{"id":161645,"date":"2017-02-02T15:11:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T20:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=161645"},"modified":"2017-02-02T23:32:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T04:32:32","slug":"nancy-pelosi-advocates-protecting-children-after-theyre-born","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/nancy-pelosi-advocates-protecting-children-after-theyre-born\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Pelosi advocates for protecting children &#8212; after they\u2019re born"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>In a recent town hall, CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper sat down with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to discuss a range of topics, including abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Brianna Roberts, a college student at Alvernia University, shared her story of how she was adopted because her mother chose life over abortion. When asked if everyone should have the right to thrive and succeed in life, Pelosi struggled to answer the reality many pro-choice advocates are faced with, and instead, attempted to apply the right to life for only those already born. Here\u2019s the kicker: no child has ever been able to thrive and succeed in the world without first having been given the right to life. It\u2019s an obvious and rational point, but the House minority leader decided to take the validity of Roberts\u2019 question and skew it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yOlQf2-J1TQ\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen people ask me, \u2018What are the three most important issues facing the Congress,\u2019 I always say the same thing, \u2018Our children, our children, our children,\u2019\u201d Pelosi said. \u201cTheir health, their education, the economic security, their families, clean environment in which they can thrive, a world at peace in which they can succeed and reach their aspirations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes! Yes! Pelosi was spot-on with all these wonderful talking points, but she doesn\u2019t understand them herself because that\u2019s exactly what they are to her &#8212; talking points. It would be nice if Pelosi went back and listened to the words she spoke to a genuinely concerned pro-life student.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Pelosi, a child cannot have the opportunities you mentioned in your talking points if he or she first does not have the right to life as stated in our country\u2019s founding document.<\/p>\n<p>The minority leader then decided to go down a slippery slope, throwing out a typical pro-abortion talking point and\u00a0personally attacking the pro-life argument, as well as the scientific fact that life begins at conception.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of our friends who are so intent on when life begins, in their view, do not subscribe to [Pelosi\u2019s talking points] after the child is born to meet the needs of the children,\u201d Pelosi said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/petition\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-160409\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DefundAd-400b-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pelosi made the false assumption that pro-lifers do not care about children after they are born, and instead, ignore them altogether. This was an ignorant (and easily disproven) claim the House minority leader made on behalf of pro-choice advocates. It would be a wise move on Pelosi\u2019s part to look into the plethora of organizations in the U.S. and around the world that are pro-life and pro-child, considering they are the same. For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catholiccharitiesusa.org\/\">Catholic Charities USA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/christianrelieffund.org\/\">Christian Relief Fund<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centerforadoptionservices.org\/\">Center for Adoption Services<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the final part of her nonsensical\u00a0response, Pelosi urged Roberts to join the pro-choice advocates in helping all the children whose mothers chose life for them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRespecting your mother\u2019s\u2026 ability to make her choice, I hope you\u2019ll help us help all of these children to be able to thrive when their mothers make that choice to have them,\u201d Pelosi said.<\/p>\n<p>Yes! Yes! But Rep. Pelosi, we cannot help you and your fellow colleagues help the children you\u2019re referencing if you don\u2019t support their right to life! Do you not hear the hypocrisy in your own words? Do you not see the irony in your actions?<\/p>\n<p>The pro-life movement has always been about helping ALL human beings; whether it be preborn children, children living in poverty, a\u00a0single mother of three, or an elderly woman seeking love and attention in her last days of life. We can only help those who cannot help themselves if they are first given the right to life as granted to them in our country&#8217;s founding document.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent town hall, CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper sat down with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to discuss a range of topics, including abortion. Brianna Roberts, a college student at Alvernia University, shared her story of how she was adopted because her mother chose life over abortion. 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