{"id":79954,"date":"2015-11-13T17:50:44","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T22:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=79954"},"modified":"2015-11-13T17:29:36","modified_gmt":"2015-11-13T22:29:36","slug":"diane-black-condemns-planned-parenthood-deceit-and-calls-to-change-filibuster-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/diane-black-condemns-planned-parenthood-deceit-and-calls-to-change-filibuster-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Diane Black condemns Planned Parenthood deceit, calls to change filibuster rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>In an <a href=\"http:\/\/black.house.gov\/press-release\/rep-black-gives-wide-ranging-interview-pro-life-movement-christianity-today%E2%80%99s-ed\">interview<\/a> with Christianity Today contributing editor Dr. Ed Stetzer, Rep. Diane Black (R-TN) made a wide variety of observations on the abortion debate, recent legislative battles, and the future of the pro-life movement.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NlvFhuBh2Fo&amp;w=560&amp;h=315]<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Black, one of the House of Representatives&#8217; most <a href=\"\/news\/diane-black-blasts-democrats-lack-decency-20-week-abortion-vote\/\">outspoken<\/a> pro-lifers and <a href=\"\/news\/rep-diane-black-calls-senators-to-do-their-job-of-defunding-planned-parenthood\/\">author<\/a> of a year-long moratorium on Planned Parenthood&#8217;s federal funding, reiterated that her background as a nurse was a significant factor in solidifying her pro-life position. She noted that she graduated nursing school just two years before the Supreme Court handed down Roe v. Wade in 1973, and as a result, &#8220;I have watched throughout my career the devastating things that have happened to women and the babies as a result of Roe vs. Wade,&#8221; including witnessing women suffering from <a href=\"\/news\/debunking-narals-lies-about-crisis-pregnancy-centers-part-two\/\">severe emotional fallout<\/a> after abortions.<\/p>\n<p>She went on to denounce the abortion industry for &#8220;convinc[ing] women that this is just a blob of tissue, it\u2019s not a life,&#8221; and declared that the key to ending abortion will be both convincing people otherwise and educating them on the &#8220;kind of tragedy and sadness that happens at the taking of a life.\u201d On this point, Black expressed optimism at &#8220;seeing the young people have more value for life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Black also lamented Congress&#8217;s recent failure to pass the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would have banned abortion at twenty weeks of pregnancy. She blamed &#8220;antiquated&#8221; filibuster rules that led to the bill dying in the Senate despite winning a majority of the votes, an issue Live Action <a href=\"\/news\/wasnt-majority-vote-enough-defund-planned-parenthood-insane-filibuster-rules\/\">covered<\/a> at the time. &#8220;Change this and let\u2019s get some things done,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview with Christianity Today contributing editor Dr. Ed Stetzer, Rep. Diane Black (R-TN) made a wide variety of observations on the abortion debate, recent legislative battles, and the future of the pro-life movement. 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