Rep. Chris Smith to speak at upcoming Rally for Life-Nashville on January 19th

Rep. Chris Smith (R) NJ will be the keynote speaker for the upcoming Rally for Life in Nashville sponsored by TN Right to Life. The event will take place on Saturday, January 19th on the steps of the Capitol in Nashville beginning at 2:00 PM.

I had the privilege of hearing him last year in Washington DC at the Rally for Life and he is truly a pro life  stalwart and has been for the past three decades. His involvement in pro life legislation has garnered  so many accolades including the prestigious 2012 Henry J. Hyde Defender of Life Award for his leadership on pro-life issues in the House of Representatives. He is also a strong advocate for ethical and non destructive stem cell research using adult stem cells and cord blood.

His concern for children and women extend to the born especially those with special needs and at risk for exploitation in countries around the world.  Hear the words of Charmaine Yoest, President  of Americans United for Life on the announcement of this honor named after the pro life hero, Henry J. Hyde. 

“Rep. Chris Smith will be recognized for his heroic defense of life during his tenure as a U.S. Congressman, including his fight to end taxpayer-funding of abortion, his steadfast leadership in working to safeguard the health and safety of women against the harmful effects of abortion, and for his courageous work to defend the human rights of all human beings both domestically and internationally,” 

TN: pro life community concerned about the fox in the hen house.

Tennessean downplays the abortion support in the puff piece about the strange selection from a "pro life" governor who appointed the new Commissioner of Health for TN.   They mention the  concerns of the pro life community but diss it by calling it political. Disappointed is too mild I would say.....pro life Tennesseans have clearly spoken about abortion and the funding of it but strange things happen  like bumps in the middle of the night.  Dates on legislation passed are changed. Ghost amendments  insert themselves into legislation that negates the intent of the legislature.  

RTL calls it fox guarding the hen house but maybe it is more like from the frying pan into the  fire.  

 
From Knox News:

In a new release Tennessee Right to Life President Brian Harris focused on Dreyzehner as a presenter at the 2011 conference of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, during which he appeared with "pro-abortion lobbyist" Rachel Benson Gold.
"After a legislative session in which pro-life majorities made clear their desire to bar the use of tax dollars for agencies such as Planned Parenthood, it appears that the governor has invited a fox into the henhouse," said Harris in the news release.

In an interview, Harris said Right to Life had suggested "several names" as a new health commissioner and the organization had been hopeful for appointment of a commissioner more supportive of the group's views than Cooper was. There is "deep disappointment" that was not the case, he added.
The group was unhappy with Cooper on several fronts. Harris said the Department of Health, for example, has failed to enforce a 2009 mandating that abortion providers post notices declaring patients cannot be coerced into having an abortion.

"Dreyzehner's active involvement with an organization so radically supportive of abortion makes clear that pro-life Tennesseans will have a continued fight in order to enforce even the most basic pro-life protections for unborn children and abortion vulnerable women in our state," said Harris.
Money for Shelby: After some controversy earlier this year on efforts by Republican legislators to block Planned Parenthood from receiving any state funding, the group was this week granted $75,000 in government funds to provide free testing for syphilis project in Shelby County. The money came from federal dollars, but is allocated by the state.

"It's difficult to construe this as anything other than a slap in the face of pro-life Tennesseans across the state," said Harris.

Nashville: I am right to life......young team scores well!

Nashville Dispatch – Day 4

Posted on February 28, 2011 by nrlccomm| 

If you’ve been following our Twitter feed, you already know that our team from SAGU placed third in the 36.DV Challenge with their “I Am National Right to Life” ad.

Krystle, Danielle, Richie and Jason face the judges during the wrap-up for the
36.DV Challenge at NRB11.

To recap: beginning at 9pm Friday night, the team comprise of Krystle Sonmore, Danielle Chambers, Jason Rutel and Richie Kotwica (under the watchful guidance of their faculty advisor Rob Price) had 36 hours to come up with a promotional ad for NRLC.  In that time they had to familiarize themselves with our work, conceptualize the ad, storyboard it, script it, film it, edit it, code it and turn it in by 9am Sunday morning (they submitted the final cut at 8:59am ).

The iNRB judges evaluated all five video projects based on content and technical excellence and announced the winners during the iNRB awards ceremony last night.  The top three videos were all within a few points of each other.  Even though our team didn’t take 1st place (and the $150 cash prize for each student that went with it), they placed first in our eyes for all of their hard work.

Our winning team from SAGU: Richie Kotwica, Danielle Chambers, Jason Rutel,
and Krystle Sonmore.

And now, the team’s video…”I Am National Right to Life”:

Labor Unions should be pro life

 
The cousin of John Riffe who is well known in the organized labor movement.....started organizing labor unions to protect mine workers and eventually became the VP of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) when it merged with theAFL to form the AFL-CI....author of this article Woodrow Wilcox. He correctly points out that the values they fought for should be applied to the unborn by the unions.

"Respect and value for the lives of the workers was a central theme of the labor union organizing movement.  Respect and value for the lives of unborn babies should be another central theme of the labor union movement today."

"The cause to value the lives of workers and the cause to value the lives of the unborn are allied causes. Each demands respect for human life. That is why I am against giving any labor union political money to any candidate who supports the abortion on demand industry which makes billions of dollars per year to disrespect human life. Coal miners should be protected to have the best chance of leaving a mine safely. And, unborn babies should have the best chance possible to leave their mother’s body safely. Please, join with me to demand that labor union leaders and labor union political money support only candidates who support the protection of workers’ lives and unborn babies’ lives."

Photo: credit Brian Stansberry