Despite WH Claim, Ban on Sex-Selection Abortion Didn’t Require Abortionist to Determine Motivation for Abortion | CNSNews.com

The following excerpts are from an article by Fred Lucas at CNSNews.com:

• White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Thursday that President Barack Obama opposed legislation that would ban abortions done to terminate an unborn child of undesired gender because it would put doctors in the position of having to determine a woman's "motivations" for an abortion or else face criminal prosecution.
• "The administration opposes gender discrimination in all forms," Carney said at a White House press briefing. "But the end result of this legislation would be to subject doctors to criminal prosecution if they fail to determine the motivations behind a very personal and private decision. I think we, again, oppose gender discrimination in all cases. I think our record on that is very clear. The president’s record on that is very clear.”
• However, Section 5 of the Parental Nondiscrimination Act says, “Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require that a healthcare provider has an affirmative duty to inquire as to the motivation for the abortion, absent the healthcare provider having knowledge or information that the abortion is being sought based on the sex or gender of the child.”
• The bill was defeated in the House Thursday in a 246 to 168 vote, because it failed to get a two-thirds majority.

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Where Will You Be When the Lights Go Out? - Marita Noon - Townhall Finance Conservative Columnists and Financial Commentary

The following excerpts are from an article by TownHall.com columnist Marita Noon:

• The passage of time is marked with milestones. We each know where we were when President Kennedy was shot, when the Berlin Wall came down, and on the morning of 9-11. If we continue on the current course, you’ll be telling your grandchildren where you were the night the lights went out in America.
• America’s energy policy is being dominated by environmentalists’ priorities—regardless of the impact to the American economy, individual communities, or economically-challenged citizens. The plans to shut down or limit America’s abundant, available, and affordable energy are organized, coordinated, and effective. The results will be “lights out in America”—a dim future.
• On May 30, the Wall Street Journal alerted us to the Sierra Club’s new campaign aimed at killing the natural gas industry: “Beyond Natural Gas.” WSJ reports: “This is no idle threat. The Sierra Club has deep pockets funded by liberal foundations and knows how to work the media and politicians. The lobby helped to block new nuclear plants for more than 30 years, it has kept much of the U.S. off-limits to oil drilling, and its ‘Beyond Coal’ campaign has all but shut down new coal plants. One of its priorities now will be to make shale gas drilling anathema within the Democratic Party.”
• How do they think we will power America? With intermittent, ineffective, and uneconomical wind and solar energy.

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Peruvian says feminist campaign promotes abortion, not women :: EWTN News

The following excerpts are from EWTN News:

• A pro-life advocate in Peru denounced a recent campaign by the feminist group Manuela Ramos, arguing that it does not benefit Peruvian women but seeks to legalize abortion in cases of rape.
• The director of the Latin American Office of the Population Research Institute, Carlos Polo, made the comments after learning about the campaign called “Justice for Them.” 
• The campaign’s website claims it will be posting testimonies from women who have been raped and have been forced to undergo back-alley abortions or continue on with their pregnancies.

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