tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53767096574386202802024-02-07T18:06:09.572-08:00Restraint of the HeartlessA nontraditonal take on important issues such as abortion, religion, youth rights, and feminism.Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.comBlogger365125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-26544173320528931642009-12-31T09:05:00.000-08:002010-07-07T12:53:10.083-07:00Goodbye<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">I'm closing Restraint of the Heartless now.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I think now you deserve to know the meaning of "Nulono".</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">In Esperanto:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">"nul" is the word for zero.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">"-on-" is the suffix for creating a fraction ("kvar", meaning four, plus "-on", plus "-o", makes "kvarono", a fourth or a quarter)</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">"-o" is the standard grammatical ending for nouns</span></li></ul></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Thus a "nulono" would be a "zero-th", or one divided by zero.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Now, division by zero is impossible (as far as we know in 02009), and would have some very serious implications if it was possible. Consider the expression a=b, where a and b can be any numbers. Let's say, for the sake of discussion, that a=2 and b=3002.</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">0*2 = 0</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">0*3002 = 0</span></li></ul></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">By the reflexive property, 0=0.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Because 0*2 and 0*3002 are both equal to zero, we can substitute them in as such:</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">0*2 = 0*3002</span></li></ul></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">So, by the multiplicative property of equality, if divide both sides by zero (multiply them by one "nulono"), we will arrive at an equation that still holds true.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Thus:</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">(0*2)*(1/0) = (0*3002)*(1/0)</span></li></ul></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">or</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">(0*2)/0 = (0*3002)/0</span></li></ul></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Simplifying, we get:</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">2 = 3002</span></li></ul></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This exact same procedure works with any two numbers. Thus, the existence of 1/0 would make any number equal to every other number. Numbers, thus, would be completely meaningless, and the entire field of mathematics would come crumbling down.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">What does this have to do with me, you ask?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(85, 26, 139); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs114.snc3/16131_695134258317_10620299_40344272_6042601_n.jpg" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#551A8B;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Yes, I am an atheist (in fact, I am an antitheist). I am also a liberal (in fact, I'm a communist). I am also a feminist (In fact, I support the Equal Rights Amendment<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">*</span>). I am also pro-gay. I am also in favor of helping those in need. I am also pro-science.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Yet I am also pro-life.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I make many people's stereotyping world-views crumble to the ground, just like 1/0 would do to mathematics. I chose "Nulono" because I pretty quickly decided "Cde. Oxymoron" was setting me up for trouble.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*, though equal protection is already in Amendment XIV, so it's technically redundant.</span></span></span></div>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-6055717454744328932009-12-30T06:36:00.000-08:002009-12-30T06:36:00.728-08:00Call to Action<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">As we approach the year two thousand and ten, we approach the year of the Personhood Amendment. With activity in 32 states, at least one is likely to pass, but fight vigorously anyway to make sure.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">But don't let this very important issue mak e you loose track of the bigger picture. Fight for the unborn, yes, but also fight for the poor, the young, the old, the gay, women, et cetera. Fight for free speech, freedom of religion, for the separation of church and state, for school reform, for a more reasonable language (Esperanto), for a more reasonable numeral system (dozenal), and for logical arguments.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Fight against euphemisms, restrictions on freedom, and unequal treatment. </span></div></span></span>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-17726832422425013902009-12-29T06:11:00.000-08:002009-12-29T06:11:00.681-08:00Lighting a fire under the anti-abortion movement<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I've always been opposed to abortion intellectually, but things like the </span><a href="http://www.granthamcollection.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Grantham Collection</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> and </span><a href="http://www.jfaweb.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Justice [f]or All</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> exhibit have really got me invested emotionally.