lifesitenews--2020-10-12--France: New law would remove all restrictions on abortions up to 14 weeks

FRANCE , October 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – A law aiming to extend the period of legal abortion without conditions in France was adopted on Thursday by the National Assembly by 86 votes against 73 during a sparsely attended session in which only 152 deputies out of 577 bothered to vote .
If the draft text becomes law , abortion will become fully legal up to 14 weeks of gestation , midwives will be allowed to perform abortions – including surgical ones – up to 10 weeks gestation , and the special conscience clause covering doctors , nurses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be scrapped in favor of the general conscience clause of medical doctors .
The law was presented by a dissident group of the ruling “ République en marche ” ( LREM ) party , EDS ( “ Ecologie , Démocratie , Solidarité ) formed last May by the left wing of the presidential party , making it lose its absolute majority in the lower chamber of the French Parliament .
While the balance of power within the National Assembly has not really changed because LREM can count on the support of other groups @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to mobilize the votes of 48 LREM members out of the 58 present ( on a total of 270 ) in order to obtain the adoption of its extremist abortion law .
Extreme left-wing party members as well as two members of the opposition “ Les Républicains ” party also supported the law .
The text must now move on to the “ Républicains ” dominated Senate where it will probably be heavily amended , before moving back to the Assembly for a second reading .
In the meantime , French health Minister @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ethics Committee to assess the law ’ s dispositions , stating on Thursday morning that it was a bad idea to rush such a serious issue through Parliament in a half day session without proper preparation and debate .
This does not mean , however , that the ruling LREM party , the French government or the French president have qualms about legal abortion .
Earlier this month , Emmanuel Macron commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Beijing conferenceon women with these words : “ Everywhere , women ’ s rights are under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ women to control their own bodies , and in particular the right to abortion.
” But two days away from a national day of demonstrations against the planned bioethics law , that is taking place in all the major cities of France , EDS ’ s move came as an embarrassment , calling attention to the pervasiveness of the abortion “ culture ” at a time when Macron is trying to spread the idea that the bioethics law is a “ balanced ” and “ appeased ” text .
In a tweet following @ @ @ @ @ @ @ National Assembly , Macron said of the text on August 1 that it gives “ equal access to assisted procreation for all women , secures children ’ s rights ” and “ frames research in a debate that respected one and all.
” What is really happening is that artificial procreation is to be made available to lesbians and single women .
The right to embryo research , including the creation of chimeras , will become the rule , and “ medical ” abortion right up to birth is said to become legal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ problems that doctors are willing to confirm .
This general law on bioethics is also yet to pass the hurdle of a second reading by the Senate .
But in the long run the National Assembly has the upper hand and the addition of a new debate on “ ordinary ” abortion that is available without any conditions at all is expected to exacerbate the opposition , according to some commentators .
Sadly , in political circles , the opposition is mainly aiming to preserve the status quo and promoting the original abortion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pregnancy , ” as it is called , up to 10 weeks gestation , provided the mother obtained recognition of the fact that she was in “ distress ” by a doctor and observed a seven-day cooling off period .
In practice , these conditions have always been very loosely observed , if at all , and the “ distress ” requirement was scrapped in 2014under François Hollande ’ s socialist rule .
Slowly but surely abortion has become a “ right ” that to date has been extended to the first 12 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and 100 percent funded by the French Social Security .
This first extension was obtained in 2001 on the pretext that “ 3,000 to 5,000 ” women were compelled to obtain abortion in neighboring countries every year because they were beyond the legal time limit in France .
These same numbers are being bandied in order to obtain a further two weeks , although no document actually confirms this situation .
Many promoters of abortion complain that it is ever harder to obtain in certain regions in France and that excessive delays are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the time limit .
This is hard to believe .
In 2019 , France registered a record number of abortions since the beginning of the 1990s , with over 232,000 abortions in 2019 , 8,000 more than the previous year .
Besides , the majority of these abortions are now being performed by chemical means , access to which has been made easier during the COVID-19 lockdown ( in France , from March 17 to May 11 ) .
Remarkably , the first extension from 10 to 12 weeks has led to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fewer practitioners are accepting to perform the act at all .
But due to the sharp decrease in surgical abortions , this does not mean that fewer women are being allowed legally to kill their own child : quite the contrary .
In the days leading up to the debate on the 14 week gestation limit , the French National College of gynaecologists and obstetricians ( CNGOF ) explained that it was very much against the new extension , in particular because of the inhumanity of the procedure .
Its president , Israël @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of legal abortion and “ medical ” abortion up to birth for babies with malformations – said that between 12 and 14 weeks , the unborn baby ’ s skull has formed : “ In order to extract the head of the fetus from the uterus , it is necessary to crush it with a special clamp ; this act of fetal dilaceration is not only dangerous [ for the mother , according to the CNGOF ] but one can understand that it can shock the majority of practitioners without reticence being marked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He recalled that the unborn baby ’ s size doubles between 12 and 14 weeks gestation .
Nisand suggested that in the COVID crisis , with hospitals under pressure , it would be a good thing for a lot more public money to be spent on abortion and that “ this action would be favorable to women ’ s rights.
” But Nisand ’ s graphic description of abortion beyond three months of pregnancy caught the imagination of many ( not that abortion is fundamentally different when it is performed before or beyond @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s another matter ) .
But it seems as if Nisand ’ s description of the reality of a surgical abortion has suddenly allowed the debate on abortion to go public again .
In recent decades public opposition to legal abortion has been so excluded from mainstream politics and media that many pro-life initiatives in France shy away from asking for the simple abrogation of the first 1974 abortion law , and instead merely call for a return to its stricter conditions .
This is despite the fact that the number of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much since that time : from about 180,000 to 230,000 abortions each year .
At the same time , “ contraceptive coverage ” in France is among the highest in the world .
Will the latest attempt to facilitate legal abortion be adopted , or will it backfire by attracting attention to the reality of abortion ?
Will it further encourage opponents to try to make their voices heard more clearly ?
Or will it lead to more promotion of the 1974 law which opened the door to the legal killing of unborn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The same is true of conscientious objection ; already , objectors are required to refer their patients to more compliant doctors .
If the specific legal right to conscientious objection is replaced by the merely administrative right to general objection , pro-life doctors and in a general way all health workers will be in a precarious situation .
Several bishops have voiced their opposition .
Bishop Michel Aupetit of Paris stated on the official Catholic radio station of his diocese : “ Abortion is truly a terrible act .
The right to kill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ madness .
Babies are being killed in their mothers ’ womb as if it were an ordinary thing .
( … ) At 9 months !
Do you realize what that is ?
It ’ s butchery !
It ’ s an aberration !
” On October 7 , the permanent council of the French Bishop ’ s conference issued a statement voicing its concern about the bioethics law and the latest attempt to ease conditions of access to legal abortion , asking “ all citizens , especially Catholics , to make their @ @ @ @ @ @

