Unbelievable. Nurses at a Medical Facility in North Texas were regularly directed to, “Make this patient go bye-bye” by the owner. Click Here for local coverage on the full story.

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A victory abroad is a victory for us. More and more we are faced with cultural battles that are reflected as legal ones, and whenever a legal battle is won- even in another country- we have reason to celebrate.

Dr. Josef Schuster, president of the German Council of Jew in Germany led the charge in “a long, serious and sometimes emotional debate” that ended with a bill being passed that actually toughens the country’s stance on the issue, punishing doctors who still encourage the practice. [More on the Bill Here]

Victories like this can encourage us to continue fighting unjust practices such as assisted suicide here at home too. Find out how you can get involved by filling out our contact form below!

The pro-life plank in the Republican platform is safe for now. Conservative leaders, including three of California ProLife Council’s vice presidents whom sit on the platform committee, travelled from all over to come to Los Angeles for the CA Republican Party Convention this past weekend. Some in attendance were there in an attempt to remove traditional planks from the party platform, those including the pro-life plank. They were not successful in doing this at the convention. But the fight is not over yet. In the spring the GOP will hold a spring convention in Burlingame where the platform will be up for a vote amongst all the delegates.

full story below:

http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/09/california-gop-committee-blocks-pus.html

This summer, California ProLife sent key officers to the Republican Platform Drafting Committee. They opposed it and reported back on the pending proposal to re-craft and ‘streamline’ the Platform.

We at California ProLife immediately alerted pro-lifers through our e-mail network. Many of you have responded, and for that we are very grateful. Many of you have been in direct communication with members. California ProLife Council has as well, and in addition sent each member a copy of Ronald Reagan’s book, Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation.

Now an update regarding the current status: The full committee will meet at the end of this week-end’s Convention. This may be a positive thing… for the time being. Pro-life Assemblyman Dan Logue, who chairs the committee, believes the votes are there to maintain the current platform. As the vote will take place AFTER the full convention the pro-abortion forces will not be able to appeal the decision and then attempt to bring a resolution to the floor.

But what this means is that there will very likely be a full floor-vote at the next State Republican Convention in Burlingame. So the question remains: Will the state Republican party follow the example of Arnold Schwarzenegger or Ronald Reagan? We will see then.

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The backers of a $3 billion bond passed by California voters for stem cell research has failed. They kept no promises and have given money to support those on the 29 member board. Investors Business Daily nails the Stem Cell fraud in an editorial. The editorial hope voters will return to science and fiscal sanity. Something they forgot when they passed Pro. 71 in the first place.

Yesterday, President Obama decided to circumvent any confirmations hearings in the U.S. Senate by installing Donald Berwick as the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Confirmation hearings would have publicly exposed Berwick’s well-documented support for rationing health care.

Just last year in a June 2009 interview with the journal Biotechnology Healthcare, Berwick said, “The decision is not whether or not we will ration care – the decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open.”

The year before in the May/June 2008 issue of Health Affairs, he called for “rational collective action overriding some individual self-interest” in order to “reduce per capita costs.” Yep, those pesky patients think that their doctor’s visit is about them!

Rationing health care is not a new position for him. In a 1994 Journal of the American Medical Association article, he argued that, “Most metropolitan areas in the United States should reduce the number of centers engaging in cardiac surgery, high-risk obstetrics, neonatal intensive care, organ transplantation, tertiary cancer care, high-level trauma care, and high-technology imaging.”

Of course less treatment options means less treatment which means you live less. Dead people cost less. This is the change people voted for?

By Carol Long Tobias, NRL PAC Director

In every major election since 1980, pro-life candidates have had the advantage when it comes to voters and the abortion issue. Consistently, of those voters who select their candidate based on his or her abortion position, more will vote for the pro-life candidate than the pro-abortion candidate. These votes will come from men and women, Republicans and Democrats – – all segments of society.

In a close race, this “pro-life increment” – – more single-issue pro-life voters than single-issue pro-abortion voters – – can make the difference between winning and losing. Unfortunately, some pro-abortion candidates win because part of the pro-life community doesn’t help elect pro-life candidates, it helps defeat them. When pro-abortion candidates win, unborn babies lose.

So what could you do that would help defeat pro-life candidates?

1) Fall in love with your candidate.

We encourage pro-lifers to get involved in campaigns. Their active participation and volunteer activities can help a pro-life candidate build a strong campaign. It also puts the pro-lifer in contact with the candidate so that if he/she wins, the candidate can put a face to the pro-life community and a relationship can be built and strengthened.