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">WARNING:</span> Graphic images. But remember that this is common, completely legal, and defended vigorously by many well-meaning people.</span></div>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-89281555482682201882009-12-28T05:21:00.000-08:002009-12-28T05:21:00.470-08:00Plan C<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">After my </span><a href="http://nulono.blogspot.com/2009/12/violinist.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">earlier post</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> on the issue of positive versus negative rights, you may wonder whether or not I support rape victims taking pills that </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_contraception#Mechanism_of_action"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">may or may not</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> inhibit implantation, suck as .</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Well, I believe in erring on the side of not taking lives until it is conclusively shown one way or another.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">So, let's talk about a hypothetical drug that we know prevents implantation, and thus causes the death of the pre-embryo. We'll call it Plan C.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Should a rape victim be allowed to take Plan C? After all, the embryo has no positive right to life*.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It should be taken into consideration that, like unplugging the violinist, taking Plan C is not an act of inaction. Nobody would object to having the pre-embryo removed, frozen, and implanted in another woman. Because the taking of Plan C causes the death of the pre-embryo, it violates his or her negative right to live.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Imagine you are out on a cruise and there is a sleeping man in a life raft drifting towards you. You can either do nothing, in which case the man will dock and be saved. Or you can grease the dock, thus causing his death. Because the man is innocent and greasing the dock is not an act of inaction, doing so would be an act of manslaughter.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;">*Where the pregnancy has resulted from consensual sex, the embryo does have the positive right to life, because his or her mother has placed the pre-embryo in jeopardy, and, thus, has a responsibility towards him or her to protect the pre-embryo from harm.</span></span></span></div>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-63745544832851225422009-12-27T13:35:00.000-08:002009-12-27T13:35:00.243-08:00Alert: Stupak Condemns Amendment<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="595" border="0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><tbody><tr><td><h1 align="center" style="font-family: Calibri, Candara, Verdana; font-size: 24px; color: rgb(46, 97, 189); padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; line-height: 10px; ">Join Bart Stupak in Condemning Pro-Abortion Language</h1></td></tr><tr height="1"><td style="padding-right: 30px; padding-left: 30px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; "><hr width="500" size="1"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right: 30px; padding-left: 30px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;">Dear</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;">_____,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;">Today, the Senate approved an end to the debate on the Manager's Amendment that finalizes abortion funding in the<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1261517675_0">Senate Health Care Reform</span> Bill. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1261517675_1">Nancy Pelosi</span> (D-CA) praised the Senate bill, describing it as having "abortion language that is completely different from the House -- thank God."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span 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;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;">One thing is clear to me. Nancy Pelosi sees the chance to replace the pro-life Stupak-Pitts Amendment in the House with the pro-abortion Manager's Amendment.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; 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font-size:12pt;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=geJMITNrFbJMJ2K&s=huIWJ5PJKkJ3JcNVLxG&m=efKHKWMwE7LRF&af=y"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-size:12pt;">Tell your Senators and Representative to oppose any bill that includes this pro-abortion Manager's Amendment.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1261517675_2">Bart Stupak</span> (D-MI) called the Manager's Amendment "unacceptable" and said, "We are going to hold firm and make sure that the Stupak-Pitts language stays when this amendment is brought back to us. We will not vote for the bill if that language is not there."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">If Nancy Pelosi strips the Stupak Amendment out of the House<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1261517675_3">Health Care Reform Bill</span> and dares Bart Stupak to defeat the bill on the final vote, we need him to know that we have been with him every step of the way.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-size:12pt;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=owK2JhMXIkJYJlL&s=huIWJ5PJKkJ3JcNVLxG&m=efKHKWMwE7LRF&af=y"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-size:12pt;">Go here to tell your elected Members of Congress that anything less than the Stupak-Pitts Amendment is unacceptable.