If the draft text becomes law, abortion will become fully legal up to 14 weeks of gestation, midwives will be allowed to perform abortions – including surgical ones – up to 10 weeks gestation, and the special conscience clause covering doctors, nurses, midwives and other health personnel will be scrapped.
FRANCE, October 12, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A law aiming to extend the period of legal abortion without conditions in France was adopted on Thursday by the National Assembly by 86 votes against 73 during a sparsely attended session in which only 152 deputies out of 577 bothered to vote.
If the draft text becomes law, abortion will become fully legal up to 14 weeks of gestation, midwives will be allowed to perform abortions – including surgical ones – up to 10 weeks gestation, and the special conscience clause covering doctors, nurses, midwives and other health personnel will be scrapped in favor of the general conscience clause of medical doctors.
The law was presented by a dissident group of the ruling “République en marche” (LREM) party, EDS (“Ecologie, Démocratie, Solidarité) formed last May by the left wing of the presidential party, making it lose its absolute majority in the lower chamber of the French Parliament. While the balance of power within the National Assembly has not really changed because LREM can count on the support of other groups, EDS in its turn was able to mobilize the votes of 48 LREM members out of the 58 present (on a total of 270) in order to obtain the adoption of its extremist abortion law. Extreme left-wing party members as well as two members of the opposition “Les Républicains” party also supported the law.
The text must now move on to the “Républicains” dominated Senate where it will probably be heavily amended, before moving back to the Assembly for a second reading.
In the meantime, French health Minister Olivier Véran has asked the National Advisory Ethics Committee to assess the law’s dispositions, stating on Thursday morning that it was a bad idea to rush such a serious issue through Parliament in a half day session without proper preparation and debate.
This does not mean, however, that the ruling LREM party, the French government or the French president have qualms about legal abortion. Earlier this month, Emmanuel Macron commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Beijing conferenceon women with these words: “Everywhere, women’s rights are under attack, starting with the freedom for women to control their own bodies, and in particular the right to abortion.”
But two days away from a national day of demonstrations against the planned bioethics law, that is taking place in all the major cities of France, EDS’s move came as an embarrassment, calling attention to the pervasiveness of the abortion “culture” at a time when Macron is trying to spread the idea that the bioethics law is a “balanced” and “appeased” text.
In a tweet following its adoptionafter a second hearing by the National Assembly, Macron said of the text on August 1 that it gives “equal access to assisted procreation for all women, secures children’s rights” and “frames research in a debate that respected one and all.”
What is really happening is that artificial procreation is to be made available to lesbians and single women. The right to embryo research, including the creation of chimeras, will become the rule, and “medical” abortion right up to birth is said to become legal when a mother has “psychosocial” problems that doctors are willing to confirm.
This general law on bioethics is also yet to pass the hurdle of a second reading by the Senate. But in the long run the National Assembly has the upper hand and the addition of a new debate on “ordinary” abortion that is available without any conditions at all is expected to exacerbate the opposition, according to some commentators.
Sadly, in political circles, the opposition is mainly aiming to preserve the status quo and promoting the original abortion law which allowed “voluntary interruption of pregnancy,” as it is called, up to 10 weeks gestation, provided the mother obtained recognition of the fact that she was in “distress” by a doctor and observed a seven-day cooling off period.
In practice, these conditions have always been very loosely observed, if at all, and the “distress” requirement was scrapped in 2014under François Hollande’s socialist rule. Slowly but surely abortion has become a “right” that to date has been extended to the first 12 weeks of gestation, available on demand and 100 percent funded by the French Social Security.
This first extension was obtained in 2001 on the pretext that “3,000 to 5,000” women were compelled to obtain abortion in neighboring countries every year because they were beyond the legal time limit in France. These same numbers are being bandied in order to obtain a further two weeks, although no document actually confirms this situation. Many promoters of abortion complain that it is ever harder to obtain in certain regions in France and that excessive delays are pushing many women over the edge of the time limit.
This is hard to believe. In 2019, France registered a record number of abortions since the beginning of the 1990s, with over 232,000 abortions in 2019, 8,000 more than the previous year. Besides, the majority of these abortions are now being performed by chemical means, access to which has been made easier during the COVID-19 lockdown (in France, from March 17 to May 11).
— Article continues below Petition — URGENT PETITION: Tell the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade Show Petition Text 61375 have signed the petition. Let's get to 70000 ! Thank you for signing this petition! Add your signature: Show Petition Text Country... State... Sign this Petition PETITION UPDATE (9/26/2020): With President Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we are closer than we have been in decades to seeing Roe vs. Wade overturned. We now encourage the Senate to confirm Barrett as the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Judge Barrett has a fantastic track recond on sanctity of life issues, has seven children, and is a devout believer. She is the perfect remedy for Ruth Bader Ginsburg's radical pro-abortionism. Please READ the full story here: 'BREAKING: Trump nominates Catholic mom of 7 Judge Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court' And then, please SIGN this petition telling the High Court that it's now time to end the activist Roe vs. Wade judgment. Thank you! __________________________________________________________________ PETITION UPDATE (6/29/2020): In a decision which has imperiled more abortion-minded women, sentenced more preborn to death, and upset pro-lifers across the nation,the United States Supreme Court decided 5-4 to strike down a Louisiana law requiring basic medical precautions in the event of abortion complications, with Chief Justice John Roberts reversing his own past decision to uphold a similar Texas law. Liberal Justice Stephen Breyer wrote the majority opinion, which held that the Louisiana law was unconstitutional for the simple fact that it was “almost word-for-word identical” to the Texas one the court already struck down in 2016. In his concurring opinion, Chief Justice Roberts acknowledged that he had “joined the dissent in Whole Woman’s Health and continue to believe that the case was wrongly decided. The question today however is not whether Whole Woman’s Health was right or wrong, but whether to adhere to it in deciding the present case.” We call on the Supreme Court to stop supporting the culture of death and overturn Roe vs Wade, now. PETITION UPDATE (1/20/2020): Hundreds of thousands of people will gather in Washington, D.C., this coming Friday, January 24th, for the March for Life. They will be praying for an end to Roe vs Wade, as the Supreme Court will hear a crucial, abortion-related case later this year in March. United our voices can change the course of history. Sign this petition TODAY! (LEARN MORE BELOW) PETITION UPDATE (1/3/2020): In advance of the Supreme Court's hearing arguments in an important abortion case later this year in March, 207 U.S. Senators and Representatives have signed amicus briefs supporting a Louisiana law requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges at a hospital nearby an abortion center. Some of these supporting briefs also suggest that now is the time to reconsider Roe vs Wade as sound law. Please SIGN this petition, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Roe vs Wade. _____________________________________________________________________________ More than 60 million Americans have been slaughtered in their mother's wombs as a result of Roe v. Wade. This activist, unconstitutional ruling in 1973 has left countless women emotionally and psychologically scarred. It was believed by many that Roe would be overturned in 1992 with Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Despite having eight Republican-appointed judges at the time, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to uphold it. Since then, major gains have been made in the fight for life, and many lives have been saved. However, Roe v. Wade remains the law of the land, leaving millions of defenseless pre-born children vulnerable to murder. According to a 2016 study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 35% of aborted babies are African American, despite black women only making up six percent of the U.S. population. 19% of aborted babies are Hispanic. We thus again call on the court to do everything they can to end Roe vs Wade. Now is the time for pro-lifers to join together and ensure that all of God's children have a right to life. Roe v. Wade must come to an end! FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/supreme-court-strikes-down-louisiana-abortion-regulations https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/over-200-congressmen-as-us-supreme-court-to-reconsider-roe-v-wade https://www.foxnews.com/politics/congress-members-file-competing-legal-briefs-in-key-scotus-abortion-case Hide Petition Text Sign this Petition
Remarkably, the first extension from 10 to 12 weeks has led to the increase of conscientious objection to abortion and fewer practitioners are accepting to perform the act at all. But due to the sharp decrease in surgical abortions, this does not mean that fewer women are being allowed legally to kill their own child: quite the contrary.
In the days leading up to the debate on the 14 week gestation limit, the French National College of gynaecologists and obstetricians (CNGOF) explained that it was very much against the new extension, in particular because of the inhumanity of the procedure.
Its president, Israël Nisand – who is a personal supporter of legal abortion and “medical” abortion up to birth for babies with malformations – said that between 12 and 14 weeks, the unborn baby’s skull has formed: “In order to extract the head of the fetus from the uterus, it is necessary to crush it with a special clamp; this act of fetal dilaceration is not only dangerous [for the mother, according to the CNGOF] but one can understand that it can shock the majority of practitioners without reticence being marked by any religious or moral connotation.” He recalled that the unborn baby’s size doubles between 12 and 14 weeks gestation.
Nisand suggested that in the COVID crisis, with hospitals under pressure, it would be a good thing for a lot more public money to be spent on abortion and that “this action would be favorable to women’s rights.”
But Nisand’s graphic description of abortion beyond three months of pregnancy caught the imagination of many (not that abortion is fundamentally different when it is performed before or beyond the 12 week limit, but that’s another matter).
But it seems as if Nisand’s description of the reality of a surgical abortion has suddenly allowed the debate on abortion to go public again. In recent decades public opposition to legal abortion has been so excluded from mainstream politics and media that many pro-life initiatives in France shy away from asking for the simple abrogation of the first 1974 abortion law, and instead merely call for a return to its stricter conditions. This is despite the fact that the number of legal abortions in France has not varied much since that time: from about 180,000 to 230,000 abortions each year. At the same time, “contraceptive coverage” in France is among the highest in the world.
Will the latest attempt to facilitate legal abortion be adopted, or will it backfire by attracting attention to the reality of abortion? Will it further encourage opponents to try to make their voices heard more clearly? Or will it lead to more promotion of the 1974 law which opened the door to the legal killing of unborn babies?
Only time will tell. The same is true of conscientious objection; already, objectors are required to refer their patients to more compliant doctors. If the specific legal right to conscientious objection is replaced by the merely administrative right to general objection, pro-life doctors and in a general way all health workers will be in a precarious situation.
Several bishops have voiced their opposition. Bishop Michel Aupetit of Paris stated on the official Catholic radio station of his diocese: “Abortion is truly a terrible act. The right to kill does not exist. It is really madness. Babies are being killed in their mothers’ womb as if it were an ordinary thing. (…) At 9 months! Do you realize what that is? It’s butchery! It’s an aberration!”
On October 7, the permanent council of the French Bishop’s conference issued a statement voicing its concern about the bioethics law and the latest attempt to ease conditions of access to legal abortion, asking “all citizens, especially Catholics, to make their reticence and opposition known.”
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lifesitenews--2020-10-12--Sen. Amy Klobuchar hits Judge Barrett’s pro-life views in dramatic rant

WASHINGTON D.C , October 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – On the first day of Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett ’ s confirmation hearing , Sen. Amy Klobuchar ( D-MN ) launched a scathing and dramatic attack on both Barrett and President Donald Trump .
Opening her statement , Klobuchar claimed “ we are dealing with a president who doesn ’ t think truth matters.
” The Democrat senator argued that Barrett ’ s nomination should not have taken place before the election , and likened it to a breach of justice : “ It has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slowly .
Injustice on the other hand , can move at lighting speed , as we are seeing here today.
” Klobuchar made specific reference to Barrett ’ s pro-life and traditional values , claiming that they would have a profoundly negative effect on the lives of Americans .
She claimed that there was a rush to “ put in a justice , a justice whose views are known and who will have a profound impact on your life…who you can marry , decisions you can make about your own body.
” “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” declared Klobuchar .
Klobuchar continued by highlighting the importance of Barrett ’ s nomination in the light of the upcoming presidential election , connecting Barrett ’ s pro-life and traditional views to the election itself : “ We can not divorce this nominee and her views from the election.
” “ The truth matters , ” protested Klobuchar , “ and the truth is , America , that this judicial nominee has made her view so clear , and this president is trying to put her in a position of power to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg , a firm advocate of abortion and same-sex “ marriage , ” Klobuchar claimed that Ginsburg ’ s views were those which should guide the future of America .
“ When you look at her opinions , you realize she was not just writing for today , she was writing for tomorrow.
” Accusing the president of wanting to “ stack the deck , ” the senator also dramatically said that “ I think this hearing is a sham .
”

