Here were my top five six favorite political cartoons this past week. Be sure to vote for your fav in the poll at the bottom of this post! We begin with a twofer by Gary McCoy at Cagle.com:
by brother Glenn McCoy at Townhall.com…
by Nick Anderson at GoComics.com…
and closing with a twofer by Henry Payne at Townhall.com…
Faith led Moses’ parents to hide him for three months after he was born. They did this because they saw that Moses was a beautiful baby and they were not afraid to disobey the king’s order.
~ Hebrews 11:23, God’s Word translation
On January 22 the Republican National Committee issued a strongly worded resolution telling pro-life candidates it would support those “who fight back against Democratic deceptive ‘war on women’ rhetoric by pointing out the extreme positions on abortion held by Democratic opponents” and back away from those “who stay silent in the face of such deceptive rhetoric.”
So game on. The RNC has learned, quoting the resolution again, that “[c]andidates who stay silent on pro-life issues do not identify with key voters, fail to alert voters to the Democrats’ extreme pro-abortion stances, and have lost their elections.”
Like we said.
This past Wednesday the March for Life in Washington, D.C., saw RNC Chairman Reince Priebus speak from the rally podium as well as House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (pictured above right) – physically backing up the resolution.
More on the Republican pro-life surge from telegram.com:
Abortion is becoming an unexpectedly animating issue in the 2014 midterm elections….
“I don’t think this is a niche issue anymore,” said Drew Lieberman, a vice president at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, a political consultancy concern, who has advised Democratic congressional candidates and has done polling for NARAL….
“For a lot of members politically it ties into the issue they want to be talking about this election, which is Obamacare,” said Tom McClusky, vice president of government affairs for the March for Life….
While Democrats say such measures seeking to restrict abortions could stir votes, they acknowledge the limits of midterm turnout. “Off-year elections are difficult,” said Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. “You have lower turnout, and a lot of drop-off voters are women. So in a lot of ways, making sure women are aware and voting is important.”
The RNC resolution reminds all it is Democrats who are extremist on abortion, not Republicans:
Whereas, According to the extensive polling conducted by Gallup since 1975, many Republican stances regarding abortion garner at least 60 % support from the public and across the political spectrum:
· 87% support informed-consent laws about certain possible risks of the abortion procedure;
· 80% support banning abortion during the 3rd trimester;
· 71% support parental consent laws;
· 69% support imposing a 24-hour wait period before an abortion;
· 64% of Americans support banning abortion during the 2nd trimester;
· 64% support banning partial-birth abortion;
· 64% support spousal notification laws that require the husband to be simply notified if his wife seeks an abortion
So if Republicans do speak up proudly and cogently on the pro-life issue, the barbarism of Democrat positions on abortion will be exposed.
Who knew the Democrat “war on women” meme would spark this response?
Do you think 2014 could shape up to be another good mid-term election year for pro-lifers, as was 2010?
[Photo via sunherald.com]
by Hans Johnson
Motivational speaker and author Lynette Lewis, her husband Ron, and their four grown sons had been hoping and praying to add twin girls to their family through adoption. They knew this was a tall order, but then came some good news at a season for miracles.
[youtube]http://youtu.be/mlyhFD-R1GM[/youtube]
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[HT: The Conservative Post]
Since she was excited about her second child, wouldn’t Marlise want her baby to be born despite her condition?
“We haven’t even focused on that yet,” says Machado, adding that doctors have told them they can’t determine the fetus’s health until mid-February.
“Our focus has been our daughter’s wishes not being honored. To see this body that’s being kept alive solely as an incubator, it’s hard.”
~ Lynne Machado, mother of Marlise Munoz, as quoted in People Magazine, February 3 issue. Yesterday Texas Judge R. H. Wallace ruled that John Peter Smith Hospital must remove Munoz from life support by 5p Monday, despite a Texas law that makes it illegal to take a pregnant mother off of life support. Munoz was found unconscious on November 26 and may have suffered a pulmonary embolism. The hospital declared her “brain-dead” on November 28. Munoz’s baby is now 22-1/2 weeks old.
[Photo of Eric and Marlise Munoz during happier times with now 15-mo-old son Mateo]
by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat
“Staying silent fails because this strategy allows Democrats to define the Republican brand,” the resolution said, “and prevents the Republican Party from taking advantage of widely supported pro-life positions… to attract traditional and new values voters.”
What is it about being “in there” that makes him not a person but being “out here” that does make him a person? I have searched the libraries and the Internet with diligence and thoroughness and, except for abortion, I cannot find a single other human endeavor or field of study which proposes, or has ever proposed, a theory by which an object’s “essence of being” is transformed by moving it a few inches from here to there.
The settlement announced Thursday allow non-profit organizations to operate out of vehicles, the Chicago Tribune reported. Elgin agreed to change a zoning ordinance adopted in 2012 and to waive permit fees.
Elgin will also pay $280,000 to Life Center. The group says the money will be used for legal expenses.
The student nurse spent her internship at a hospital in Eksjö where claimed she had been promised to work extra in the summer. When she told them that her faith prevented her from taking part in abortions, the hospital retracted its offer of summer employment, Ellinor Grimmark claimed in a complaint that has submitted to the Swedish discrimination watchdog Diskrimineringsombudsmannen (DO).
[Photo via chicagotribune.com]
by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and Kelli
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I’m also shaking my head at the president of the United States, speaking on the anniversary of the legalized killing of tens of millions of children, justifying this slaughter because it gives the former parents the ability to “fulfill their dreams.”
It simply means we stand with the weakest, most marginalized members of our society, the children still in the womb, and we stand ready to help their moms and dads welcome new life, despite the fears they may have.
[youtube]http://youtu.be/OtJ9_-WOXik[/youtube]
[Photos via Wikipedia]
by LauraLoo
This video by Planned Parenthood Federation of America from one year ago reflects on 40 years of Roe v. Wade.
Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, abortionists, and others tout the necessity to continue to provide “safe and legal” access to abortion – with Cecile making the claim that certain politicians “still spend every day trying to take away women’s access to health care.”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClXipYTzrbU[/youtube]
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Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