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">For Life,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><img alt="" src="https://www.kintera.com/accounttempfiles/account105067/images/mjd_headshot.jpg" border="0" /><img alt="" src="https://www.kintera.com/accounttempfiles/account105067/images/marjorie_signature.jpg" border="0" /></p><p face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="14px" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; "><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;">Marjorie Dannenfelser<br />President, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1261517675_4">Susan B. Anthony</span> List</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=nvL0L8MULqKYLkI&s=huIWJ5PJKkJ3JcNVLxG&m=efKHKWMwE7LRF&af=y"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-size:12pt;">www.sba-list.org</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; "><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-size:12pt;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=kiJUK5OHIiLSJ9J&s=huIWJ5PJKkJ3JcNVLxG&m=efKHKWMwE7LRF&af=y"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-size:12pt;">P.S. Tell Congress to reject the Manager's Amendment that forces taxpayers to fund health care plans that cover elective abortions.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></span>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-19165165462453154342009-12-26T04:45:00.000-08:002009-12-26T04:45:00.234-08:00This sort of crap makes me sick.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Look, debate the effectiveness of a vaccine all you want, but...</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Well, just read </span><a href="http://secularprolife.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=272"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">this</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">.</span></div>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-89363462261893744672009-12-25T04:33:00.000-08:002009-12-25T04:33:00.375-08:00Merry Christmenos!<div style="text-align: center;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/l7iCjjk7B_k&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/l7iCjjk7B_k&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3tdiOwy-DLw&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3tdiOwy-DLw&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></div>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-19865151477288460952009-12-24T17:56:00.000-08:002009-12-24T17:56:00.449-08:00Broken spacebar<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">My spacebar is sticking, so forgive the lack of original content.</span>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-87061893539022096302009-12-23T05:18:00.000-08:002009-12-23T05:20:27.825-08:00Happy HumanLight!<div style="text-align: center;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nCt8ZDUpY0I&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nCt8ZDUpY0I&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-11622140915239071032009-12-22T11:24:00.000-08:002010-01-23T16:12:12.233-08:00The Violinist<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violinist_(thought_experiment)">violinist argument</a> fails for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Defense_of_Abortion#Criticism">several</a> <a href="http://www.l4l.org/library/thomviol.html">reasons</a>, mainly the fact that the intent of an abortion is to kill the fetus, not to terminate the pregnancy. However, it also fails because it assumes that it is morally permissible to unplug the violinist.<br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">First of all, in this analogy you in no way caused the violinist to hook up to you. This attachment occurred against your will and "the society of music lovers" has in this case severely violated your rights. I would like to demonstrate in this post, however, how the common moral intuition in this case fails when scrutinized logically.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">As I see it, the main reasons many people see unplugging the violinist as acceptable are twofold.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Firstly, being attached to the violinist is a huge pain in the neck. You need to stay in bed until the violinist recovers. I doubt many people would have the same sense of outrage if you could more or less go about your business. However, as I <a href="http://nulono.blogspot.com/2009/12/life-liberty-pursuit-of-happiness.html">demonstrated yesterday</a>, the right to life supersedes the right to liberty. Just like the intention of act of causing the avalanche, the intention of act of unplugging yourself is to regain your liberty and to "undo" the situation you have been unjustly placed in to.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The objection based on positive and negative rights will be addressed in the next section.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Secondly, the situation they are placed in is incredibly unjust, and unplugging is seen as merely returning to the situation prior your kidnapping in which the violinist was dieing of natural causes and you had no greater moral obligation towards him than towards a man on the other side of the planet. However, regardless of how this situation came to pass, we <i>need to consider the present situation</i>.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I will grant that the violinist lacks the <i>positive</i> right to life: the right to use your body; if you could unplug yourself without killing the violinist, I doubt anyone would object. Also, if the violinist were to approach you and demand your assistance, I would be the first to say that you have no obligation to come to his aid; this represents a situation in which you are passively <i>letting the violinist die</i>.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">However, in the present situation, you are already hooked up to the violinist. As such, you cannot disconnect yourself because the violinist's death would be a direct result of your action; this is a situation in which you are actively <i>killing the violinist</i>. Because of this fact, the violinist's <i>negative</i> right to life comes into play, just as in the avalanche scenario. Regardless of how this situation came to pass, even though the violinist has no right to your body, your moral obligation to not kill (cause the death of) him takes over.