{"id":79648,"date":"2015-11-10T14:25:06","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T19:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=79648"},"modified":"2015-11-11T16:35:16","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T21:35:16","slug":"senate-democrat-pregnancy-help-resolution-political-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/senate-democrat-pregnancy-help-resolution-political-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Democrat labels Pregnancy Help Resolution “political football”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A resolution introduced in\u00a0U.S. Senate that would honor the work of community-supported pro-life pregnancy centers was blocked from receiving unanimous support Tuesday, as\u00a0Democratic Senator Patty Murray (Washington) denounced it as a “political football.”<\/p>\n

Murray, who has received over $50,000 in campaign contributions from Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice America and the Center for Reproductive Rights\u2014including an $11,750\u00a0gift from Planned Parenthood\u00a0in 2004 that totaled more than radically pro-abortion senators Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Florida) combined\u2014plus another $500,000 from EMILY’s List, called the resolution a politically motivated attempt by Republicans to “stand in the way of progress.”<\/p>\n

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Her objection was in response to\u00a0Senate Resolution 312,\u00a0authored by Republican\u00a0Senator Mike Lee of Utah<\/a>, which would thank the nation’s 2,500 community-supported pro-life pregnancy centers and medical clinics for their service to women and men in difficult pregnancy situations.<\/p>\n

Mirrored in the House of Representatives by House Resolution 510,\u00a0the motions\u00a0would designate<\/a>\u00a0the week of Nov. 8 as “National Pregnancy Center Week.” More importantly, the resolutions\u00a0would raise awareness of the life-saving work of nonprofit pregnancy centers and medical clinics, as well as nonprofit adoption agencies and maternity homes and commit their respective legislative bodies to “support the important work of pregnancy care and resource centers across the United States.”<\/p>\n

“There is nothing divisive about this resolution that I\u2019ve offered today,” Lee\u00a0said on the Senate floor Tuesday.<\/a>\u00a0“Nothing divisive whatsoever. This simply seeks recognition of the great work that is performed by the men and women who staff these pregnancy centers. There is nothing about it that is a political football. Nothing about it that is designed to drive a wedge.<\/p>\n