"To many in the conservative movement it may seem as though the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) is the premier organization dedicated to ending abortion. But to others, the picture is laden with distrust, tension and ineffectiveness, even with NRLC's own state affiliates....
"NRLC has endorsed candidates in the past who aren't pro-life because they believe that having more Republicans in office, even if they aren't pro-life, helps pass pro-life legislation because a GOP majority is more likely to pass such policy....
"The Conservative Action Project (CAP) recently released a letter opposing any federal funding of Planned Parenthood and people from various conservative organizations showed their support by signing on....
"But NRLC did not sign the CAP letter. Instead, NRLC's president Carol Tobias said she doesn't support an effort to defund Planned Parenthood through the Continuing Resolution because it could lead to a shutdown of the government. That's a move she says would hurt the pro-life movement. She suggests Republicans wait until a pro-life president is in the White House....
"Executive Director of Iowa Right to Life (IRTL) Jenifer Bowen told Conservative Review that signing the letter is a 'no-brainer.' IRTL responded to NRLC's decision not to support preventing taxpayer dollars from being sent to Planned Parenthood by saying, 'We see key weakness in the political assumptions and analysis offered by (NRLC) President Carol Tobias who uses pejorative terms to advocate against an assertive and appropriate parliamentary process.' 'Fidelity to our own board demands that we object to any implication or suggestion by NRLC President Tobias that her opinions were vetted and approved by the fifty state affiliates and their sub-entities....
"Other national pro-life organizations signed onto the letter as well including March for Life Action, Students for Life of America, Concerned Women for America, National Black Pro-Life Union and others.
"One issue of contention some state groups have with NRLC is that they focus on polls to a fault, instead of passing legislation to save the lives of the unborn, according to co-executive director of GRTL Genevieve Wilson, who has been with the organization for 30 years.
"'They would say ''Polling will tell you that the majority of Americans support exceptions,"' Wilson told Conservative Review. 'It would be much easier to make decisions based on polling but in doing that you're playing political games with human lives and we just don't want to do that. It's wrong.'
"Wilson also said that focusing on polling is detrimental to the cause because part of a pro-life organization's job is to educate people on abortion and create favorable poll numbers for their cause.
"NRLC may be the largest and oldest pro-life organization in the country, but after more than 40 years since Roe v Wade and only one law limiting abortion and disaffection and disagreement with its own groups, some are asking for conservatives and pro-life advocates to take a deeper look at the organization's motives, ending abortion or access to power and influence at all costs"
(https://www.conservativereview.com/Commentary/2015/10/big-baby-20-uncovering-the-true-ties-of-the-national-right-to-life).
With regard to Pennsylvania's delegation to the U.S. House, only Scott Perry and Keith Rothfus voted against the Continuing Resolution, last week. It is worth noting that neither Perry nor Rothfus have run to embrace Kevin McCarthy as a possible replacement for John Boehner (cf, http://www.politico.com/blogs/the-gavel/2015/09/kevin-mccarthy-backed-by-pennsylvania-republicans-214257). Rep Jason Chaffetz would also like to be speaker....
In addition to voting against the CR (cf, http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll528.xml), Chaffetz is a co-sponsor of the First Amendment Defense Act (cf, https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2802/cosponsors?q=%7B%22search%22%3A[%22%5C%22hr2802%5C%22%22]%7D&resultIndex=1).
"NRLC has endorsed candidates in the past who aren't pro-life because they believe that having more Republicans in office, even if they aren't pro-life, helps pass pro-life legislation because a GOP majority is more likely to pass such policy....
"The Conservative Action Project (CAP) recently released a letter opposing any federal funding of Planned Parenthood and people from various conservative organizations showed their support by signing on....
"But NRLC did not sign the CAP letter. Instead, NRLC's president Carol Tobias said she doesn't support an effort to defund Planned Parenthood through the Continuing Resolution because it could lead to a shutdown of the government. That's a move she says would hurt the pro-life movement. She suggests Republicans wait until a pro-life president is in the White House....
"Executive Director of Iowa Right to Life (IRTL) Jenifer Bowen told Conservative Review that signing the letter is a 'no-brainer.' IRTL responded to NRLC's decision not to support preventing taxpayer dollars from being sent to Planned Parenthood by saying, 'We see key weakness in the political assumptions and analysis offered by (NRLC) President Carol Tobias who uses pejorative terms to advocate against an assertive and appropriate parliamentary process.' 'Fidelity to our own board demands that we object to any implication or suggestion by NRLC President Tobias that her opinions were vetted and approved by the fifty state affiliates and their sub-entities....
"Other national pro-life organizations signed onto the letter as well including March for Life Action, Students for Life of America, Concerned Women for America, National Black Pro-Life Union and others.
"One issue of contention some state groups have with NRLC is that they focus on polls to a fault, instead of passing legislation to save the lives of the unborn, according to co-executive director of GRTL Genevieve Wilson, who has been with the organization for 30 years.
"'They would say ''Polling will tell you that the majority of Americans support exceptions,"' Wilson told Conservative Review. 'It would be much easier to make decisions based on polling but in doing that you're playing political games with human lives and we just don't want to do that. It's wrong.'
"Wilson also said that focusing on polling is detrimental to the cause because part of a pro-life organization's job is to educate people on abortion and create favorable poll numbers for their cause.
"NRLC may be the largest and oldest pro-life organization in the country, but after more than 40 years since Roe v Wade and only one law limiting abortion and disaffection and disagreement with its own groups, some are asking for conservatives and pro-life advocates to take a deeper look at the organization's motives, ending abortion or access to power and influence at all costs"
(https://www.conservativereview.com/Commentary/2015/10/big-baby-20-uncovering-the-true-ties-of-the-national-right-to-life).
With regard to Pennsylvania's delegation to the U.S. House, only Scott Perry and Keith Rothfus voted against the Continuing Resolution, last week. It is worth noting that neither Perry nor Rothfus have run to embrace Kevin McCarthy as a possible replacement for John Boehner (cf, http://www.politico.com/blogs/the-gavel/2015/09/kevin-mccarthy-backed-by-pennsylvania-republicans-214257). Rep Jason Chaffetz would also like to be speaker....
In addition to voting against the CR (cf, http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll528.xml), Chaffetz is a co-sponsor of the First Amendment Defense Act (cf, https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2802/cosponsors?q=%7B%22search%22%3A[%22%5C%22hr2802%5C%22%22]%7D&resultIndex=1).
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