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I may seem like I'm repeating myself, but I want to make sure I have made my point in a way everyone can understand. It may seem counterintuitive that the society of music lovers could impart upon you an obligation that you didn't previously have, or impart upon the violinist a positive right he never had, but the point I'm trying to make is that the application of negative rights is more than adequate to show why unplugging yourself is wrong. <i>Positive</i> rights apply to <i>inaction</i> while <i>negative</i> rights apply to <i>action</i>. Many see the act of unplugging as merely choosing not to allow the violinist usage of your body, but that choice has already been made (I'm sure we can all agree that the society of music lovers have violated your rights).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Because unplugging the violinist is not an act of inaction, the violinist's negative right to live comes into play, and as such, it is immoral to unplug yourself.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">However, because your intent was not to cause the violinist's death, in the current legal system of the United States would most likely charge you with manslaughter and not murder. In addition, if the violinist chose to be plugged in, unplugging would be <a href="http://www.l4l.org/library/pers-agg.html">justified as self-defense</a>.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">To sum up, while you have no moral obligation to remain plugged in, you <b>do</b> have an obligation not to act in such a way that said action leads to the death of an innocent human being.</span></div>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-84548101270864812942009-12-21T15:26:00.000-08:002010-01-02T11:58:47.979-08:00Life > Liberty > Pursuit of happiness<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It can easily be demonstrated that </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">the right to liberty supersedes the right to pursue happiness</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Proving that life outweighs liberty is more complicated, but this quote from Libertarians for Life does a great job.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 24, 96); "><p><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">...[Y]ou are on a mountain, and I attack you and throw you into a place filled with rocks that will tumble down below if given a push. The only way you can leave that spot is by causing a landslide. On a perch below is someone else I also forced there. If there's a landslide, their perch will be destroyed and they'll fall to their death. There is no way for your calls for help to be heard; you have to wait until you are discovered missing and a rescue party is sent. Let's assume that you are in no danger; one of your hobbies is to be a survivalist; you know how to attract game birds. You are able to live off them until found, but that will take nine months. The other person is also able to survive because your efforts to attract birds will inevitably attract birds to their perch, too.</span></i></p><p><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Does your right to liberty include a right to push the rocks out of the way and cause the death of the other person?</span></i></p></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The law of transitivity can show that life supersedes the right to pursue happiness, or you can consider that every single murder has had a motive.<br /><br />It is also important to point out each right is predicated upon the previous one(s). You can't pursue happiness if you aren't free and you can't be free if you're not alive and you cannot pursue happiness if you'ren't alive.</span></div>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-36622731732809121132009-12-20T12:34:00.000-08:002009-12-20T12:46:22.297-08:00"Clean Feed"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Okay, by now everyone knows that the Senate health care bill funds abortions but has otherwise been pussified to the point of being a giant handout to insurance corporations* (still a mandate to buy but no public option and not even the Medicare buy-in for those 55-64).</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Maybe you haven't heard that Australia is considering across-the-board <b><a href="http://nocleanfeed.com/">censorship</a></b> on anything deemed "inappropriate".</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">*...and yet Republicans STILL are fighting against it!</span></span></div>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-21707469165824185272009-12-19T05:41:00.000-08:002009-12-21T15:22:46.492-08:00Holy ****!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WOC7a2Tw_8o&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WOC7a2Tw_8o&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">A loophole in state law is preventing Campbell County investigators from charging a woman they say killed her newborn baby.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br />Deputies were called to a home in the 1200 block of Lone Jack Road in Rustburg around 11:00a.m. Friday. The caller said a woman in her early 20s was in labor. When deputies arrived, they discovered the baby had actually been born around 1:00a.m., about ten hours earlier. Investigators say the baby was already dead when deputies got there.<br /><br />Investigators tell WSLS the baby's airway was still blocked. They say the baby was under bedding and had been suffocated by her mother. Investigators say because the mother and baby were still connected by the umbilical cord and placenta, state law does not consider the baby to be a separate life. Therefore, the mother cannot be charged.