The former Democrat presidential hopeful said Barrett will impact 'who you can marry' and 'decisions you can make about your own body,' references to same-sex 'marriage' and abortion.
WASHINGTON D.C, October 12, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – On the first day of Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) launched a scathing and dramatic attack on both Barrett and President Donald Trump. Opening her statement, Klobuchar claimed “we are dealing with a president who doesn’t think truth matters.”
The Democrat senator argued that Barrett’s nomination should not have taken place before the election, and likened it to a breach of justice: “It has been said that the wheels of justice turn slowly. Injustice on the other hand, can move at lighting speed, as we are seeing here today.”
Klobuchar made specific reference to Barrett’s pro-life and traditional values, claiming that they would have a profoundly negative effect on the lives of Americans. She claimed that there was a rush to “put in a justice, a justice whose views are known and who will have a profound impact on your life…who you can marry, decisions you can make about your own body.”
“America, this is about you,” declared Klobuchar.
Klobuchar continued by highlighting the importance of Barrett’s nomination in the light of the upcoming presidential election, connecting Barrett’s pro-life and traditional views to the election itself: “We cannot divorce this nominee and her views from the election.”
“The truth matters,” protested Klobuchar, “and the truth is, America, that this judicial nominee has made her view so clear, and this president is trying to put her in a position of power to make decisions about your lives.”
Referring to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a firm advocate of abortion and same-sex “marriage,” Klobuchar claimed that Ginsburg’s views were those which should guide the future of America. “When you look at her opinions, you realize she was not just writing for today, she was writing for tomorrow.”
— Article continues below Petition — PETITION: Urge the U.S. Senate to Confirm Amy Coney Barrett Show Petition Text 24868 have signed the petition. Let's get to 25000 ! Thank you for signing this petition! Add your signature: Show Petition Text Country... State... Sign this Petition Judge Amy Coney Barrett Graeme Jennings-Pool/Getty Images PETITION UPDATE (10/26//2020) In a resounding victory for supporters of life, family and freedom, the U.S. Senate has just confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court of the United States! Justice Barrett was sworn-in by Justice Clarence Thomas and will swiftly fill the vacant seat and immediately begin participating in Supreme Court hearings. The petitions signed by many of you - there are now over 40,000 signatures - supporting Judge Amy Coney Barrett were sent to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, as well as to the Officers of the USCCB. Thank you for signing these petitions. As you can see, your signature really does make a difference! We also know that many of you also made calls to your U.S. senators to encourage them to vote for Judge Barrett. Thank you! __________________________________________________________________ PETITION UPDATE (10/22/2020) The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee just voted to advance Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination to the full Senate, leaving only one hurdle to go next week. Every Republican on the committee voted for Barrett, President Donald Trump’s selection to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, while every committee Democrat boycotted the vote, CNBC reports. Please READ the latest LifeSite article about the Senate Committee's vote here. As you read above, Judge Barrett has one more hurdle next Monday. Of course, it's the BIGGEST hurdle. So, if you haven't already, could we ask you to please call your U.S. senators to politely voice your support for Judge Barrett? After SIGNING this petition, please scroll down the page, where you will find the list of all U.S. senators' contact details. Let's keep working and praying so that we can see a pro-life judge sit on the Supreme Court. ____________________________________________________ PETITION UPDATE (10/15/20) The fourth day of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Senate confirmation hearing for the open seat on the U.S. Supreme Court is going on now. Please CLICK HERE to go to the livestream of the hearings. Please watch and read EXCLUSIVE LifeSite videos and articles about Judge Amy Coney Barrett's hearings: YouTube Videos: 'We are people of faith, the true body of Christ': Christians pray for SCOTUS confirmation hearings' '"That's your job": Judge Barrett responds to relevance of Obamacare to SCOTUS confirmation' Articles: 'Senator who badgered Barrett about Catholicism in 2017 presses her on abortion at confirmation hearing' 'Hawley, Barrett dismantle religious tests for office at Supreme Court hearing' 'Ted Cruz at Barrett hearing warns Democrats want to ‘erase’ religious liberty' ______________________________________________________________ Conservatives and Christians asked President Trump to deliver a proven constitutional originalist with a solid pro-life background, and he did. Now, let's not be outdone by Leftist organizations which will be mobilizing their forces to write, call and visit their senators' constituency offices. Please SIGN this urgent petition - to Senate Leadership - asking them to quickly confirm Barrett as the next Supreme Court justice. Then, please take a couple of minutes to CALL YOUR U.S. SENATORS using their numbers below, and politely urge them to confirm Barrett. When Amy Coney Barrett's senate confirmation hearing begins on Monday, October 12th, the mother of seven and devout Catholic is expected to face fierce opposition. Of course, the anticipated attacks have nothing to do with Barrett's legal credentials, which are uniformly top-notch. Instead, they have to do with her faith in Jesus and with her belief that life begins at conception. This is nothing short of anti-Christian bigotry which cannot be tolerated. The fact is, Amy Coney Barrett is the best candidate for the job, and she urgently needs our support. By signing the petition, we can unite to powerfully speak with one voice. But, by calling your senators, you can ensure that they know their local constituents are concerned and interested enough to telephone their offices. This is our time to get active! We must voice our support for Amy Coney Barrett at this crucial moment in our nation's history. Please SIGN this petition, and then please use the contact details below to CALL YOUR U.S. SENATORS right-away! Thank you! U.S. SENATORS' CONTACT DETAILS: SENATORS AND PHONE NUMBERS - https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact ALABAMA SENATORS Doug Jones – (202) 224-4124 Richard C. Shelby – (202) 224-5744 ALASKA SENATORS Lisa Murkowski – (202) 224-6665 Dan Sullivan – (202) 224-3004 ARIZONA SENATORS Martha McSally – (202) 224-2235 Kyrsten Sinema – (202) 224-4521 ARKANSAS SENATORS John Boozman – (202) 224-4843 Tom Cotton – (202) 224-2353 CALIFORNIA SENATORS Dianne Feinstein – (202) 224-3841 Kamala D. Harris – (202) 224-3553 COLORADO SENATORS Michael F. 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Risch – (202) 224-2752 ILLINOIS SENATORS Dick Durbin – (202) 224-2152 Tammy Duckworth – (202) 224-2854 INDIANA SENATORS Mike Braun – (202) 224-4814 Todd Young – (202) 224-5623 IOWA SENATORS Joni Ernst – (202) 224-3254 Chuck Grassley – (202) 224-3774 KANSAS SENATORS Jerry Moran – (202) 224-6521 Pat Roberts – (202) 224-4744 KENTUCKY SENATORS Mitch McConnell – (202) 224-2541 Rand Paul – (202) 224-4343 LOUISIANA SENATORS Bill Cassidy – (202) 224-5824 John Kennedy – (202) 224-4623 MAINE SENATORS Susan M. Collins – (202) 224-2523 Angus S. King – (202) 224-5344 MARYLAND SENATORS Benjamin L. Cardin – (202) 224-4524 Chris Van Hollen – (202) 224-4654 MASSACHUSETS SENATORS Edward J. Markey – (202) 224-2742 Elizabeth Warren – (202) 224-4543 MICHIGAN Gary C. Peters – (202) 224-6221 Debbie Stabenow – (202) 224-4822 MINNESOTA Amy Klobuchar – (202) 224-3244 Tina Smith – (202) 224-5641 MISSISSIPPI Cindy Hyde-Smith – (202) 224-5054 Roger F. Wicker – (202) 224-6253 MISSOURI Roy Blunt – (202) 224-5721 Josh Hawley – (202) 224-6154 MONTANA Steve Daines – (202) 224-2651 Jon Tester – (202) 224-2644 NEBRASKA Deb Fischer – (202) 224-6551 Ben Sasse – (202) 224-4224 NEVADA Catherine Cortez Masto – (202) 224-3542 Jacky Rosen – (202) 224-6244 NEW HAMPSHIRE Margaret Wood Hassan – (202) 224-3324 Jeanne Shaheen – (202) 224-2841 NEW JERSEY Cory A. Booker – (202) 224-3224 Robert Menendez – (202) 224-4744 NEW MEXICO Martin Heinrich – (202) 224-5521 Tom Udall – (202) 224-6621 NEW YORK Kirsten E. Gillibrand – (202) 224-4451 Charles E. Schumer – (202) 224-6542 NORTH CAROLINA Richard Burr – (202) 224-3154 Thom Tillis – (202) 224-6342 NORTH DAKOTA Kevin Cramer – (202) 224-2043 John Hoeven – (202) 224-2551 OHIO Sherrod Brown – (202) 224-2315 Rob Portman – (202) 224-3353 OKLAHOMA James M. Inhofe – (202) 224-4721 James Lankford – (202) 224-5754 OREGON Jeff Merkley – (202) 224-3753 Ron Wyden – (202) 224-5244 PENNSYLVANIA Robert P. Casey, Jr. – (202) 224-6324 Patrick J. Toomey, Jr. – (202) 224-4254 RHODE ISLAND Jack Reed – (202) 224-4642 Sheldon Whitehouse – (202) 224-2921 SOUTH CAROLINA Lindsey Graham – (202) 224-5972 Tim Scott – (202) 224-6121 SOUTH DAKOTA Mike Rounds – (202) 224-5842 John Thune – (202) 224-2321 TENNESSEE Lamar Alexander – (202) 224-4944 Marsha Blackburn – (202) 224-3344 TEXAS John Cornyn – (202) 224-2934 Ted Cruz – (202) 224-5922 UTAH Mike Lee – (202) 224-5444 Mitt Romney – (202) 224-5251 VERMONT Patrick J. Leahy – (202) 224-4242 Bernard Sanders – (202) 224-5141 VIRGINIA Tim Kaine – (202) 224-4024 Mark R. Warner – (202) 224-2023 WASHINGTON Maria Cantwell – (202) 224-3441 Patty Murray – (202) 224-2621 WEST VIRGINIA Shelley Moore Capito – (202) 224-6472 Joe Manchin III – (202) 224-3954 WISCONSIN Tammy Baldwin – (202) 224-5653 Ron Johnson – (202) 224-5323 WYOMING John Barrasso – (202) 224-6441 Michael B. Enzi – (202) 224-3424 Hide Petition Text Sign this Petition
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lifesitenews--2020-10-12--Pro-lifers, pro-abortion protestors square off outside Amy Coney Barrett hearing

