Pro-Abortion Activists Renew Attacks on Pregnancy Resource Centers
Feminists who gathered for a conference last week in Washington, D.C., said President Barack Obama’s pro-abortion mandate is likely to unite the pro-life movement like it did during Bill Clinton’s two terms as president. Panelists said that meant there is a need to renew efforts to discredit the pro-life movement, including defeating legislation that would support pregnancy resource centers. In reference to that end, Christina Page , author of “How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America,” noted the Pregnant Women Support Act , sponsored by Sen. Bob Casey (D-Penn.) in the 100th Congress and reintroduced in the Senate in January. The act calls for a range of programs to help women facing unplanned pregnancies who decide to carry their child to term, including counseling, pre-natal and postnatal health care, and the funding of “Life Support Centers to offer comprehensive and supportive services for pregnant women, mothers and children.” The act calls for a range of programs to help women f...