However, too often pro-lifers get so wrapped up in their candidate that if he/she loses to another pro-life candidate (especially in a primary), the pro-life grassroots person becomes like the child who lost a game – – he takes his marbles and goes home. He doesn’t support the pro-life candidate who won and won’t volunteer in the campaign or work to get others to vote for that candidate. Pro-life candidates need the active support of all pro-lifers and, all too often, without that full support, a pro-abortion candidate wins.

2) Believe that your candidate is the only real pro-life candidate in the race and bash other pro-life candidates.

In a primary where there are several pro-life candidates, pro-life individuals will select the candidate they think is best. Then, unfortunately, all too often they will help to attack other pro-life candidates as not being “pro-life enough.” If another candidate has a 20-year pro-life voting record, they pick out the one or two votes that he didn’t vote right on and attack him as not being really pro-life. By doing this, the pro-lifer demoralizes other pro-lifers and weakens enthusiasm for the pro-life candidate who does win the primary. The pro-abortion candidate will, of course, use this.

Because some pro-lifers have attacked the successful pro-life candidate, the pro-abortion candidate will use that in pro-life circles to hold down support for his opponent. Ironically, at the same time, the pro-abortion candidate is going to other voters, attacking the pro-life candidate as a “radical pro-life extremist.”

3) Support a really nice candidate who is pro-life but has no chance of winning.

We’re talking about millions of unborn children whose lives are at stake. The viability of a candidate must be considered when we decide who to vote for. There are some wonderful pro-lifers, some even active in our chapters, who want to run for office. They should be given the chance to do so, but if it is apparent they can’t win, if they are running to make a statement or to get some publicity for the pro-life movement (or themselves), they need to be encouraged to step aside for a candidate who may not be as eloquent but who can actually win and take action to protect unborn children.

4) Expect the candidate to sound like a Right to Life chapter chairman.

People who are not directly involved in the pro-life movement are not going to be as articulate or well-versed on all the pro-life issues. They may not know about the abortifacient properties of RU 486 or understand the ins and outs of the Mexico City Policy.

Unless there has been some prior discussion, some candidates may not realize that there are certain “code words” that are interpreted differently by the pro-life community. Just because the wrong word comes out of his/her mouth doesn’t necessarily make the candidate a phony.

Sometimes a truly pro-life candidate can be tripped up by the media, confused, ill-informed, misquoted, or quoted out of context. Give him a chance to explain why he said what he did.

Many candidates are against abortion because they have a religious background that tells them abortion is wrong, or they have a natural instinct that wants to protect the babies. They will do what’s right when they’re elected, but that doesn’t mean they will be comfortable or eloquent talking about the killing of unborn babies.

Some of our strongest pro-life elected officials whose actions have helped to save hundreds of thousands of unborn babies are not articulate on pro-life issues. Remember, words are nice, action is better.

5) Expect the candidate to make abortion the top issue in the campaign.

A Voter Research and Survey exit poll in 1992 found that 13% of the voters said abortion was a top issue in deciding who to vote for. In 1996, a Wirthlin Worldwide poll found that 12% of the voters said abortion was a top issue for them. That can and does make a difference in the outcome of an election, but it also means that 87% and 88% of the voters had other issues that were more important to them.

In order to win, a candidate has to focus on several issues that will appeal to a broad variety of voters. In some races, making abortion an issue will help the candidate, but in some parts of the country, the pro-life candidate must be careful in what he says and how he says it. In most areas, the institutional news media is a powerful tool for the pro-abortion candidate. To always expect the candidate to make abortion the top issue in the campaign can be a sure way to lose an election.

6) Vote for a third-party candidate who has no chance of winning.

When a general election is between a pro-life candidate and a pro-abortion candidate, representing established parties, there will be times when a third-party candidate will get into the race, claiming to be the “real” pro-lifer. He will attack the pro-life candidate and get other pro-lifers to jump on board.

This is a sure strategy to elect the pro-abortion candidate. Pro-lifers who support the third-party candidate, to the detriment of the pro-life candidate who could win, may feel like they have not compromised their principles – – but if they succeed in helping to elect a candidate who will act consistently to allow the killing of unborn babies to continue, they have compromised away something far more important – – children’s lives.

Pennsylvania’s former U.S. Senator, Rick Santorum, a long-time pro-life stalwart has joined CPLC, Sarah Palin, NRLC and a host of other pro-life groups and individuals in backing Carly Fiorina in her fight against Tom Campbell and Barbara Boxer.

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