The following comes from a December 3 Catholic News Agency article:
The United States Senate voted Thursday to pass a bill that would defund Planned Parenthood, though the White House has said President Obama will veto the legislation.
The defunding of the abortion provider is part of a proposed bill that would partially dismantle President Barack Obama’s 2010 health care legislation.
The vote of 52-47 was largely party line. Two Republicans, Susan Collins of Maine and Mark Kirk of Illinois, voted against the bill.
While the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to send the bill to Obama, backers of the bill do not have the votes to override a veto.
Knowing that Obama will veto the bill, one of its supporters, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) maintained that its “value is to let him know — the president — and others that there’s a big division in this country, and a lot of us don’t like it, and the American people don’t like it,” according to NPR.
God bless these senators for taking a stand. Evil only flourishes when good men (women included) do nothing.
Thank you REPUBLICANS – in both the Senate and in the House for voting NOT to FUND Planned Parenthood ! ! !
Abortion is the torture and murder of innocent human beings for the convenience of others.
(In 2009 Hillary Clinton received PP’s highest award – the Margaret Sanger Award for her support of Abortion.)
I pray for a miracle!
Now, where are the Catholic Bishops, who should be asking Obama for a meeting saying, this bill needs to be signed by you? At least, they need to be asking the Pastors to preach about this at the pulpit and begin a Novena to Our Lady for he intercession.
Apparently all Democrats in the Senate, who claim to be Catholic, voted, in effect, to fund Planned Parenthood. I guess Canon 915 doesn’t apply to them ??????
I just saw a commercial for Plan B emergency contraception. Its disgusting. They show young women and their boyfriend’s. Its terrible! It should be illegal. They target young people. Everyone looks happy in that evil misleading commercial.