WASHINGTON , D.C. , October 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — The atmosphere was electric on Capitol Hill early this morning as Amy Coney Barrett ’ s ( ACB ’ s ) supporters streamed in from all directions to greet her as she arrived for the start of her Senate confirmation hearing .
“ Hey hey !
Ho ho !
Roe v Wade has got to go !
” and “ Fill that seat !
” chanted the exuberant crowd , many of whom had traveled across the country to cheer for Barrett .
A group of those opposed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ front of the U.S. Supreme Court and marched toward the Senate Office Building campus where ACB ’ s supporters and detractors briefly faced off .
Some anti-ACB protesters wore white hazmat suits as a means of suggesting that the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee hearing might needlessly risk spreading the Wuhan virus .
Others wore LGBT abortion ‘ clinic escort ’ vests and carried signs , “ Save Roe ” and bright red face masks emblazoned with “ F**k Trump.
” They beat drums and chanted “ no confirmation until inauguration ” and “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ carried signs that brazenly declared , “ Abortion on demand without apology ” and “ Trump/Pence out now.
” But they were no match for the pro-lifers who vastly outnumbered and outshone them .

Judge Amy Coney Barrett Graeme Jennings-Pool/Getty Images
PETITION UPDATE (10/26//2020)
In a resounding victory for supporters of life, family and freedom, the U.S. Senate has just confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court of the United States!
Justice Barrett was sworn-in by Justice Clarence Thomas and will swiftly fill the vacant seat and immediately begin participating in Supreme Court hearings.
The petitions signed by many of you - there are now over 40,000 signatures - supporting Judge Amy Coney Barrett were sent to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, as well as to the Officers of the USCCB.
Thank you for signing these petitions. As you can see, your signature really does make a difference!
We also know that many of you also made calls to your U.S. senators to encourage them to vote for Judge Barrett. Thank you!
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PETITION UPDATE (10/22/2020)
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee just voted to advance Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination to the full Senate, leaving only one hurdle to go next week.
Every Republican on the committee voted for Barrett, President Donald Trump’s selection to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, while every committee Democrat boycotted the vote, CNBC reports.
Please READ the latest LifeSite article about the Senate Committee's vote here.
As you read above, Judge Barrett has one more hurdle next Monday. Of course, it's the BIGGEST hurdle.
So, if you haven't already, could we ask you to please call your U.S. senators to politely voice your support for Judge Barrett?
After SIGNING this petition, please scroll down the page, where you will find the list of all U.S. senators' contact details.
Let's keep working and praying so that we can see a pro-life judge sit on the Supreme Court.
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PETITION UPDATE (10/15/20)
The fourth day of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Senate confirmation hearing for the open seat on the U.S. Supreme Court is going on now.
Please CLICK HERE to go to the livestream of the hearings.
Please watch and read EXCLUSIVE LifeSite videos and articles about Judge Amy Coney Barrett's hearings:
YouTube Videos:
'We are people of faith, the true body of Christ': Christians pray for SCOTUS confirmation hearings'
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Articles:
'Senator who badgered Barrett about Catholicism in 2017 presses her on abortion at confirmation hearing'
'Hawley, Barrett dismantle religious tests for office at Supreme Court hearing'
'Ted Cruz at Barrett hearing warns Democrats want to ‘erase’ religious liberty'
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Conservatives and Christians asked President Trump to deliver a proven constitutional originalist with a solid pro-life background, and he did.
Now, let's not be outdone by Leftist organizations which will be mobilizing their forces to write, call and visit their senators' constituency offices.
Please SIGN this urgent petition - to Senate Leadership - asking them to quickly confirm Barrett as the next Supreme Court justice.
Then, please take a couple of minutes to CALL YOUR U.S. SENATORS using their numbers below, and politely urge them to confirm Barrett.
When Amy Coney Barrett's senate confirmation hearing begins on Monday, October 12th, the mother of seven and devout Catholic is expected to face fierce opposition.
Of course, the anticipated attacks have nothing to do with Barrett's legal credentials, which are uniformly top-notch.
Instead, they have to do with her faith in Jesus and with her belief that life begins at conception.
This is nothing short of anti-Christian bigotry which cannot be tolerated.
The fact is, Amy Coney Barrett is the best candidate for the job, and she urgently needs our support.
By signing the petition, we can unite to powerfully speak with one voice. But, by calling your senators, you can ensure that they know their local constituents are concerned and interested enough to telephone their offices.
This is our time to get active! We must voice our support for Amy Coney Barrett at this crucial moment in our nation's history.
Please SIGN this petition, and then please use the contact details below to CALL YOUR U.S. SENATORS right-away! Thank you!
U.S. SENATORS' CONTACT DETAILS:
SENATORS AND PHONE NUMBERS - https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact
ALABAMA SENATORS
Doug Jones – (202) 224-4124
Richard C. Shelby – (202) 224-5744
ALASKA SENATORS
Lisa Murkowski – (202) 224-6665
Dan Sullivan – (202) 224-3004
ARIZONA SENATORS
Martha McSally – (202) 224-2235
Kyrsten Sinema – (202) 224-4521
ARKANSAS SENATORS
John Boozman – (202) 224-4843
Tom Cotton – (202) 224-2353
CALIFORNIA SENATORS
Dianne Feinstein – (202) 224-3841
Kamala D. Harris – (202) 224-3553
COLORADO SENATORS
Michael F. Bennett – (202) 224-5852
Cory Gardner – (202) 224-5941
CONNECTICUT SENATORS
Richard Blumenthal – (202) 224-2823
Christopher Murphy – (202) 224-4041
DELAWARE SENATORS
Thomas R. Carper – (202) 224-2441
Christopher A. Coons – (202) 224-5042
FLORIDA SENATORS
Marco Rubio – (202) 224-3041
Rick Scott – (202) 224-5274
GEORGIA SENATORS
Kelly Loeffler – (202) 224-3643
David Perdue – (202) 224-3521
HAWAII SENATORS
Mazie K. Hirono – (202) 224-6361
Brian Schatz – (202) 224-3934
IDAHO SENATORS
Mike Crapo – (202) 224-6142
James E. Risch – (202) 224-2752
ILLINOIS SENATORS
Dick Durbin – (202) 224-2152
Tammy Duckworth – (202) 224-2854
INDIANA SENATORS
Mike Braun – (202) 224-4814
Todd Young – (202) 224-5623
IOWA SENATORS
Joni Ernst – (202) 224-3254
Chuck Grassley – (202) 224-3774
KANSAS SENATORS
Jerry Moran – (202) 224-6521
Pat Roberts – (202) 224-4744
KENTUCKY SENATORS
Mitch McConnell – (202) 224-2541
Rand Paul – (202) 224-4343
LOUISIANA SENATORS
Bill Cassidy – (202) 224-5824
John Kennedy – (202) 224-4623
MAINE SENATORS
Susan M. Collins – (202) 224-2523
Angus S. King – (202) 224-5344
MARYLAND SENATORS
Benjamin L. Cardin – (202) 224-4524
Chris Van Hollen – (202) 224-4654
MASSACHUSETS SENATORS
Edward J. Markey – (202) 224-2742
Elizabeth Warren – (202) 224-4543
MICHIGAN
Gary C. Peters – (202) 224-6221
Debbie Stabenow – (202) 224-4822
MINNESOTA
Amy Klobuchar – (202) 224-3244
Tina Smith – (202) 224-5641
MISSISSIPPI
Cindy Hyde-Smith – (202) 224-5054
Roger F. Wicker – (202) 224-6253
MISSOURI
Roy Blunt – (202) 224-5721
Josh Hawley – (202) 224-6154
MONTANA
Steve Daines – (202) 224-2651
Jon Tester – (202) 224-2644
NEBRASKA
Deb Fischer – (202) 224-6551
Ben Sasse – (202) 224-4224
NEVADA
Catherine Cortez Masto – (202) 224-3542
Jacky Rosen – (202) 224-6244
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Margaret Wood Hassan – (202) 224-3324
Jeanne Shaheen – (202) 224-2841
NEW JERSEY
Cory A. Booker – (202) 224-3224
Robert Menendez – (202) 224-4744
NEW MEXICO
Martin Heinrich – (202) 224-5521
Tom Udall – (202) 224-6621
NEW YORK
Kirsten E. Gillibrand – (202) 224-4451
Charles E. Schumer – (202) 224-6542
NORTH CAROLINA
Richard Burr – (202) 224-3154
Thom Tillis – (202) 224-6342
NORTH DAKOTA
Kevin Cramer – (202) 224-2043
John Hoeven – (202) 224-2551
OHIO
Sherrod Brown – (202) 224-2315
Rob Portman – (202) 224-3353
OKLAHOMA
James M. Inhofe – (202) 224-4721
James Lankford – (202) 224-5754
OREGON
Jeff Merkley – (202) 224-3753
Ron Wyden – (202) 224-5244
PENNSYLVANIA
Robert P. Casey, Jr. – (202) 224-6324
Patrick J. Toomey, Jr. – (202) 224-4254
RHODE ISLAND
Jack Reed – (202) 224-4642
Sheldon Whitehouse – (202) 224-2921
SOUTH CAROLINA
Lindsey Graham – (202) 224-5972
Tim Scott – (202) 224-6121
SOUTH DAKOTA
Mike Rounds – (202) 224-5842
John Thune – (202) 224-2321
TENNESSEE
Lamar Alexander – (202) 224-4944
Marsha Blackburn – (202) 224-3344
TEXAS
John Cornyn – (202) 224-2934
Ted Cruz – (202) 224-5922
UTAH
Mike Lee – (202) 224-5444
Mitt Romney – (202) 224-5251
VERMONT
Patrick J. Leahy – (202) 224-4242
Bernard Sanders – (202) 224-5141
VIRGINIA
Tim Kaine – (202) 224-4024
Mark R. Warner – (202) 224-2023
WASHINGTON
Maria Cantwell – (202) 224-3441
Patty Murray – (202) 224-2621
WEST VIRGINIA
Shelley Moore Capito – (202) 224-6472
Joe Manchin III – (202) 224-3954
WISCONSIN
Tammy Baldwin – (202) 224-5653
Ron Johnson – (202) 224-5323
WYOMING
John Barrasso – (202) 224-6441
Michael B. Enzi – (202) 224-3424


