor a long time. He has often said he is pro-life, and this is an opportunity for him to demonstrate that to his constituents back home.”

There is great consensus nationwide on this issue, especially in the aftermath of Kermit Gosnell and the exposure of other abortion clinic horrors. Recent national polling by Quinnipiac, National Journal, Huffington Post, NBC/Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post/ABC News all found that a plurality or majority of Americans support limiting abortion after 20 weeks gestation and that women support the measure in higher proportions than men.

The Susan B. Anthony List, is dedicated to pursuing policies and electing candidates who will reduce and ultimately end abortion. To that end, the SBA List emphasizes the education, promotion, mobilization, and election of pro-life women. The SBA List is a network of more than 365,000 pro-life Americans nationwide.

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