Is the Tea Party Pro Life?
Jill Stanek has an interesting op-ed piece in the World Net Daily that you should read. She addresses the pro-life aspects of the new GOP Pledge to America and the emergence of a number of pro-life Tea Party candidates in key Senate races.
I’m sure that there will be many people disappointed that the GOP Pledge says little about abortion, but Stanek points out that it actually says more than it’s predecessor, the 1994 Contract with America.
Although the new Pledge is no pro-life manifesto, it does have the effect of saving babies by removing some of the funding that pays for the killing. We should bear in mind that defunding Planned Parenthood in New Jersey has already caused at least one abortion clinic to close down.
Furthermore, it has been reported, the GOP Pledge also promises to defund and repeal ObamaCare. That’s big because ObamaCare is the most aggressive baby-killing legislation perhaps ever to pass Congress.
Some pro-lifers lament the fact that although the Tea Party is emerging as a conservative force in the Republican party, the Tea Party says nothing about abortion. We should remember that words are important, but deeds are also important.
As it turns out, five GOP tea party-backed U.S. Senate candidates are pro-life with no exceptions: Sharron Angle of Nevada, Ken Buck of Colorado, Joe Miller of Alaska, Christine O’Donnell of Delaware and Rand Paul of Kentucky.
You think that’s not big? Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards thinks it is, hence her frantic email alert Monday calling this development, “not just crazy – truly frightening.”
Non tea-party candidates Carly Fiorina of California and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire are also reported to be pro-life. That’s big because right now, all 17 female senators are pro-abortion, including the four Republicans.
Yes, we still have a long way to go. The work of protecting every unborn child will not be finished overnight. But until that day comes, my rule is this: if the pro-aborts don’t like it, it must be good.
Tags: anti-abortion, Planned Parenthood, politics, prolife
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