lifesitenews--2020-10-12--Anti-Barrett protestors arrested for blocking access to Senate building

WASHINGTON , D.C. , October 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – A crowd of protestors gathered outside the Dirksen Senate building before 9:00 a.m. this morning to protest Judge Amy Coney Barrett ’ s Supreme Court confirmation hearing .
A small group of them blocked the entrance to the building and were arrested .
A number of protestors were dressed in white hazmat suits to demand COVID-19 tests before the hearing .
A few wore orange sweatshirts and carried signs that read “ Trump/Pence OUT NOW !
” One held in her other hand a sign that read , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Several protestors wore rainbow-striped “ Clinic Escort ” vests that are sometimes worn by abortion activists outside abortion facilities .
Others held signs reading , “ Save the ACA , ” in reference to the Affordable Care Act .
One group of protestors demanded , “ No confirmation until inauguration , ” while on their way to the Hart Senate Office building , as they waded through pro-life supporters of Barrett , who chanted , “ Hey hey , ho ho , Roe v. Wade has got to go !
” Just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ building , a crowd of pro-Barrett women chanted “ Women for Amy , ” displaying pink signs that read the same .
According to the Washington Post ’ s Melissa J. Lang , a number of them approached Capitol Hill police , asking if the anti-Barrett protestors had a permit .


lifesitenews--2020-10-12--2020 election is Trump/Viganò vs. Biden/Francis for future of global order

