Senator Vitter Proposes Bill Cutting Planned Parenthood Funding, Likely No Vote
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Senator David Vitter, a pro-life Louisiana Republican, has filed a bill in the new session of the Senate that would strike the federal funding from Planned Parenthood. However, the measure likely will not get a vote because pro-abortion Senate Democrats control the chamber and what legislation will get hearings and votes. Vitter admits his bill probably won't come up for discussion but he said it is important to make a statement by filing it. "Obviously this is a completely different political landscape, a much more Democratic Congress and a new, liberal Democratic administration that makes some of my goals, which are consistent with more conservative Louisiana values, more difficult to attain," Vitter told the Times-Picayune newspaper. "But I'm certainly not going to give up and get less ambitious about what I fight for. I am going to pursue all the issues that I've actively pursued in the past." The Senate voted 52-41 against the amendment Vitter offered to a previous bill and it would have de-funded Planned Parenthood if adopted. "I will continue to fight for these and other measures to bring about an end to abortion in this country," Vitter said in a recent email to a constituent that LifeNews.com obtained.

California Embryonic Stem Cell Research Agency Seeks Plan B in Budget Crisis
Sacramento, CA (LifeNews.com) -- The California agency that will ultimately spend billions on human cloning and unproven embryonic stem cell research is seeking a contingency plan because of the state's budget crisis. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is expected this month to find new methods of financing because the state is not able to send it more money. The agency could rely on bond anticipation notes and a private placement with major philanthropic backers. The state stem cell funding agency’s contingency plan would require approval by the agency’s governing board as well as state Treasurer Bill Lockyer. He has warned publicly that the state’s financial woes may force the state to stop issuing loans through its Pooled Money Investment Account, from which state agencies typically borrow before receiving funding through bonds. CIRM has $168.9 million in cash on hand — enough to fund existing grant programs and new grants through July 2009. It also has enough money to operate for a year beyond that before financial considerations would cause it problems.

Georgia Right to Life Announces new Black Outreach Program to Stop Abortions
Atlanta, GA (LifeNews.com) -- Georgia Right to Life is pleased to announce that Catherine Davis will be leading GRTL in outreach efforts to the African American community. In 2006, Catherine Davis ran for the 4th District Congressional Candidate because she had a desire to impact her community. Now just a few years later, she will have that opportunity by helping GRTL to preserve the legacy of the African American community. In Georgia and America, African Americans have been disproportionately targeted by those who support the practice of abortion. As a result, over 57% of the abortions done in the state are done on black women while they only make up 29% of the population. As the new director of minority outreach for GRTL, Catherine will work to dramatically decrease the number of abortions while educating Georgians about the holocaustic impact this practice has had on the Black community. "Preserving our legacy has become a driving ambition for me," Catherine noted. "There are some individuals and organizations that have as their mission to eliminate blacks from America. Most of us do not know about these plans and I am working to make sure they are exposed."

Missouri Pro-Life Advocates Redo Lawsuit on Embryonic Stem Cell Research Funds
Jefferson City, MO (LifeNews.com) -- A Missouri pro-life group has re-filed its lawsuit seeking to block $21 million in public funds from going to the Life Sciences Research Board for grants for the controversial science. The suit, filed by Missouri Roundtable for Life, is similar to one tossed out in November by Cole County Judge Richard Callahan. He ruled that there is no legal battle to be decided. In its new suit, the group claims there is a dispute as to whether the state has the ability to spend the funds on anti-life science. The law that created the Life Sciences Research Trust Fund, which sends the money to the board, specifically prohibits the funding. Last month, Callahan said that the state constitutional amendment appears to trump the law. The pro-life group argues the passage of Amendment 2 triggers a in state law invalidating the plan to spend the money. Ed Martin, an attorney representing the group told AP that there are big changes in the new lawsuit. The board plans to disburse the funds this year for the stem cell research grants it is considering funding. Pro-life groups don't want to see money go to scientists who are destroying human beings in research that kills them for their stem cells.

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