The cancellation of the vote comes in the wake of an investigative video released Tuesday morning by pro-life group Center for Medical Progress which depicted Planned Parenthood’s chief medical officer speaking about how to abort a baby intact in order to be able to harvest its body parts for sale. Funding to the breast cancer group would likely have benefited Planned Parenthood, leading Heritage Action to object to a vote on it.
by Dr. Susan Berry14 Jul 2015, 4:36 PM PST0
“We have known for a long time that Planned Parenthood is Child Abuse Incorporated,” said Smith, a Republican from New Jersey, in a statement to Breitbart News. “The shocking video released today revealing Planned Parenthood’s engagement in selling baby body parts demands a response from Congress, and we will provide one.”
by Dr. Susan Berry14 Jul 2015, 1:27 PM PST0
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Tuesday he is directing his state’s Department of Health and Hospitals to launch an investigation into Planned Parenthood. This comes on the heels of the release of an investigative video by pro-life group Center for Medical Progress depicting the abortion giant’s chief medical officer speaking about how to abort a baby intact to harvest its body parts for sale.
by Dr. Susan Berry14 Jul 2015, 12:54 PM PST0
“The fact that Planned Parenthood performs upwards of 327,000 abortions a year is heartbreaking and barbaric enough on its own,” Rep. Diane Black said in a statement to Breitbart News. “The news that its employees engaged in the selling of aborted babies’ body parts is almost too much to bear and shows that Planned Parenthood’s disregard for innocent human life was even worse than we imagined.”
by Dr. Susan Berry14 Jul 2015, 10:51 AM PST0
“I hope Secretary Clinton will evolve her views, as she has evolved on other issues, and come out against this very bad deal,” Jindal said, adding that the current administration could “start a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.”
by Dr. Susan Berry14 Jul 2015, 9:08 AM PST0
“You start in Iowa and lock up conservatives, because if you don’t do that, none of the rest matters,” Walker’s adviser reportedly told journalist Tim Alberta. “It’s much easier to move from being a conservative to being a middle-of-the-road moderate later on. In Iowa, you see the beginnings of that,” he added. “He’s capturing that conservative wing first and foremost, and then moving from Iowa to the other states and bringing other voters into the fold.”
by Dr. Susan Berry13 Jul 2015, 5:10 PM PST0
Appearing on Fox News Sunday over the weekend while campaigning in Iowa, Jindal told host Bret Baier that Clinton is all about “feeding a greedier and greedier government that’s going to swallow up the private sector economy.”
by Dr. Susan Berry13 Jul 2015, 7:41 AM PST0
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is one of two federally funded interstate test consortia that have been developing tests aligned with the controversial Common Core standards. But there is no official information about who selected the individuals to write the Common Core standards. None of the writers of the math and English Language Arts standards have ever taught math, English, or reading at the K-12 level.
by Dr. Susan Berry12 Jul 2015, 5:59 AM PST0
Illegal alien and Kathryn Steinle’s alleged murderer, Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, would have been treated in Connecticut exactly as San Francisco treated him. Apparently, this is fine with sanctuary city New Haven Mayor Toni Harp.
by Dr. Susan Berry11 Jul 2015, 12:31 PM PST0
Last week, the Supreme Court ordered the Obama administration not to enforce the contraceptive mandate against Catholic organizations from Pennsylvania, making this case the government’s sixth loss in a row at the Supreme Court. Currently, four petitions are before the Supreme Court asking for final resolution of the issue by June 2016.
by Dr. Susan Berry10 Jul 2015, 4:47 PM PST0
Hamer’s attack on Trump is consistent with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s wholehearted support of amnesty for illegal immigrants – a way for big business in the United States to enjoy years of cheap labor within the country itself.
by Dr. Susan Berry10 Jul 2015, 4:43 PM PST0
Though the Republican Party claims to be the “pro-life” party, Politico reported Kirk, Collins, and Murkowski slithered up to pro-abortion Democrats to approve an amendment to the State Department appropriations bill that would permanently lift the restriction on funding organizations that provide abortions – one that President Ronald Reagan’s administration put in place.
