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IRS Caught on Tape: Keep Faith to Yourself

Jun 11, 2013JerryAbortion, Religious FreedomFile Cabinet, Religious Freedom, Religious Liberty

From Alliance Defending Freedom:

Alliance Defending Freedom made public Monday audio of a phone conversation that the Internal Revenue Service placed to a non-profit organization that provides support to women in abusive pregnancy situations. In the recorded phone conversation, an IRS agent lectures the president of the organization about forcing its religion and beliefs on others and inaccurately explains that the group must remain neutral on issues such as abortion.

Obama Admin. Quits Fight Over Emergency Contraception

Jun 11, 2013JerryAbortion, FamilyAbortion, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life

The Department of Justice has given up on its appeal to keep emergency contraception out of the hands of children.

A federal judge out of New York previously ruled emergency contraception should be made available to girls of all ages (including children) without parental consent or notification. The DOJ challenged the ruling, appealing it, but decided yesterday to drop that appeal. That means the current ruling stands.

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Congressional Committee Prepares to Vote on Fetal Pain Bill

Jun 10, 2013JerryAbortionAbortion, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life

From LifeNews:

The full House Judiciary Committee will vote on Wednesday on a Congressional bill that would ban abortions nationwide at 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Last week, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice voted on a party-line vote 6-4 for the bill, with Republicans supporting the ban on late-term abortions and Democrats opposing it.