<br /><br />"In the state of Virginia as long as the umbilical cord is attached and the placenta is still in the mother, if the baby comes out alive the mother can do whatever she wants to with that baby to kill it.", says Investigator Tracy Emerson. "She could shoot the baby, stab the baby. As long as it's still<br />attached to her in some form by umbilical cord or something it's no crime in the state of Virginia."<br /><br />The Campbell County Sheriff's Office and Commonwealth's Attorney's office worked unsuccessfully to get the law changed after another baby died in the county in a similar case. Emerson says they asked two delegates and one state senator to take the issue up in the General Assembly. He says the three lawmakers refused because they felt the issue was too close to the abortion issue.<br /><br />Emerson tells us there's a double standard with the law. If someone other than the mother harms a baby still attached to the mother, that person can be charged.<br /><br />The baby's grandmother was home and was the one who called 911. Police say she will not be charged because the baby was born in the middle of the night and the grandmother did not know until late morning. Investigators tell us the baby's father was upset when he showed up at the home after deputies.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br />"He was very upset. I think the grandparents were upset. I believe everyone was upset, except for the person who should have been upset, the mother.", says Emerson.<br /><br />Emerson tells us the woman knew she was pregnant and had received prenatal care. He says the baby was full-term, due Tuesday. The medical examiner says the baby was born healthy. An autopsy is being performed. The baby's body will then be released to the family.<br /><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/lynchburg/article/mother_wont_be_charged_with_babys_death_because_of_law_loophole/68659/">Link</a></span></div></div>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-44798541058924724882009-12-18T07:26:00.000-08:002009-12-18T07:32:36.812-08:00Volition<center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I'd embed it here, but it's too wide, so </span><a href="http://www.thedoorpost.com/hope/film/?film=420351f1aefa2b42b1772fe9d5cc044a"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'s the link.</span></center>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-4008591240169490702009-12-17T15:54:00.000-08:002009-12-17T15:54:00.165-08:00Socialist Stupidity? Say it ain't so!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Zygotes are not eggs, and I clarified this in my first post, but <a href="http://socialistworker.org/2009/02/27/an-egg-into-a-person">this</a> is the first time I have ever seen an embryo or fetus called an "egg".</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">They then go on to commit the <a href="http://nulono.blogspot.com/2009/08/no-sperm-is-sacred.html">sperm fallacy</a> and quote a stupid argument <a href="http://www.l4l.org/library/fetalrts.html">debunked</a> a thousand times.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Seriously, I think that five halves of my braincells died wen me reed funee articpdsalkfcdkddfffffffvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv...</span></div>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-82281718113363148882009-12-16T17:58:00.000-08:002009-12-16T17:58:00.196-08:00Amendment XXVIII<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://nulono.blogspot.com/2009/02/personhood-amendment.html">This</a> was pretty verbose, so I give you...</span></div><div><br /></div><div>1. Within the United States, and any place subject to their jurisdiction, membership in the human species shall be deemed a necessary and sufficient qualification for the status of personhood.</div><br />2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.</span>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-50455947672535759762009-12-15T14:23:00.000-08:002009-12-15T14:23:00.199-08:00"Wait, there's a debate over ______?": prenaticide<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I've explained why abortion is <a href="http://nulono.blogspot.com/2009/10/reproductive-power.html">not</a> a </span><a href="http://nulono.blogspot.com/2009/12/why-abortion-is-not-reproductive-right.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">reproductive right</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, why it's </span><a href="http://nulono.blogspot.com/2009/12/why-abortion-is-not-privacy-right.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">not a privacy right</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, why "the right to choose" is </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA6zfC8Y-Z4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">meaningless</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, what abortion <a href="http://nulono.blogspot.com/2009/11/prenaticide-is-real.html">actually is</a>, and why prenatal rights <a href="http://nulono.blogspot.com/2009/01/responding-to-intelligent-pro-abortion.html">do not</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfn6bHeoZsE">mean</a> <a href="http://nulono.blogspot.com/2009/11/broodmares-of-state.html">female slavery</a>. I have <a href="http://nulono.blogspot.com/2009/08/no-sperm-is-sacred.html">dissected</a> the "tubesock holocaust" absurdity. I have explained how the unborn <a href="http://nulono.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-is-babby-formed.html">cannot</a> be <a href="http://nulono.blogspot.com/2009/11/those-devious-prenates.html">blamed</a>. I have <a href="http://nulono.blogspot.com/2009/02/roebot-has-questions-for-me.html">answered</a> rhetorical questions. I have <a href="http://nulono.blogspot.com/2009/01/responding-to-pro-abortion-bullshit.html">debunked</a> <i>Roe</i>botic propaganda.