October 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — A decade ago , journalists could barely contain themselves when news of misbehaving clergy came across their desk .
Almost every time Pope Benedict said something publicly about homosexuality or abortion , the media pounced , immediately reminding their viewers that the Catholic Church was full of pedophiles and molesters and that it was a blatantly hypocritical organization .
Fast forward to today .
Despite the fact that Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has blown the lid off rampant homosexuality and even criminal activity in the church , news networks the world over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
NBC ’ s chief foreign affairs correspondent Richard Engel drew some attention to Viganò a year ago .
( I blogged about that here . )
But Engel ’ s reporting on His Excellency was more of an attempt to link the archbishop to what Engel called the “ far right ” of the Catholic Church .
In other words , it wasn ’ t a serious investigation into Vigano ’ s allegations .
It was a hit piece meant to delegitimize him .
The reason why our Marxist media has zipped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claims is because it sees , under Pope Francis , the Catholic Church as a willing partner to its globalist , liberal agenda .
As a result , they ’ ve been running interference for it .
They know that if they were talking about the corruption going on during Francis ’ s reign , they ’ d be undermining his open-borders , environmentalist message .
Fortunately , Donald Trump is president of the United States .
And likely thanks to the First Lady , he 's clued up on the crisis in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the new world order .
He ’ s already expressed thanks for Archbishop Viganò for warning him about the “ Deep Church ” and the Deep State .
He ’ s also quoted Dr. Taylor Marshall on Twitter .
And he ’ s directed his state department to take a hard stance on communist China — something the Vatican wholly disagrees with .
Pope Francis ’ s latest encyclical Fratelli Tutti is a planting of the church ’ s flag firmly in the Joe Biden camp against President Trump , whom Francis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and not bridges.
” In it , Francis waxes romantically like an elderly John Lennon about a utopian brotherhood of man all the while portraying Our Lord and Savior as a good-hearted humanitarian .
The document uses the name “ Jesus ” but never divine titles ( Son of God , Christ the King , etc ) .
Mary is also denied the honor of being called “ the Blessed Virgin.
” Instead , she ’ s simply called “ the Mother of Jesus.
” No doubt this was done to not offend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from a social justice course at UC-Berkeley , Fratelli Tutti is not merely a list of Democratic talking points about diversity and immigration ( although it is that ) .
It 's a blueprint for the socialist world order Pope Francis and his allies want to help usher in should Joe Biden become president .
Without a doubt , it was deliberately released to coincide with the U.S. election .
The Vatican desperately wants Sleepy Joe to win .
He ’ d fulfill many of Francis ’ goals on environmentalism , immigration , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s been said that this election is the most important election in our lifetimes .
That ’ s undoubtedly true .
Not only is the fate of the American republic at stake but , quite possibly , the fate of the entire Westen world .
As Archbishop Viganò has already remarked , “ if Trump loses the presidential election , the final kathèkon [ withholder ] will fail ( 2 Thess 2:6-7 ) ... and the dictatorship of the New World Order , which has already won Bergoglio over to its cause , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American President [ Joe Biden ] .
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PETITION UPDATE (7/9/2021) -
Father James Altman was informed late last week that he has been removed as pastor of St. James the Less parish, and that his priestly faculties have been suspended indefinitely.
Please Click Here to WATCH LifeSite's exclusive interview with Fr. Altman, and Click Here to READ more about this turn of events.
As Bishop William J. Callahan’s decree explains, this means he is forbidden from celebrating “The Holy Eucharist” with any members of the faithful present, except for his elderly parents. He is also “no longer allowed to preach,” administer baptism, or assist at marriages.
Altman said that he wasn’t issued restrictions from hearing Confessions or Anointing of the Sick.
The decree also states that he is to continue to live within the Diocese of LaCrosse, where he has been instructed to meet with the Vicar for Clergy at least once a month, and has been “invited to begin” a month-long “spiritual retreat” to help him to “spiritually heal” and “address the issues that caused the issuance of this decree.”
The order states it is in effect as long as “cause” is present, but it does not specify what the cause is. Callahan said he asked Altman to resign on May 23 for being “divisive and ineffective.”
Altman first triggered backlash from his bishop when his video “You cannot be a Catholic and a Democrat. Period” went viral last year. Altman shared that in response to this, his office “got the most vile, despicable phone calls, letters” and “some terrible, really foul messages.”
Callahan criticized Altman at the time for his “manner and tone,” to which Altman countered, “what about the manner and tone of the 10,000 babies that are chopped up last Saturday?”
“What I would hope would always come through no matter what people think about my manner and tone, is that they would recognize that what’s coming through there is God’s love,” Altman told LifeSiteNews. “A love that I recognize because He’s loved me, and I didn’t deserve that.”
“If I seem angry at times, it has nothing to do with me, it has to do with the people. And I asked the question recently, how can they love? If you love, how can you not feed your children?”
In late April, Altman chided the U.S. bishops for needlessly shutting churches and denying the faithful sacraments during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the hierarchy showed “an abundance of cowardice.”
In his interview with LifeSite, Altman alluded to the fact that some don’t like seeing him “upset.”
“I’m thinking well, if you’re denying my child food, the Bread of Life – [Bishop Fulton J. Sheen] said, if you can’t get angry about stuff like that then you can’t love either. Because greater love has greater anger towards those things that are contrary to the salvation of eternal souls, which is the only thing that matters in the end,” said Altman.
"I don’t care what they do to me, honestly, in the end… what troubles me is the interference with the feeding of God’s children, which is through word and through the sacrament. Both of which were denied to people over the past 15 months."
Please continue to SIGN and SHARE this petition, and to continue to contact the Diocese of LaCrosse's Chancery Office, to politely voice your opposition to the removal of Fr. Altman from his parish. The Chancery's phone number is: 608-788-7700.
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PETITION UPDATE (5/24/2021) -
Father James Altman, the Wisconsin priest whose video message last fall "You can’t be a Catholic and a Democrat" went viral and who has fearlessly admonished the U.S. bishops for shutting churches and denying the faithful Sacraments during the COVID-19 crisis, announced on Pentecost Sunday that his bishop has asked him to resign for being "divisive and ineffective."
Please CLICK HERE to READ LifeSiteNews' latest article related to Fr. Altman's ongoing persecution, just to continue shepherding his flock.
Bishop William P. Callahan began threatening the outspoken priest with "canonical penalties" in September, even as public support for the priest surged among rank-and-file Catholics around the country and the world.
And now, a group called 'Faithful America' is proudly boasting responsibility for taking down Fr. Altman, but Faithful America are not even a Catholic organization!
Thankfully, Fr. Altman says he is working with a canon lawyer to resolve this matter.
WATCH Fr. Altman's Sunday sermon in which he announces the bishop's decision to ask for his resignation.
"In response my canon lawyer asked for clarification – asked for the justification and a chance to review what was in my file that suggested I was so divisive and ineffective,” explained Altman. “And I say all this only because, I'm no expert on canon law, but understand only that while we are contesting bishop's request — and we are — he could in theory appoint a parish administrator whilst I remain a pastor without duties until the appeal goes through Rome, which could take up to a year or more."
Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, offered his support for Altman via Twitter.
Please continue to SIGN and SHARE this petition with your like-minded family and friends.
And, after signing and sharing, please take a minute to contact the LaCrosse Diocese to politely voice your support for Fr. Altman, and against leftist pressure groups like 'Faithful America.' Please ask Bishop Callahan to prayerfully reconsider his decision and allow Fr. Altman to remain as pastor of St. James the Less parish.
The phone number for the diocese office is: 608.788.7700
Thank you!
PETITION UPDATE (9/15/2020) -
Just this past weekend a prayer vigil was held outside the Cathedral in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, on behalf of Fr. James Altman, the priest facing Church penalties for saying that you cannot be a Catholic and a Democrat in 2020.
Hundreds of faithful Catholics turn out to pray for Fr. Altman. Though Fr. Altman did use strong language to warn his flock against spiritual perils, what he said about the Democratic Party's platform is true!
Motivated by a deep sense of justice, supporters gathered at the Cathedral to pray for the priest, and for Bishop Callahan to stand by his priest rather than punish him.
"Fr. Altman is a rare breed. He’s a modern-day St. John the Baptist," declared one woman who attended the prayer vigil. "He’s really changed my life and so many others he’s had that impact on. We need more priests who are true shepherds."
Fr. Richard Heilman, who is the founder of the U.S. Grace Force and who was also present to help lead people in prayer during the vigil, had this to say about Fr. Altman: "Bottom line: he loves, loves, loves his flock. And so, like a good shepherd, if he sees the wolves invading, he sounds the warning alarm."
Please consider SIGNING this petition if you have not already signed. And, please SHARE this petition and video with your family, friends and colleagues. Thank you!
If after signing and sharing you wish to make an even greater impact, we encourage you to contact the Diocese of LaCrosse's Chancery Offices to politely let them know that you support Fr. Altman and want to see him continue in his essential ministry.
Diocese of LaCrosse's Chancery Office phone number: 608-788-7700.
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ORIGINAL PETITION TEXT:
Father James Altman, pastor of St. James the Less parish in the Wisconsin Diocese of LaCrosse, has been threatened with canonical punishment by his Bishop, Most Rev. William Patrick Callahan.
Fr. Altman's alleged "offense"?
Stating what every faithful Catholic knows to be true in 2020: "You cannot be a Catholic and a Democrat."
Please SIGN this petition which will go to Bishop Callahan and ask him to stop any canonical proceedings against Fr. Altman.
In a strongly-worded YouTube video, designed to shepherd the faithful out of harm's way (supporting the Democratic Party's evil platform), Fr. Altman states the following:
"Here's a memo to clueless, baptized Catholics out there: You cannot be Catholic and be a Democrat. Period. Their party platform absolutely is against everything the Catholic Church teaches. So, just quit pretending that you're Catholic and vote Democrat. Repent of your support of that party and its platform, or face the fires of Hell..."
Strong stuff to be sure, but Fr. Altman was taking his cue from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (whom he quotes) – the Church has a "duty and obligation" to speak up when politicians act in an immoral way.
In other words, a pastor must give strong warnings, at times, to guide souls away from grave danger, even when the dangers come from politicians or a political party.
When your house is burning down...or, more appropriately, when someone is attempting to burn your house down, it's time to dispense with the niceties of politically correct language.
And, as Fr. Altman suggests, the Democratic Party's evil platform which promotes the desecration of God's plan for humanity is, in effect, trying to burn down our house (i.e., the Church).
Not only do the Democrats openly advocate for abortion (i.e., killing innocent human beings), but they also promote the destruction of the natural family and the desecration of human nature in support of the homosexual and transgender agendas.
Remember the following:
The Obama-Biden Administration attempted to force the Little Sisters of the Poor to participate in the provision of abortion-inducing drugs and contraception and threatened schools with the loss of federal funding if they wouldn’t let boys in girls’ bathrooms and vice versa.
Democratic Senators Kamala Harris and Mazie Hirono grilled a judge, who is a Knight of Columbus, on his membership in the Knights, absurdly suggesting that membership in the Catholic mens' fraternal organization should disqualify someone from sitting on the bench.
And, in 2017, the DNC Chairman said that pro-lifers were not welcome in the party.
No faithful Catholic should even think about voting for such a platform. And, the bishops should be on the frontlines, speaking this truth to power.
Thankfully, the Bishop of Tyler, Texas, Most Rev. Joseph Strickland, has come out in support of Fr. Altman's statement, tweeting:
"As the Bishop of Tyler I endorse Fr. Altman’s statement in this video. My shame is that it has taken me so long. Thank you Fr Altman for your COURAGE. If you love Jesus & His Church & this nation...please HEED THIS MESSAGE.”
With this petition, we now ask that Fr. Altman's own bishop, Most. Rev. Callahan, likewise support his priest and stop any canonical proceedings against him.
Devoid of united leadership from the Hierarchy, individual priests must do their best to inform the laity of the mortal dangers on full view in the Democrats' platform.
And, threatening to silence priests for strongly speaking the truth only plays into the hand of those who actually hate what the Church stands for...and who will, if elected, most likely seek to injure, or even eradicate, the Church.
The bishops should know that the legacy of the Democratic Party being the party of the small man and of the Catholic immigrant is now over.
The Democratic Party of today is the party of radical individualism, not the common good. And, rabid support for abortion and the homosexual agenda are practically obligatory.
As such, the Democratic Party is not a friend of the Church and any priest or bishop who thinks otherwise is being deceived, or allowing himself to be deceived or bullied.
This is not just an abstraction! This is a serious threat to Christianity and their party's platform needs to be met with strong opposition.
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lifesitenews--2020-10-12--CNN butchers the facts on late-term abortions

