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	<title>Live Action News &#38; Opinion &#187; News</title>
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	<description>Talking about human rights, abortion, &#38; life.</description>
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		<title>BREAKING: New statement from Komen</title>
		<link>http://liveaction.org/blog/komen-statement/</link>
		<comments>http://liveaction.org/blog/komen-statement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Web Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Benning at the Dallas Morning News is reporting that Komen for the Cure has  released the following statement from Nancy Brinker and the Susan G. Komen Board of Directors: We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women&#8217;s lives. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newt Gingrich Tries to Paint Mitt Romney as an Enemy of Catholic Hospitals</title>
		<link>http://liveaction.org/blog/newt-gingrich-tries-to-paint-mitt-romney-as-an-enemy-of-catholic-hospitals/</link>
		<comments>http://liveaction.org/blog/newt-gingrich-tries-to-paint-mitt-romney-as-an-enemy-of-catholic-hospitals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin Freiburger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What many have decried as an unusually nasty campaign got even nastier earlier this week, as Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich accused rival Mitt Romney of being insensitive to religious liberty and conscience rights: “You want a war on the Catholic Church by Obama? Guess what: Romney refused to allow Catholic hospitals to have conscience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planned Parenthood Calls for “Emergency” Donations</title>
		<link>http://liveaction.org/blog/planned-parenthood-calls-for-emergency-donations/</link>
		<comments>http://liveaction.org/blog/planned-parenthood-calls-for-emergency-donations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucy LeFever</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the pro-life community applauded Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation following their announcement to halt funding to Planned Parenthood.  Never one to miss a fundraising opportunity (Christmas, Mother’s Day&#8230;), the abortion giant is already calling on supporters for “emergency” donations.  Planned Parenthood’s website states: “Over the past five years, Susan G. Komen for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Komen Halts Grants to Planned Parenthood</title>
		<link>http://liveaction.org/blog/komen-halts-grants-to-planned-parenthood/</link>
		<comments>http://liveaction.org/blog/komen-halts-grants-to-planned-parenthood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Flanders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pro-life community has reason to celebrate. The nation’s most successful cancer fundraising group, Komen for the Cure, has ended its partnership with Planned Parenthood.  Leslie Aun, spokeswomen for Komen, says that the decision was based on new criteria the charity has adopted which doesn’t allow grants to be given to organizations that are under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Komen Foundation Will Stop Funding Planned Parenthood</title>
		<link>http://liveaction.org/blog/breaking-news-komen-foundation-will-stop-funding-planned-parenthood/</link>
		<comments>http://liveaction.org/blog/breaking-news-komen-foundation-will-stop-funding-planned-parenthood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristi Burton Brown</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Planned Parenthood]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For years, pro-lifers have spoken about the link between breast cancer and abortion while questioning the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s monetary grants to Planned Parenthood.  And for years, the Komen Foundation has continued to supply funds to the abortion giant. Today, things have changed.  This breaking news truly is a game changer.  The Associated Press [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Post Admits &#8220;An Incomplete Picture of the March for Life&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://liveaction.org/blog/washington-post-admits-an-incomplete-picture-of-the-march-for-life/</link>
		<comments>http://liveaction.org/blog/washington-post-admits-an-incomplete-picture-of-the-march-for-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthias</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response the criticism of the paper&#8217;s coverage of the March for Life, the Washington Post&#8217;s ombudsman has written an article entitled An Incomplete Picture of the March for Life. The article answers some of the criticisms that were sent in response to a poor coverage of the March for Life, and admits that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois Health Dept. Says Abortion Clinics Don’t Always Report All of Their Numbers</title>
		<link>http://liveaction.org/blog/illinois-health-dept-says-abortion-clinics-dont-always-fully-report/</link>
		<comments>http://liveaction.org/blog/illinois-health-dept-says-abortion-clinics-dont-always-fully-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Web Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following paragraph appeared in the Chicago Sun Times. The most significant part is emphasized. Tom Schafer, deputy director of the state’s Office of Health Promotion, said Guttmacher has more time and leeway when an abortion provider is unresponsive. “I don’t want to question the accuracy of their numbers, but we don’t have the ability [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March For Life Dallas 2012: Inside Kristen&#8217;s iPhone</title>
		<link>http://liveaction.org/blog/march-for-life-dallas-2012-inside-kristens-iphone/</link>
		<comments>http://liveaction.org/blog/march-for-life-dallas-2012-inside-kristens-iphone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen Walker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pro-Life Highlight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dallas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my attempt to shut up for a minute and let pictures do the talking. It goes against my every natural instinct to run my mouth, but I will try. Here we go! Curtain up: The Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Dallas, Texas, broods under a cloudy sky. Except it was [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>NARAL Frets Of Forced Ultrasound Viewing That Isn&#8217;t Even Happening</title>
		<link>http://liveaction.org/blog/naral-on-ultrasound-viewing/</link>
		<comments>http://liveaction.org/blog/naral-on-ultrasound-viewing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Web Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In an email sent earlier this week, by NARAL President Nancy Keenan wrote that one of her top fears was this: More and more women seeking abortion care could be forced to view an ultrasound image – even if they don’t want to or if their doctor doesn’t recommend it. This is funny because Planned [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Planned Parenthood Says Their Political Spending Comes at Expense of Their Clinic, Education Programs</title>
		<link>http://liveaction.org/blog/planned-parenthood-says-their-political-spending-comes-at-expense-of-their-clinic-education-spending/</link>
		<comments>http://liveaction.org/blog/planned-parenthood-says-their-political-spending-comes-at-expense-of-their-clinic-education-spending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Web Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vicki Cowart, president of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains told the Associated Press in an article published five days ago: &#8220;Every dollar we&#8217;re spending on getting people out to vote is a dollar not spent for birth control or sex education or breast exams.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Planned Parenthood Director Admits &#8220;the sky is falling on Roe v Wade&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://liveaction.org/blog/planned-parenthood-director-admits-the-sky-is-falling-on-roe-v-wade-2/</link>
		<comments>http://liveaction.org/blog/planned-parenthood-director-admits-the-sky-is-falling-on-roe-v-wade-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Web Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are pro-life advocates making progress in securing life rights for all humans? You better believe it! In an article published last Saturday, Casey Martinson, a Planned Parenthood Director of Public Affairs, wrote: I’m sorry to say that the sky is falling on Roe v Wade. It’s been falling incrementally for the past four decades, and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>107</slash:comments>
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		<title>Planned Parenthood Director: We are &#8220;most visible proponent&#8221; of &#8220;pro-choice community&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://liveaction.org/blog/planned-parenthood-director-we-are-most-visible-proponent-of-pro-choice-community/</link>
		<comments>http://liveaction.org/blog/planned-parenthood-director-we-are-most-visible-proponent-of-pro-choice-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Web Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://liveaction.org/blog/?p=10342</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some (usually abortion advocates) question why pro-life advocates spend so much of their focus on Planned Parenthood which they describe as just another health care provider. The fact is that Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion chain in the United States as confirmed by their own annual report showing over 325,000 termination procedures. In addition [...]]]></description>
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