Operation Rescue
Operation Rescue is an anti-abortion group scheduled to attend the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
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What if you threw a protest and nobody came? Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry did just that in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the first stop on a planned 13-city tour in which Terry intends to inform people that the senate healthcare reform bill "will essentially fund abortions." According to the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, "A few reporters and photographers, Terry and two passersby were the whole rally. Terry's target, U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh and Bayh...
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Last month, the City Council passed an ordinance that requires anti-abortion activists to stay at least 50 feet from clinics and medical facilities that perform abortions, and 8 feet from anyone entering the clinics. In the 8 foot protective "bubble zone" anyone passing out materials, displaying signs, protesting or attempting to counsel someone without their consent could be fined $500.
The ordinance goes into effect today, and yesterday...
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NPR and the Associated Press are reporting that Operation Rescue may be completely out of funds and in danger of closing. Don't remember Operation Rescue? They are the scary anti-choice organization, who've been linked to a number of violent anti-choicers,...
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- Operation Rescue claimed it was broke; now everything's just peachy (blogs.pitch.com)
- Anti-abortion group singing the blues (voices.kansascity.com)
Many are "questioning" whether the extremist antiabortion-rights group Operation Rescue is "on its last legs" after group President Troy Newman sent a fundraising letter "pleading for donations to save its life," Kansas City Star columnist Mary Sanchez writes.
From medicalnewstoday.com
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- Operation Rescue "Completely Out Of Money," Blames Economy (huffingtonpost.com)
- Operation Rescue 'Broke' Following Decrease In Donations, Its President Says... (medicalnewstoday.com)
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Lawmakers in Vera cruz made it Mexico's 17th state to pass legislation declaring that life begins at conception, then adopted a proposal that requires Congress to consider amending the constitution to outlaw abortion.
From denverpost.com
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- Mexico anti-abortion fight moves to federal level (news.google.com)
- Mexico Anti-abortion Fight Moves To Federal Level (search.msn.com)
MOUNT LAUREL (AP) — A New Jersey high school student claims in a federal lawsuit that school administrators violated her First Amendment free-speech and religious-freedom rights when they said she couldn’t participate in a day of silent protest against abortion.
From trentonian.com
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- Anti-abortion amendment put health reform in a bind (clips.progressnow.org)
When she was running for governor of Alaska in 2006, Sarah Palin reportedly said that even if her then-14-year-old daughter were raped, she would "choose life" and force her to bear a child. Comments like that that have endeared the fiery Alaskan politician to most pro-life voters, who lionized her for not aborting her Down's Syndrome baby. But Trig isn’t enough to protect Palin from a phalanx of anti-abortion activists who plan to protest her...
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- Anti-Abortion Group to Protest Palin | Mother Jones (del.icio.us)
Now remember that the anti-abortion language was key to Nancy Pelosi’s narrow, five-vote victory with this bill in the House. Any reconciliation between the House bill and the Senate bill would have to survive a straight up or down vote in
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From kxnet.com
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Is Operation Rescue on its last legs? That's the question many are asking in light of an Internet appeal the once-prominent anti-abortion organization recently made pleading for donations to save its life."There's no time to lose," wrote Operation Rescue president Troy Newman. "We're getting very close to the point of shutting everything down if emergency help doesn't arrive soon."Many in the media seized on the appeal to speculate as to...
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The anti-abortion group West Virginians for Life is hosting a dinner and concert beginning at 6 p.m. Monday at Kings River Worship Center in St. Albans. Recording artist Jaime Thietten will sing following the dinner. Thiettens latest single, "My ...
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