UNITED STATES , October 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – In a so-called “ fact check ” of the vice-presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris , CNN reporter Caroline Kelly presents a barrage of disinformation that hides the realities of late-term abortion and the agenda of the Biden–Harris campaign .
During the debate , Pence stated that “ Joe Biden and Kamala Harris support taxpayer funding of abortion all the way up to the moment of birth , late-term abortion.
” CNN , which begins each of its fact checks with the phrase “ Facts First , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ undercut Pence ’ s factual statement .
CNN begins its fact check with an attempt to delegitimize the phrase “ late-term ” abortion by declaring it “ is not a medical term.
” This claim is flatly disproven by medical journals that have published articles with titles like : • “ Late-Term Elective Abortion and Susceptibility to Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms ” –Journal of Pregnancy These medical journals and others , along with Planned Parenthood , abortion clinics , and media outlets have used the phrase “ late-term ” on numerous occasions to describe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as 14 weeks into pregnancy to as many as 35 weeks or later .
More importantly , a vice-presidential debate is not a medical forum , CNN is not a medical periodical , and journalism guidelines bluntly instruct reporters to avoid medical jargon : • The book English for Journalists emphasizes : “ A common source of jargon is scientific , medical , government and legal handouts , ” and “ if you write for a newspaper or general magazine you should try to translate jargon into ordinary English whenever you can.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ states : “ Jargon is technical language misused .
Technical language , the precise diction demanded by any specialized trade or profession , is necessary when experts communicate with one another .
It becomes jargon when it is applied outside the limits of technical discourse.
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• The book Writing for Journalists drives home the point : “ Never use a foreign phrase , a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
” In violation of that journalism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in ways that obscure the facts that : • the most common method of late-term abortion is dismemberment , a procedure that is illegal under the federal humane law for slaughtering livestock because it requires that animals be killed in a manner that renders them immediately unconscious .
• a late-term abortion at 22 weeks of pregnancy kills a human several weeks after he or she is capable of conscious “ motor planning ” ( PLoS ONE ) , “ now sleeps and wakes and hears sounds , ” ( American Medical Association @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like this : A common example of how media outlets use clinical jargon to sanitize the facts of abortion is by inconsistently and incorrectly using the word “ fetus , ” a medical term derived from a Latin word meaning “ offspring ” or “ newly delivered.
” Reporters frequently use this term to describe the object of an abortion , but they use the word “ mother ” to refer to a pregnant woman instead of the clinically accurate term , “ gravida.
” And when the topic is not abortion , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” and use “ baby ” or “ child ” in its place .
In fact , the ombudsman of the Boston Globe once apologized to its readers because the paper used the term “ fetus ” to describe an unborn child who was killed when his mother was shot in the stomach .
The apology was sparked by a flurry of criticism from readers who objected that the Globe “ truly dehumanized ” the “ child ” and that “ every other news channel , TV , and newspaper called it a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reporters often misuse the term “ fetus , ” revealing that they are out of their depth .
Per Dorland ’ s Illustrated Medical Dictionary , a fetus is “ the unborn offspring in the postembryonic period , after major structures have been outlined , in humans from nine weeks after fertilization until birth.
” Simply put , the word “ fetus ” applies from nine weeks after fertilization until birth .
Yet , numerous major news organizations have misapplied this term to both before and after this period .
According to CNN @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in pregnancy are exceptionally rare.
” In truth , late-term abortions are far more common than deaths that the media portrays as frequent occurrences like firearm homicides , young adult Covid-19 fatalities , and murders committed by police officers .
A 2013 paper in the journal Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health estimates that “ more than 15,000 ” abortions are performed each year in the U.S. “ at 21 weeks or later.
” The authors note that this amounts to about 1 % of all abortions , “ but given an estimated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ annually , ” “ later abortions ” add up to “ a substantial number of abortions.
” Hence , these “ exceptionally rare ” late-term abortions are more numerous than the : • 6,000 Covid-19-related deaths of people under the age of 45 .
• 50 people per year who are executed under the death penalty .
• 7 police officers per year who are arrested for murder or manslaughter in an on-duty shooting , and the 1–2 officers who are ultimately convicted of such crimes .
Most Late-Term Abortions Are Not for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ performed later in pregnancy ” are “ often ” because “ of a fetal condition that can ’ t be treated or in cases of maternal health endangerment.
” This is a common talking point of abortion proponents , but the disclosures of abortion providers reveal just the opposite : • Martin Haskell , who is credited with inventing the partial-birth abortion procedure stated , “ I ’ ll be quite frank : most of my abortions are elective in that 20-24 week range… .
In my particular case , probably 20 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other 80 % are purely elective.
” • Renee Chelian , president of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers , said of late-term abortions , “ The spin out of Washington was that it was only done for medical necessity , even though we knew it wasn ’ t so.
” • Doctors at two New Jersey abortion clinics independently revealed that each of their clinics was performing roughly 3,000 late-term abortions per year and nearly all of them were elective and not for medical reasons .
• Ron Fitzsimmons , executive director @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , stated that late-term abortion are “ primarily done on healthy women and healthy fetuses.
” The statements above are corroborated by a study conducted by the Guttmacher Institute—a research organization whose “ Guiding Principles ” include support for legalized abortion .
As summarized by the New York Times , the study found that “ only 2 percent of abortions done after 16 weeks of pregnancy are done because of fetal abnormalities , ” and such abortions are “ most often performed to end healthy pregnancies because the woman arrived relatively late to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Harris Support Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Up Till Birth According to CNN , Pence ’ s statement about Biden and Harris is “ partially misleading and partially false ” because “ a Biden campaign official told CNN that Biden supports Roe v. Wade—the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion nationwide , as amended by Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
” However , the plain words of those court decisions prove that Pence ’ s statement is entirely accurate .
This is because these rulings prohibit states from banning abortions at any stage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is for “ the health of the mother.
” Importantly , Roe defines threats to a mother ’ s health so broadly that they can include practically anything .
Some eye-opening examples of what Roe deems to be hazardous to “ health ” are the work of “ child care , ” the “ stigma of unwed motherhood , ” and “ the distress ” of parenting “ an unwanted child.
” In Casey , the Supreme Court ruled that “ Roe ’ s essential holding be retained and reaffirmed , ” including @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s power to restrict abortions after viability , if the law contains exceptions for pregnancies endangering a woman ’ s life or health.
” Furthermore , Roe places all decisions about what constitutes “ health ” into the hands of abortionists .
It does this by mandating that Roe “ be read together ” with Doe v. Bolton , a companion case that the Supreme Court issued on the same day .
In Doe , the Court ruled that all abortion providers have full authority to decide if an abortion is necessary to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” based solely on their “ best clinical judgment.
” Many states have passed laws that defy Roe and Casey , and Biden and Harris say that they will overturn all of them through a federal law that codifies Roe .
They also support “ repealing the Hyde Amendment , ” which has restricted taxpayer funding of abortion for more than 40 years except in cases of rape , incest , and if the life of the mother is endangered .
CNN also alleges without evidence that “ no candidate in either political @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moment of birth ’ , ” but the fact is that Democrats blocked a bill in 2019 that would have required healthcare providers to “ preserve the life and health ” of children who are aborted and born alive .
Harris was among the 42 Democrats who filibustered this bill in the Senate .
During the vice presidential debate , Mike Pence accurately and straightforwardly described the positions of Kamala Harris and Joe Biden on late-term abortions , noting that they support such abortions up to birth and want them funded by taxpayers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statement is misleading in an article that it titled “ Pence Echoes Trump ’ s False Claims at Vice Presidential Debate.
” Furthermore , CNN laced its “ fact check ” with other canards that hide the harsh realities of late-term abortion and the fact that they are performed more than 10,000 times per year on healthy , conscious humans with healthy mothers .
James D. Agresti is the president of Just Facts , a think tank dedicated to publishing rigorously documented facts about public policy issues .