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Abortion is not a medical procedure because medicine is the art and science of healing, and thus abortion is antithetical to health care.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I've <a href="http://nulono.blogspot.com/search/label/WINDMILLS%20DO%20NOT%20WORK%20THAT%20WAY.">grappled with the dumbest</a>. I've <a href="http://nulono.blogspot.com/search/label/Fallacies">debunked</a> numerous fallacious arguments. I've gotten <a href="http://nulonido.blogspot.com/">very mad</a>. I've called upon <a href="http://nulono.blogspot.com/search/label/%E2%9C%8D">you</a>. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Now, as we reach the end of this experiment and into the year two thousand and ten, I hope I've changed at least one person's mind, or inspired one person to <a href="http://nulono.blogspot.com/search/label/Call%20to%20Action">action</a>. Because if this blog saves a single life and spares a single set of parents from grief, it was all worth it.</span></span></span></div></div></div>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-33142892627771959872009-12-14T12:03:00.000-08:002009-12-14T12:03:00.445-08:00Abortion coverage could be MANDATED!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0.25px; font-size: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(0, 82, 136); text-align: center; ">Americans United for Life: Senate passes the pro-abortion Mikulski Amendment under the guise of preventive care</h1><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><strong>WASHINGTON, DC</strong> -- Today the Senate accepted the Mikulski (D-MD) amendment to the Senate health care bill by a vote of 61-39. The amendment does not explicitly require abortion coverage, but it also fails to explicitly exclude it. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) could categorize abortion as “preventive care,” and would therefore recommend coverage for abortion by all private plans. The recommendation would force private plans to offer abortion coverage, furthering the abortion lobby's agenda of mainstreaming abortion as health care.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Americans United for Life President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest stated, “Abortion is not ‘preventive care.’ In this amendment, Sen. Mikulski apparently intends to expand abortion services under the guise of mandated preventive care. This deceptive tactic underscores the need for an amendment that explicitly prohibits the government from mandating that private insurance companies cover abortion under the guise of "preventive care.”</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Senator Murkowski’s amendment would have ensured that abortion is not classified by the government as “preventive care” or as a “preventive service.” The Murkowski proposal was defeated 41 to 59. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Dr. Yoest added, “The Senate failed the first test to stop mandatory abortion coverage by voting against the Murkowski proposal. Senator Murkowski’s amendment would have prevented abortion from being categorized as ‘preventive care.’ It is critical that such language be added to the Senate health care reform bill. Otherwise, for the first time in history, the federal government could mandate that private insurance companies cover abortion."</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">To go to AUL’s analysis of the Mikulski v. Murkowski Amendment, <a href="http://blog.aul.org/2009/12/03/the-mikulski-amendment-should-not-be-a-back-door-attempt-to-require-abortion-coverage/" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 82, 136); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">click here</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><strong>AUL President and CEO <a target="_blank" href="http://aul.org/charmaine_yoest" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 82, 136); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Dr. Charmaine Yoest</a> and Staff Counsel <a target="_blank" href="http://aul.org/mary_harned" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 82, 136); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Mary Harned</a>are available to provide further comment and analysis on the Mikulski Amendment and other women’s health issues in the health care bill. To arrange an interview, contact Heather Smith 202-270-9962 or<a href="mailto:Heather.Smith@aul.org" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 82, 136); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Heather.Smith@aul.org</a>. </strong> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </p><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0.25px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 82, 136); ">About Americans United for Life </h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Americans United for Life (AUL) is the first national pro-life organization in America. In 1980, AUL successfully defended the Hyde Amendment before the U.S. Supreme Court in <a href="http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=448&page=297" title="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 82, 136); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><em>Harris v. McRae</em></a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </p></span>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-74719688051554237822009-12-13T08:52:00.000-08:002009-12-13T08:52:00.400-08:00Opposition to justice for Baby Velez<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This kind of thing makes me struggle to not call the pro-abortion camp "anti-life". When they fight tooth-and-nail against things like the Unborn Victims of Violence Act or expanding health care to the unborn or even allowing pregnant mothers to use deadly force in defense of their unborn children, they loose a lot of credibility.