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Defenders of abortion used to call themselves pro choice. It looks like some of them are dropping that label and dropping all pretense of supporting choice. We should give them some points for honesty I suppose. In the spring, the house pro choice caucus issued a memo saying that the word choice which is in the group’s name is harmful. That is the congressional pro choice. Democrats are no longer pro choice. They’re pro abortion, and it’s part of a movement. Consider the treatment of crisis pregnancy centers. These are pro life charities that help pregnant women in difficult circumstances. They provide ultrasounds, counseling, nutrition information, and many are licensed medical clinics. They provide free maternity clothes. They provide adoption services for mothers who choose that route. And they provide parenting help lactation consulting baby clothes, cribs, car seats and more for mothers who choose that route. These are institutions that exist to make it easier for struggling mothers to choose life. But choosing to have the baby isn’t what the pro abortion wing wants. And so they have launched a campaign against these institutions. since Roe v Wade was overturned, pro abortion groups have vandalized the Blue Ridge pregnancy center in Lynchburg, Virginia, mountain area pregnancy services in Asheville, North Carolina, the life choice pregnancy center in Winter Haven, Florida life choices in Longmont, Colorado, and plenty of other pro life pregnancy centers. And Senator Elizabeth Warren is trying to sic the federal government on these places. She said quote, we need to shut them down here in Massachusetts, and we need to shut them down all around the country. Warren has introduced a bill that would levy massive fines on pregnancy centers found guilty of quote, misinformation if those places don’t perform abortions. These attacks on people helping women choose life aren’t the only attacks on choice. The Women’s Health Protection Act, which Democrats passed through the House of Representatives strikes down any state laws that protect the conscience rights of doctors, nurses, or other health care providers. This is an effort to punish pro life nurses who refuse to participate in elective abortions. And at the same time, the ACLU is continuing its fight to force Catholic hospitals to perform abortions. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is promising to crack down on pharmacists who won’t sell abortion drugs. Take it all in and the pattern is clear. Many former pro choice activists and politicians have openly embraced the pro abortion stance. Let’s go back to that memo from the house pro choice caucus. They declared it is now harmful to talk about reducing abortions or to use the old Clinton era motto of safe, legal and rare. That is they do not want fewer abortions. Many people are pro choice. But the leadership of the Democratic Party and the most vocal activists on that side are not champions of choice. They’re advocates for aborting babies
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Universities must blame themselves for protest hypocrisy
U.S. college protests over the Israel-Hamas war have divided college campuses, often pitting university officials and executives against their own students and faculty. And yet, as Straight Arrow News contributor Timothy Carney points out, many of today’s university officials are actually the anti-Vietnam War protesters of a previous era’s student protest movement. Today, those same…
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Subsidizing demand won’t fix real problems
The Biden administration recently announced an initiative to cap child care copay expenses for approximately 100,000 low-income working families in the United States. Instead of paying set fees, those families will pay 7% of whatever their total income is as a copay for the government-subsidized daycare program. The program also hopes to fully cover all…
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America’s baby bust portends tough times ahead
In 2007, Americans welcomed approximately 4.3 million babies. But following a decline in birth rates during the Great Recession, birth rates have not recovered. Over the past 15 years, the number of U.S. births has decreased annually, with the most recent 12-month period on record indicating only 3.6 million babies born. Straight Arrow News contributor…
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Inflation is still too high and Biden is still to blame
Democrats are busy celebrating a consistently strong economy under President Biden, citing shocking GDP growth and record-low unemployment. Republicans are responding to the celebration with concerns about rising living costs, housing unaffordability, and continuing inflation. Straight Arrow News contributor Tim Carney points out that many Americans feel left behind by “Bidenomics” and argues that they…
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College just got much pricier for American families
American colleges and universities are among the very best in the world. They are also notoriously expensive, with many graduates working for decades to pay back their college loans. But for many new students and parents hoping to help their children pay for college, tuition just became even more expensive, thanks to a new federal…
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