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More than 150 Christian leaders, most of them conservative evangelicals and traditionalist Roman Catholics, issued a joint declaration Friday reaffirming their opposition to abortion and gay marriage and pledging to protect religious freedoms. The 4,700-word document, called "The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience," sounds familiar themes from political and social debates over the health care overhaul and gay marriage battles. While acknowledging that "Christians and our institution  

Ms. Hansen states Congressman Walz easily won the 2008 election, and during his campaign, he openly discussed his support for a health care reform bill. As a part of this discussion, did he also openly talk about his lack of concern regarding the potential use of taxpayer money to fund abortion? According to Ms. Hansen, "people in this area" need to be reminded of facts.  

Contrary to the popular fallacy that science and religion are at odds with each oth er, it's quite the opposite. Science and religion are the best of friends. And like good friends, they complement each other and produce beautiful music together.  

Making it a crime for a woman to actively seek someone to help her abort a fetus. The bill stems from a Utah teen paying a man to kick and punch her in her abdomen in an attempt to abort her fetus. The man was charged, but a state judge said the young woman could not be.  

WASHINGTON D.C.--On the day before the first big senate vote on health Care Reform big name members of the clergy make a statement on moral grounds. 125 members of the clergy present what they call the Manhattan Declaration. The document addresses abortion, gay marriage, religious freedoms and other moral issues. They call the declaration non partisan but add President Obama may want to reduce the number of abortions but his proposals will likely increase them.  

A teenager is accusing a Flint abortion doctor and his assistant of holding her down and covering her mouth as the doctor forced her to have an abortion after she screamed for them to stop. In a lawsuit filed in June, the teen said she came to WomanCare of Flint, also known as Feminine Care Center, for an abortion on April 9, 2008, but alleges that she changed her mind before the doctor started the procedure. Local and national anti-abortion activists are rallying behind the lawsuit, claiming this is

I want to support the attorney and this mother in every way that I can because it’s not an easy thing to step forward and expose this   -Bloomfield Hills

 

Every year or so, it seems, a Utah legislator decides to take on abortion. This time, it's Rep. Carl Wimmer, who wants to close a "loophole" in the state's law, which holds that a woman cannot be charged for trying to arrange an abortion. At the same time, anti-abortion forces in Washington, D.C., want to force low- and medium-income women who get federal insurance subsidies to use their own money to buy separate policies that cover elective abortion.  

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, fresh off their abortion victory on health care legislation in the House, has joined the battle in the Senate and called for the same amendment that it pushed through the House. In a letter Friday (PDF) to Senators, the bishops said that the language in the current bill put forth by Democratic leaders violates the principle that federal funds should not be used for abortions. If it is not amended, they said, the bill should be opposed.  

Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, released his 2,074-page version of the Senate health care reform bill—at an estimated price of $890 billion. The price tag is obscene, partly because it includes funding of abortion-on-demand. Beginning on page 118 (under "Voluntary Choice of Coverage of Abortion Services"), it gives Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, the authority to determine when abortion can be covered under the government-run health care plan.