</span>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-24023974987642027492009-12-12T07:23:00.000-08:002009-12-13T18:13:18.051-08:00Take action! Save lives!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:medium;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; text-align: left; font-weight: bold; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">EDIT: It passed. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">☹</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Dear</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">_____,</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Remember the old phrase, </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">When it rains, it pours</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">?</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Well, in the midst of this huge health care battle, Congress is attempting to sneak abortion funding into the </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1260453385_0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">District of Columbia</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> through the 2010</span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1260453385_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">federal budget appropriations</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> bill, an action that we know will lead to the loss of an additional 1,000 innocent unborn boys and girls </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">every year</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">.</span></p><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=mlI3IlM0JnI2KoJ&s=erJQLWMxFhKXJ3PJJuH&m=ruL1IfPVKfL2E&af=y"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tell your elected representatives to reject this pro-abortion legislation.</span></span></span></a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We fought to shut down this bill all summer and now, with pro-lifers heavily engaged in the fight over the </span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1260453385_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">health care bill</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, </span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1260453385_3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Nancy Pelosi</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and</span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1260453385_4" style="cursor: pointer; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom- background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Harry Reid</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> are trying to sneak this legislation in right before the end of the year.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Pro-abortion leaders hope to break the longstanding policy of preventing federal funding of abortions without anyone noticing. The policies that the federal government adopts in our nation's capital often foreshadow policies they intend to adopt across the nation. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I have news for Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid: we did not fight against this legislation all summer just to give up when </span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1260453385_5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">unborn babies and their mothers</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> need us the most.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=luJ1KiMWLmJ3IoK&s=erJQLWMxFhKXJ3PJJuH&m=ruL1IfPVKfL2E&af=y"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tell your representatives that they need to oppose this drastic departure from the current federal policy of banning taxpayers from funding elective abortions.</span></span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Already, half of all pregnancies in the District of Columbia end in abortion. According to recent estimates, this legislation will result in 1,000 more abortions every year -- funded by you and me.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=mlI3IlM0JoI2KnJ&s=erJQLWMxFhKXJ3PJJuH&m=ruL1IfPVKfL2E&af=y"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tell your representatives to draw a line in the sand and oppose this deadly legislation.</span></span></span></a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For Life,</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><strong></strong><strong></strong></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://www.kintera.com/accounttempfiles/account105067/images/mjd_headshot.jpg" /><img border="0" alt="" src="https://www.kintera.com/accounttempfiles/account105067/images/marjorie_signature.jpg" /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Marjorie Dannenfelser<br />President, </span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1260453385_6" style="cursor: pointer; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom- background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Susan B. Anthony</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> List</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=jsJXKaOHI8LPJfJ&s=erJQLWMxFhKXJ3PJJuH&m=ruL1IfPVKfL2E&af=y"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">www.sba-list.org</span></span></span></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">P.S. As 2009 comes to an end, many pro-abortion politicians are attempting to rush through unpopular legislation. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=jiKXL9PPKkJUIhK&s=erJQLWMxFhKXJ3PJJuH&m=ruL1IfPVKfL2E&af=y"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Any contribution that you can afford will be put to use shutting down these pro-abortion legislative initiatives.