Once again, Planned Parenthood has been caught in another undercover videotape misleading a young girl seeking an abortion. The group Live Action released a video this week in which an Indianapolis Planned Parenthood clinic staff member tells a young patron that she thinks is ten weeks pregnant that a fetus is not a baby.
It's "not like a person" she tells the prospective abortion client. In the video "Sarah" asks the clinician when the heartbeat begins. The clinician says eight or nine weeks. In truth the heartbeat of an unborn child is audible in just 21 days, some five weeks sooner than the alleged medical professional says it can be heard. The staffer is also heard on tape misleading the young lady about the complications of an abortion and the high risk of miscarriage for future pregnancies.
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approves Elena Kagan's nomination
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted yesterday to approve Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court. The 13-6 vote sends Kagan's nomination to the full U.S. Senate, where a vote could take place as early as next week to succeed retiring Justice John Paul Stevens.
Despite calls of opposition, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina was the lone Republican to support her nomination, joining panel Democrats in supporting President Barack Obama's second Supreme Court nominee.
I wonder how liberal Republican U.S. Senator Scott Brown will vote on Kagan's nomination. Brown was just one of only three Republicans to vote for the Dodd-Frank Wall Street bill. Yet, he voted to oppose the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and has come out against the DISCLOSE Act. His vote on the Kagan nomination is critical.
I believe that Kagan's judicial philosophy is wrong for the court. Her values and political beliefs are contrary to ours and the majority of Americans. She is also simply unqualified, having never served as a judge.