by Dr. Susan Berry10 Jul 2015, 11:45 AM PST0
Pope Francis rebuked Bolivian President Evo Morales when he presented him with a crucifix mounted on the symbol of Communism – a hammer-and-sickle. “That’s not right,” said the Pope, who appeared to be taken aback by the gift. He and
by Dr. Susan Berry10 Jul 2015, 12:30 AM PST0
Gov. Beshear told county clerk Casey Davis Thursday that he should issue same-sex marriage licenses or resign, reports Kentucky.com. Davis said he is refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples because same-sex marriage is against his religious beliefs, and he is also refusing to resign his post.
by Dr. Susan Berry9 Jul 2015, 2:16 PM PST0
According to a press release containing some of Jindal’s prepared remarks, the Republican governor of Louisiana – which has been named as the most pro-life state in the nation – will blast the Republican Party “smart guys” for failing to adhere to a commitment to pro-life policies, portraying the pro-life base, instead, as a “distraction.”
by Dr. Susan Berry9 Jul 2015, 12:29 PM PST0
Slate writer Will Saletan took to Twitter to show that his son lost five points on a health test because the answer he chose as the definition of the word “family” was considered “incorrect.”
by Dr. Susan Berry9 Jul 2015, 7:38 AM PST0
Just two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, in Texas Housing v. Inclusive Communities, that federal housing law allows challenges to zoning laws, lending regulations, and other practices that could impact minority groups – even without the intention to discriminate – the Obama administration has issued a final rule – known as the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Final Rule – in a press release.
by Dr. Susan Berry9 Jul 2015, 6:43 AM PST0
Many in the GOP reportedly refrained from voting until the last minute and some changed their votes under pressure from Republican leadership. Only one conservative amendment, introduced by Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ) was adopted, by a vote of 251-178, that would allow parents to opt their children out of standardized testing.
by Dr. Susan Berry8 Jul 2015, 5:32 PM PST0
Limbaugh said Trump is not acting “intimidated” or “running around with his tail between his legs” after major companies have attacked him for his candor. Perhaps more importantly, Limbaugh said Trump has “changed the focus of the debate.”
by Dr. Susan Berry8 Jul 2015, 2:24 PM PST0
“I watched Jeb Bush…I think it’s pathetic what’s going on, his stance on Common Core,” Trump said. “He’s in favor of Washington educating your children.” Bush is the founder of the pro-Common Core Foundation for Excellence in Education (FEE).
by Dr. Susan Berry8 Jul 2015, 12:48 PM PST0
According to the 2015 Schooling in America Survey, one out of six respondents rank education as the “Number 1” issue facing America, yet only 20 percent of those surveyed said the federal government was doing a “good” or “excellent” job in K-12 education.
by Dr. Susan Berry8 Jul 2015, 10:24 AM PST0
Gov. Sam Brownback (R) of Kansas is acting to protect clergy and religious organizations from punishment for refusing to recognize or provide services for same-sex marriages.
by Dr. Susan Berry8 Jul 2015, 7:20 AM PST0
Kenyan leaders are warning President Obama not to bring his “gay agenda” with him when he visits his father’s homeland at the end of this month to open the sixth Global Entrepreneurship Summit.
by Dr. Susan Berry7 Jul 2015, 1:24 PM PST0
It’s worth noting that in the half-century since the ESEA was passed as part of Johnson’s “War on Poverty,” billions of dollars have been spent – by both Democrat and Republican administrations – on education and so-called “helpful” programs for “disadvantaged” children, and yet Democrats are still fighting for more federal control and federal programs and subsidies in order to “close the achievement gap.”
by Dr. Susan Berry7 Jul 2015, 12:46 PM PST0
At issue is the fact that while Walker proposed defunding the Common Core-aligned Smarter Balanced exam in his budget, the new “Badger Exam” that replaces it will also be aligned with the controversial standards, making it unlikely that many local school districts would opt for non-Common Core standards.
by Dr. Susan Berry7 Jul 2015, 6:36 AM PST0