During the vice presidential debate last week, Mike Pence accurately and straightforwardly described the positions of Kamala Harris and Joe Biden on late-term abortions, noting that they support such abortions up to birth and want them funded by taxpayers.
UNITED STATES, October 12, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – In a so-called “fact check” of the vice-presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, CNN reporter Caroline Kelly presents a barrage of disinformation that hides the realities of late-term abortion and the agenda of the Biden–Harris campaign.
During the debate, Pence stated that “Joe Biden and Kamala Harris support taxpayer funding of abortion all the way up to the moment of birth, late-term abortion.” CNN, which begins each of its fact checks with the phrase “Facts First,” uses a flurry of falsehoods to undercut Pence’s factual statement.
The “Medical Term” Farce
CNN begins its fact check with an attempt to delegitimize the phrase “late-term” abortion by declaring it “is not a medical term.” This claim is flatly disproven by medical journals that have published articles with titles like:
These medical journals and others, along with Planned Parenthood, abortion clinics, and media outlets have used the phrase “late-term” on numerous occasions to describe abortions that are performed from as few as 14 weeks into pregnancy to as many as 35 weeks or later.
More importantly, a vice-presidential debate is not a medical forum, CNN is not a medical periodical, and journalism guidelines bluntly instruct reporters to avoid medical jargon:
The book English for Journalists emphasizes: “A common source of jargon is scientific, medical, government and legal handouts,” and “if you write for a newspaper or general magazine you should try to translate jargon into ordinary English whenever you can.”
The New Oxford Guide to Writing states: “Jargon is technical language misused. Technical language, the precise diction demanded by any specialized trade or profession, is necessary when experts communicate with one another. It becomes jargon when it is applied outside the limits of technical discourse.” — Article continues below Petition — PETITION: Urge the U.S. Senate to Confirm Amy Coney Barrett Show Petition Text 24868 have signed the petition. Let's get to 25000 ! Thank you for signing this petition! Add your signature: Show Petition Text Country... State... Sign this Petition Judge Amy Coney Barrett Graeme Jennings-Pool/Getty Images PETITION UPDATE (10/26//2020) In a resounding victory for supporters of life, family and freedom, the U.S. Senate has just confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court of the United States! 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Every Republican on the committee voted for Barrett, President Donald Trump’s selection to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, while every committee Democrat boycotted the vote, CNBC reports. Please READ the latest LifeSite article about the Senate Committee's vote here. As you read above, Judge Barrett has one more hurdle next Monday. Of course, it's the BIGGEST hurdle. So, if you haven't already, could we ask you to please call your U.S. senators to politely voice your support for Judge Barrett? After SIGNING this petition, please scroll down the page, where you will find the list of all U.S. senators' contact details. Let's keep working and praying so that we can see a pro-life judge sit on the Supreme Court. ____________________________________________________ PETITION UPDATE (10/15/20) The fourth day of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Senate confirmation hearing for the open seat on the U.S. Supreme Court is going on now. Please CLICK HERE to go to the livestream of the hearings. Please watch and read EXCLUSIVE LifeSite videos and articles about Judge Amy Coney Barrett's hearings: YouTube Videos: 'We are people of faith, the true body of Christ': Christians pray for SCOTUS confirmation hearings' '"That's your job": Judge Barrett responds to relevance of Obamacare to SCOTUS confirmation' Articles: 'Senator who badgered Barrett about Catholicism in 2017 presses her on abortion at confirmation hearing' 'Hawley, Barrett dismantle religious tests for office at Supreme Court hearing' 'Ted Cruz at Barrett hearing warns Democrats want to ‘erase’ religious liberty' ______________________________________________________________ Conservatives and Christians asked President Trump to deliver a proven constitutional originalist with a solid pro-life background, and he did . 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The book Writing for Journalists drives home the point: “Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.”
In violation of that journalism standard, journalists selectively use medical jargon in ways that obscure the facts that:
A common example of how media outlets use clinical jargon to sanitize the facts of abortion is by inconsistently and incorrectly using the word “fetus,” a medical term derived from a Latin word meaning “offspring” or “newly delivered.” Reporters frequently use this term to describe the object of an abortion, but they use the word “mother” to refer to a pregnant woman instead of the clinically accurate term, “gravida.”
And when the topic is not abortion, journalists often shun the word “fetus” and use “baby” or “child” in its place. In fact, the ombudsman of the Boston Globe once apologized to its readers because the paper used the term “fetus” to describe an unborn child who was killed when his mother was shot in the stomach. The apology was sparked by a flurry of criticism from readers who objected that the Globe “truly dehumanized” the “child” and that “every other news channel, TV, and newspaper called it a baby.”
Beyond their double standards, reporters often misuse the term “fetus,” revealing that they are out of their depth. Per Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary, a fetus is “the unborn offspring in the postembryonic period, after major structures have been outlined, in humans from nine weeks after fertilization until birth.” Simply put, the word “fetus” applies from nine weeks after fertilization until birth. Yet, numerous major news organizations have misapplied this term to both before and after this period.
Late-Term Abortions Are Not Rare
According to CNN, “Doctors say abortions performed later in pregnancy are exceptionally rare.” In truth, late-term abortions are far more common than deaths that the media portrays as frequent occurrences like firearm homicides, young adult Covid-19 fatalities, and murders committed by police officers.
A 2013 paper in the journal Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health estimates that “more than 15,000” abortions are performed each year in the U.S. “at 21 weeks or later.” The authors note that this amounts to about 1% of all abortions, “but given an estimated 1.21 million abortions in the United States annually,” “later abortions” add up to “a substantial number of abortions.”
Hence, these “exceptionally rare” late-term abortions are more numerous than the:
12,000 murders per year committed with guns.
6,000 Covid-19-related deaths of people under the age of 45.
50 people per year who are executed under the death penalty.
7 police officers per year who are arrested for murder or manslaughter in an on-duty shooting, and the 1–2 officers who are ultimately convicted of such crimes.
Most Late-Term Abortions Are Not for Medical Reasons
CNN claims that “abortions performed later in pregnancy” are “often” because “of a fetal condition that can’t be treated or in cases of maternal health endangerment.” This is a common talking point of abortion proponents, but the disclosures of abortion providers reveal just the opposite:
Martin Haskell, who is credited with inventing the partial-birth abortion procedure stated, “I’ll be quite frank: most of my abortions are elective in that 20-24 week range…. In my particular case, probably 20% are for genetic reasons. And the other 80% are purely elective.”
Renee Chelian, president of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers, said of late-term abortions, “The spin out of Washington was that it was only done for medical necessity, even though we knew it wasn’t so.”
Doctors at two New Jersey abortion clinics independently revealed that each of their clinics was performing roughly 3,000 late-term abortions per year and nearly all of them were elective and not for medical reasons.
Ron Fitzsimmons, executive director of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers, stated that late-term abortion are “primarily done on healthy women and healthy fetuses.”
The statements above are corroborated by a study conducted by the Guttmacher Institute—a research organization whose “Guiding Principles” include support for legalized abortion. As summarized by the New York Times, the study found that “only 2 percent of abortions done after 16 weeks of pregnancy are done because of fetal abnormalities,” and such abortions are “most often performed to end healthy pregnancies because the woman arrived relatively late to her decision to abort.”
Biden and Harris Support Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Up Till Birth
According to CNN, Pence’s statement about Biden and Harris is “partially misleading and partially false” because “a Biden campaign official told CNN that Biden supports Roe v. Wade—the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion nationwide, as amended by Planned Parenthood v. Casey.”
However, the plain words of those court decisions prove that Pence’s statement is entirely accurate. This is because these rulings prohibit states from banning abortions at any stage of pregnancy if any abortionist claims it is for “the health of the mother.”
Importantly, Roe defines threats to a mother’s health so broadly that they can include practically anything. Some eye-opening examples of what Roe deems to be hazardous to “health” are the work of “child care,” the “stigma of unwed motherhood,” and “the distress” of parenting “an unwanted child.”
In Casey, the Supreme Court ruled that “Roe’s essential holding be retained and reaffirmed,” including “a confirmation of the State’s power to restrict abortions after viability, if the law contains exceptions for pregnancies endangering a woman’s life or health.”
Furthermore, Roe places all decisions about what constitutes “health” into the hands of abortionists. It does this by mandating that Roe“be read together” with Doe v. Bolton, a companion case that the Supreme Court issued on the same day. In Doe, the Court ruled that all abortion providers have full authority to decide if an abortion is necessary to protect a woman’s “health” based solely on their “best clinical judgment.”
Many states have passed laws that defy Roe and Casey, and Biden and Harris say that they will overturn all of them through a federal law that codifies Roe. They also support “repealing the Hyde Amendment,” which has restricted taxpayer funding of abortion for more than 40 years except in cases of rape, incest, and if the life of the mother is endangered.
CNN also alleges without evidence that “no candidate in either political party supports abortion ‘up to the moment of birth’,” but the fact is that Democrats blocked a bill in 2019 that would have required healthcare providers to “preserve the life and health” of children who are aborted and born alive. Harris was among the 42 Democrats who filibustered this bill in the Senate.
Summary
During the vice presidential debate, Mike Pence accurately and straightforwardly described the positions of Kamala Harris and Joe Biden on late-term abortions, noting that they support such abortions up to birth and want them funded by taxpayers.
Yet, CNN deceitfully claimed his statement is misleading in an article that it titled “Pence Echoes Trump’s False Claims at Vice Presidential Debate.” Furthermore, CNN laced its “fact check” with other canards that hide the harsh realities of late-term abortion and the fact that they are performed more than 10,000 times per year on healthy, conscious humans with healthy mothers.
James D. Agresti is the president of Just Facts, a think tank dedicated to publishing rigorously documented facts about public policy issues.
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lifesitenews--2020-10-12--WATCH: Trump denounces KKK, white supremacists over and over

October 12 , 2020 ( NewsBusters ) — The next time you hear some liberal journalist solemnly demand that Donald Trump reject the KKK , David Duke and bigots of all stripes , remember that he has .
Over and over .
But it ’ s never enough for hack journalists who pretend the President has n't condemned hate .
Here are a few examples of Trump doing just that : “ David Duke is a bad person who I disavowed on numerous occasions , going all the way back to 2000 .
“ I totally disavow the Ku Klux @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ... .
You ’ re about the 18th person that asked me the question.
” “ How many times do I have to reject ?
I ’ ve rejected David Duke .
I ’ ve rejected the KKK.
” If that wasn ’ t enough , watch this video and see it happen 19 times .
Oddly these same journalists don ’ t demand that Joe Biden repeatedly denounce Antifa .
Have you heard them call on the Democrat ’ s campaign to fully explain his false claim that Antifa is an “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ next time you see journalists , or some friend on Facebook ask why Trump has n't condemned hate , show them this MRCTV video !

The next time you see journalists, or some friend on Facebook, ask why Trump hasn't condemned hate, show this video.
October 12, 2020 (NewsBusters) — The next time you hear some liberal journalist solemnly demand that Donald Trump reject the KKK, David Duke and bigots of all stripes, remember that he has. Over and over. But it’s never enough for hack journalists who pretend the President hasn't condemned hate.
Here are a few examples of Trump doing just that:
“David Duke is a bad person who I disavowed on numerous occasions, going all the way back to 2000.
“I totally disavow the Ku Klux Klan. I totally disavow David Duke…. You’re about the 18th person that asked me the question.”
“How many times do I have to reject? I’ve rejected David Duke. I’ve rejected the KKK.”
If that wasn’t enough, watch this video and see it happen 19 times.
Oddly these same journalists don’t demand that Joe Biden repeatedly denounce Antifa. Have you heard them call on the Democrat’s campaign to fully explain his false claim that Antifa is an “idea not an organization”?
The next time you see journalists, or some friend on Facebook ask why Trump hasn't condemned hate, show them this MRCTV video!
— Article continues below Petition — PETITION: Call for an additional Presidential Debate on Family Issues Show Petition Text 7021 have signed the petition. Let's get to 7500 ! Thank you for signing this petition! Add your signature: Show Petition Text Country... State... Sign this Petition The issues discussed during the three forthcoming Presidential debates will likely focus on the economy, public health, and defense and foreign policy. But, the family is the cornerstone of American life and deserves its own Presidential debate. And, if we don't act fast, issues like marriage, the right to life, parental rights in education and health, population control and declining fertility will be overlooked entirely or treated as an afterthought. That's why LifeSite and the Ruth Institute are partnering on this important appeal. Please SIGN our petition which urges the Commission on Presidential Debates to schedule a debate which focuses solely on family issues. The purpose of the Presidential debates is to allow voters to witness an interchange between the candidates and to determine their position on issues which will impact their lives, as well as their rationale for holding those positions. Of course, the economy, public health and foreign policy are all serious matters, but family breakdown and the over-sexualization of society create massive problems that affect the economy, the criminal justice system, public health, and even national defense. Everything begins with the family. Everything depends on the family. It impacts every area of life. A strong economy depends on the next generation learning the virtues of hard work and discipline in the family. Strong national defense requires individuals who are willing to sacrifice for their families, even more than the national interest. And, the decline of the family in America’s cities has led to spiraling crime rates and urban unrest. Simply put, family issues are key to the success or failure of the country. And, therefore, the family must be a major focus of the debates. We need to put the focus where it belongs. We need one debate exclusively on what the candidates will do to support the family. Thank you for SIGNING this petition which urges the U.S. Commission on Presidential Debates and the candidates, themselves, to agree to a fourth debate focusing solely on family issues. FOR MORE INFORMATION: 'Ruth Inst. and Life Site News Launch Petition for Presidential Debate on the Family' - http://www.ruthinstitute.org/press/ruth-inst-and-life-site-news-launch-petition-for-presidential-debate-on-the-family 'Petition asks for fourth presidential debate focused on pro-life, family issues' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/petition-asks-for-fourth-presidential-debate-focused-on-pro-life-family-issues Hide Petition Text Sign this Petition
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lifesitenews--2020-10-12--Watch Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing live HERE

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