Some Tennessee Hillary supporter/bloggers aren’t exactly going quietly into that good night
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The post-feminist future is now
The nation’s most prominent pro-choice lobby has decided against endorsing the first truly viable female presidential contender:
From the AP-
Democrat Barack Obama has won the endorsement of NARAL Pro-Choice America. The leading abortion rights advocacy organization has supported rival Hillary Rodham Clinton throughout her political career.
The organization was set to announce the endorsement [...]
Was Jesus intolerant?
The conversation continues regarding my own comments on Knox County schools allowing the Franklin Graham Festival organizers access to students during school hours.
Today, David Oatney weighs in:
As a Catholic, it is a fair assessment to say that Franklin Graham and I wouldn’t see eye-to-eye theologically, but when Graham said that abortion is a murder and [...]
Read More..>>Support for Franklin Graham’s message
One Knoxville blogger takes issue with my characterization of Franklin Graham’s recent visit to Knoxville:
YOU were offended at Rev. Graham’s sermon? Well, quite honestly, I am offended that you are so intolerant of my compassion for human life and decency. I’m not only offended, I am sickened and disgusted at your lack of human compassion [...]
Read More..>>Sen. Woodson needs more time to study anti-abortion legislation
Via Nashville Scene today:
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, after agitating all session for waiting periods and informed consent before abortions, voted to kill legislation to require just that. The problem? If the Democratic bill became law, it would take away a GOP issue in this year’s elections.
Republicans Diane Black, Mark Norris, Mae Beavers, Paul [...]
Tennessee’s abortion wars go You Tube
WPLN reports that conservative groups in Tennessee have mounted a new You Tube campaign:
The Family Action Council of Tennessee and the Tennessee Eagle Forum are promoting a one-minute video on YouTube. The video claims that six members of the House Public Health subcommittee silenced six million Tennesseans when they bottled up the abortion resolution and [...]
Read More..>>Horton hears a clinic protest in the offing
Apparently there’s a big-screen version of the Dr. Seuss classic, “Horton Hears a Who” coming out soon, and anti-abortion protesters are using the film as a hook to spread their message.
The “Horton” book and movie are about an elephant who grows protective when he learns of the existence of a community of tiny creatures.
“It’s so [...]
Bill Clinton tells us what he really thinks about abortion protesters
Increasingly, our former Commander in Chief pulls no punches when he’s dealing with people - press, hecklers, etc:
Here he is firing back at an abortion heckler in Steubenville, Ohio:
“We disagree with you. You want to criminalize women and their doctors, and we disagree. We don’t want to criminalize women and their doctors. I’m against abortion. [...]
The link between abortion and illegal immigration
Rep. Campfield blogs a commentary that argues there is one:
But what’s the root of the problem? Why do we have a shortage of workers? Aha, that’s the unspeakable “A” word that the elite dread the most: abortion.
The reason we must allow millions of illegal aliens in to fill these jobs is because we have murdered [...]
Tennesseans opposing abortion had a good day yesterday
So says David Oatney:
The Tennessee State Senate yesterday voted 23-9 to adopt a Constitutional Amendment that states explicitly that nothing in the Tennessee Constitution should be construed to imply that there is a constitutional right to abortion in this State.
Were the amendment to pass, it would allow the Legislature to do what so many other [...]
State senators to tackle abortion issue today
A key debate is planned for Thursday:
All 99 members of the state House and half the Senate are up for re-election in November. Throw in an open seat for the presidency, and partisanship on Tennessee’s Capitol Hill is at a fever pitch.
The proposal would add language to the Tennessee Constitution saying that nothing in the [...]
What’s behind the drop in the number of abortion providers in Tennessee?
Are there now fewer providers available in the state because of lower demand for their services or is there lower demand because fewer providers make it more difficult to obtain an abortion?
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Fewer Tennessee women having abortions
So says a new study. The abortion rate is dropping nationally, as well:
The number of abortions performed in the United States dropped to 1.2 million in 2005 — the lowest level since 1976, according to a new report.
The number of abortions fell at least in part because the proportion of women ending their pregnancies with [...]
Rep. Campfield is thinking about the abortion issue
Stacey Campfield says he believes abortion is the great moral issue of our time. In a post titled “Slavery and Life,” he writes:
I have been thinking a lot about the life issue lately (even more so then usual).
The more I think about it, the more I feel it is the great moral issue of our [...]
