Glenn Beck on Abortion and Planned Parenthood

Glenn Beck does a nice job boiling down the issues and history regarding abortion and Planned Parenthood.



Here in Lake County, Congressman Joe Walsh voted last week with the bipartisan majority in the House for the Pence Amendment to cut off Title X funding for Planned Parenthood. Walsh and fellow Illinois Congressman Randy Hultgren will be the target of falsehood-filled radio ads run by Planned Parenthood. Congressman Bob Dold, by contrast, was one of seven Republicans (including Chicago's Judy Biggert) who voted to maintain funding for Planned Parenthood. This seems to contradict his campaign platform of opposition to federal abortion funding.

Now the Pence Amendment goes to the Senate. Senator Mark Kirk has sometimes voted in the past to ban federal funding for abortion. Polite calls to the senator's office encouraging him to support the Pence Amendment in the Senate would seem to be called for this week. Senator Kirk is pro-choice, but may be receptive to arguments made on fiscal grounds. Explain that you don't want your tax dollars going to pay for a no-bid contract for an abortion lobbyist.

The fight against abortion, as we all know, is a long drawn-out one. This is what you can do this week to advance the flag.