One "problem with the incremental strategy is also simple. It empowers the pro-abortion candidates"
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Of Political and Theological Divides – A Way Forward on AbortionThere is a divide that now noticeably exists among Christian political activists across the United States surrounding the answer to the question: should activists demand abortion be outlawed outright, or should they choose instead to incrementally reduce abortion out of existence by the application of varying degrees of aggravating regulatory laws?
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DNC Chair: Personhood Amendment Is ‘Extreme and Radical’
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Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Fla.) said Thursday legislators in states such as Mississippi, Ohio and Texas are taking “an extreme and radical step” by proclaiming that life begins at conception. She also called the personhood amendment “divisive” and “dangerous.”
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Mississippi Baptists back "Personhood Amendment"
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If approved by voters, the initiative would amend the Mississippi Constitution to define the terms “person” or “persons” to “include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or the functional equivalent thereof.”
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Arizona's Abortion new law contributes to end of abortion "services" at 7 local Planned Parenthood facilities
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“The pro-life law, which requires a notarized parental signature before a minor can have an abortion, and provides women with accurate information by a doctor in person at least 24 hours before an abortion, will now take effect in the state of Arizona.”
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Where have all the girls gone?
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http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/08/02/where-have-all-girls-gone/?te… ]”In her book, Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men, journalist Mara Hvistendahl estimates that ultrasound and abortion have “claimed over 160 million potential women and girls — in Asia alone.” That’s more than the entire female population of the United States.”
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House Passes "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act" 251 to 175
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“Sixteen Democrats broke from their party to vote in favor of the bill.” Weekly Standard
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Senate defeats plan to defund Planned Parenthood
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“Five Republicans joined the 53-member Democratic caucus in turning back the Senate resolution to defund Planned Parenthood.”On the bright side…Multiple states are pursuing fetal-pain abortion bans
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