Daily Caller: "According to Carter, reducing the focus on abortion, and advocating for its increasing rarity, would attract more voters to the Democratic Party."
Pope Calls Health Care An ‘Inalienable Right’
Think Progress: "At an international papal conference on health care yesterday at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI and other Catholic church leaders said it is the “moral responsibility of nations to guarantee access to health care for all of their citizens, regardless of social and economic status or their ability to pay.” Saying access to … Continue reading Pope Calls Health Care An ‘Inalienable Right’
Does Barack Obama's health care bill include $1 abortions? No.
PolitiFact: "The claim that the Obama administration has issued rules for "$1 abortions in ObamaCare" is ridiculous; the administration has simply set a floor for how much money per month of the premiums paid by those who have chosen plans that include abortion must be placed in a segregated account in order to make sure that … Continue reading Does Barack Obama's health care bill include $1 abortions? No.
Children with Down Syndrome: Will Culture Make Them Disappear?
Christianity Today: "We must not be content to live in a world where abortion weeds out Down syndrome and other kinds of disabilities. Those with Down syndrome have challenges, sometimes significant, but they bring abounding joy and expressive love to everyone and to everything they encounter."
Viral Video, Vicious Warlord
Nicholas Kristof: "The bottom line is: A young man devotes nine years of his life to fight murder, rape and mutilation, he produces a video that goes viral and galvanizes mostly young Americans to show concern for needy villagers abroad — and he’s vilified? I don’t know if this initiative will make a difference. But … Continue reading Viral Video, Vicious Warlord
Faces of Change: Life Without Limits
At 6 months old, Stacy's daughter Zoe was halfway to her lifetime cap. But because the Affordable Care Act prohibits health plans from setting a lifetime dollar limit on most benefits, Zoe can now live a life without limits. Note: DFLA only endorses pro-life Democrats and has not endorsed Obama-Biden.
George Clooney Witnesses War Crimes in Sudan
Enough: "Months of military attacks by the Government of Sudan on their own people have prevented crop production, causing near-famine conditions. The attacks themselves continue to kill, injure, displace and terrorize innocent civilians while the international community continues to stand by. On March 7, Rep. Jim McGovern introduced the Sudan Peace, Security, and Accountability Act … Continue reading George Clooney Witnesses War Crimes in Sudan
Over 8,000 Killed in Syria
CNN: "More than 8,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict, including many women and children, said Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, president of the U.N. General Assembly. Opposition activists have put the toll at more than 9,000."
Abortion debate entering new arenas
Rep. Chris Smith: "Why do so many who claim to be proponents of human rights systematically dehumanize and exclude the weakest and most vulnerable human beings from legal protection? Why the modern-day surge in prejudice and ugly bias against unborn children and newborns? Why the policy of exclusion, rather than inclusion? Why is lethal violence … Continue reading Abortion debate entering new arenas
Paid Parental Leave Sorely Lacking Across the United States
Sarah Jane Glynn: "The last century has undeniably seen a great deal of progress for women’s rights domestically and internationally, but there is still one area where the United States lags far behind the rest of the industrialized world—paid parental leave."
The Whole Life Democrat 