A remarkable feat in and of itself, West Virginia became the first Democrat-controlled state to pass a 20-week abortion ban this past March.

Until then all 1w other 20-week fetal pain bans (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Texas) had been passed by Republicans.

West Virginia’s supposedly pro-life Democrat Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, pictured right, went on to veto the ban, claiming it was unconstitutional. This although nine of the aforementioned state bans* have never been challenged in court.

Now stage has been set for an even more remarkable feat to take place: a Democrat-controlled override of Tomblin’s veto.

A provision in West Virginia’s constitution allows for a special session to be called if 3/5 (60%) of the House and Senate sign a petition. And such a petition, with the specific intent of reintroducing the 20 week ban, is circulating.

Signatures of 60 delegates and 22 senators are required, and when I spoke with West Virginians for Life’s Legislative Coordinator John Carey as we entered the Memorial Day weekend on Friday, 57 delegates and 23 senators had signed.

Since every Republican has signed the petition, the support of three more Democrat delegates is needed, which Family Policy Council President Allen Whitt deems “imminent.”

Tomblin has promised to veto a new fetal pain ban unless it is bumped up to 24 weeks, which would theoretically satisfy the post-viability provision of Roe v Wade. Pro-life forces are saying NO to compromise, which Carey reiterated to me.

If Tomblin has promised to renix a 20-week ban, how is an override possible?

Here are the steps: A successful petition drive will force Tomblin to call a special session, when the 20-week ban is reintroduced and passed again. If Tomblin vetoes the ban, as anticipated, a recess will be called, and session reconvened a month later, with a call to override the veto. An override only requires 51% support. Since the original legislation had 80% support, and the petition requires 60% support, an override is certain. Needed to get from here to there is the support of three more Democrat legislators.

Kudos to West Virginia pro-lifers for refusing to let their state’s 20-week fetal pain ban die. Such a ban obviously saves babies’ lives. Plus, the renewed effort continues to draw attention to the humanity of preborn children and rightfully shames an apostate politician claiming to be pro-life.

Tomblin, incidentally, chose March 28 to veto the original ban, several days before his deadline.

Turns out March 28 was the very day West Virginians for Life held its annual fundraising banquet.

So I’d say this “pro-life” governor is not only a wolf in sheep’s clothing but a vindictive one at that.

*Arizona’s 20 week ban has been permanently enjoined; Georgia’s ban is only being enforced for post-viability abortions; Idaho’s ban is currently being litigated.

by Kelli

Professor Monica Migliorino Miller, director of Citizens for a Pro-life Society and author of Abandoned: The Untold Story of the Abortion Wars, responds to Emily Letts’ viral video in which she purportedly films herself having an abortion.

Miller rightly points out that we weren’t shown an abortion. We were shown Letts’ face – and nothing more:

[youtube]http://youtu.be/CJgrGwrBklg[/youtube]

Email dailyvid@jillstanek.com with your video suggestions.

I have a new poll question up:

How often does your pastor preach against abortion annually?

Most pro-lifers I know complain their pastor doesn’t talk about the abortion issue enough. So how often is that? Vote on the lower right side of the home page.

(Is your pastor resistant? Have him/her read what Franklin Graham thinks.)

In the last poll, 90% thought Emily Letts’ “abortion video” damaged the pro-abortion brand…

As always, make comments to either the previous or current poll here, not on the poll site.

by Kelli

Survivors of rape – whether their stories are told around the world or held close – face mixed reactions, ranging from support and empathy to victim-blaming.

“People ridicule you and distrust you because you chose to have your child – ‘Oh, you must not have been raped,’” Megison says. “It’s such a strange world we live in where you have to be questioned as a mother why you love the child that… you nurse and play with and pray with and read stories with.”

~ Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, The Christian Science Monitor, May 23

[Photo via Facebook]

by Hans Johnson

David Osmond, son of Alan of the Osmond family, has released a video salute to the sacrifice of veterans’ families that has an Irish twist: the classic ”Danny Boy”.

[youtube]http://youtu.be/DiaHE5zytt0[/youtube]

Email dailyvid@jillstanek.com with your video suggestions.

[HT: TheBlaze]

Some people wear their heart on their sleeve, others wear abortion – in neon lights.

Pro-abortion San Francisco artist Michele Pred has unveiled the latest in abortion couture, the abortion purse. Quoting Vitaminw.co:

At a new show opening tomorrow, a “Pro Choice” accessory, made from a vintage hat case [above], displays the writing in neon lights.

Pred has also made a series of purses [right] - vintage style pocketbooks with big honking clasps and wrist straps from the days of the diaphragm. These powerful purses showcase words like “Choice” or a heart, spelled out in beautiful ElectroLuminescent wire….

It’s like a retro-fashion tech version of a bumper sticker. More chic than a pin-on button. Pred says in an email, “the purses are referring to women’s economic power! AND (they’re) a mobile (and fashionable) way of expressing ones views.”

The wire resembles neon lights, and you can make make them blink on and off - which the artist says is her favorite.

I realize red is meant to symbolize power. But it is, of course, also the color of blood, ironic.

And I realize the purse is likewise meant to symbolize power, as in “power of the purse. ” But it also symbolizes money, as in “purse strings,” the huge windfall profits the abortion industry makes from chopping up little helpless babies.

They’ll claim no one wants to profit from abortion, oh no. Nevertheless, Pred’s “limited edition” abortion purses will fetch $300 each. Just sayin’.

As Saynsumthn’s Blog points out, Pred has been making a living off of contraceptive pill and abortion art for awhile. In 2012, Pred tried to partner with Planned Parenthood:

I somehow can’t imagine Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards wearing one of these purses, but she could prove me wrong.

Pro-life bias aside, I do think Pred ruined those beautiful retro purses with puncture marks and coated wire lettering, no matter what cause she might have chosen to promote.

by Carder

Robespierre’s commitment to accuracy was such that she sent Planned Parenthood a draft of her script and shot the appointment scene at a local branch.

“There are colors there - you can’t recreate them on a soundstage,” she says. “I don’t know where they get their paint from. Like a special Planned Parenthood hardware store - these pinks and yellows. It was really warm in there.”

~ Film director Gillian Robespierre, describing Planned Parenthood’s collaboration in the making of her debut film Obvious Child, Village Voice, May 21

Continuing on with political cartoons lambasting President Obama for the VA scandal, here are more zingers.

In fact, there were so many I had to split these into two posts, six each. View Part I here. Please be sure to vote for your fav in the poll at the bottom of each post.

by Henry Payne at GoComics.com…

 by Dana Summers at GoComics.com…

 by John Deering at GoComics.com…

 by Nate Beeler at Cagle.com…

 by Michael Ramirez at GoComics.com…

 by Chip Bok at GoComics.com…