</span></span></span></a></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-50575090798170462172009-12-11T12:23:00.000-08:002009-12-11T12:23:00.287-08:00The "Kill the Gays" Bill<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Okay, Uganda is <a href="http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2009/10/4375/">now considering</a> the <a href="http://www.towleroad.com/2009/12/uganda-kill-gays-bill-likely-to-pass.html">death penalty for homosexuality</a>. Now, I </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">think</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> that Uganda is in Africa (I'm too lazy to look it up).</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Regardless, this is just freaking stupid.</span></div>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-16105955414534110502009-12-10T14:09:00.000-08:002009-12-10T14:09:00.201-08:00Why abortion is NOT a privacy right<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">In addition to the doctrine of </span><a href="http://nulono.blogspot.com/2009/12/why-abortion-is-not-reproductive-right.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">reproductive rights</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, the pro-abortion crowd often cites the right to privacy as a justification of abortion. This clearly is not the case, as the same argument could be applied to child abuse or spousal rape.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Abortion is a violent act against an innocent human being, and, as such, the government has a legitimate interest in preventing it (in fact, the protection of natural rights is the main purpose of government).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">And the Court has gone as far as to admit* that, <a href="http://www.l4l.org/library/pers-agg.html">if the unborn are persons, abortion is illegal</a>.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;">*This admission is known as the "Blackmun Hole" and is the reason for the Personhood Movement.</span></span></span></div>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-89962694976899988072009-12-09T09:40:00.000-08:002009-12-14T18:01:19.802-08:00Correction<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Personhood Movement is active in 32 states, not 37. Sorry.</span>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-66657376033987089102009-12-08T13:05:00.000-08:002009-12-08T15:04:43.108-08:00Why abortion is NOT a reproductive right<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">In order to justify the defense of the wholesale slaughter of millions upon millions of innocent preborn human beings as a stance in keeping with human rights, people will invoke the doctrine of reproductive rights.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Reproductive rights are the rights of others to make informed choices about their reproduction; it is often described as the right to determine the number and spacing of one's children.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproductive_rights">[1]</a> This differs from (yet overlaps with) sexual rights.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Now, there are two parts to this. First is the right to be informed, which consists of comprehensive sex ed as early and as often as possible.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The next is the implementation of the informed choice, consisting of such things as sexual privacy, the right to contraception, and the right to say no.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A clarification of what reproductive rights do NOT include:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Abortion is not and can never be a reproductive right because it kills an offspring that has already been produced. Humans are a sexually reproducing species, and, like all such species, reproduce through a couple steps.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_reproduction">[2]</a> Meiosis produces gametes and the gametes. The second stage, the fusion of an egg and a sperm to create an offspring (fertilization) is where the sexual reproduction takes place.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Abortion takes place after reproduction has occurred, and, as such, cannot be classified as a reproductive right. Even if humans reproduced asexually with a new organism produced at birth, Hyde-esque amendments would not violate reproductive rights for the same reason the Second Amendment doesn't give us taxpayer-funded firearms.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://nulono.blogspot.com/2009/10/reproductive-power.html">Abortion is not "forced motherhood"; it is the criminalization of prolicide.</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">As Personhood.net <a href="http://www.personhood.net/strategy/re-thinking-pro-life-strategy">said</a>, "<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;">The fundamental human right is the right to life itself. This is true of life from its earliest stage of development until natural death. Abortion, consequently, cannot be a human right—it is the very opposite.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:arial;font-size:16px;">".</span></span></span></div>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376709657438620280.post-17607662522713797842009-12-07T08:11:00.000-08:002009-12-07T10:07:45.378-08:00***URGENT!***: Nelson-Hatch Amendment<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This post was going to be "Why Abortion is NOT a Reproductive Right", but I have </span><a href="http://www.lifenews.com/nat5734.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><u><b>URGENT</b></u> news</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Contact your Senators and tell them to vote YES on the <a href="http://secularprolife.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=256">Nelson-Hatch Amendment</a> (the Senate's Pitts-Stupak).</span></div>Nulonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696072610155482618noreply@blogger.com0