Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life Voice Present at Smart Girl Summit

Bill Smith, Editor: This last weekend, Smart Girl Politics (SGP) held it's 3rd Annual Smart Girl Summit in St. Louis, Missouri. One of their sponsors was the Susan B. Anthony (SBA) List and former Rep. Marylyn Musgrave, SBA List Project Director for Votes Have Consequences, shared with the attendees about SBA List.

The SBA List  will be 20 years old in 2012, an important election year. It was of created as a counteracting voice to the pro-abortion EMILY’s List PAC. The Susan B. Anthony List is dedicated to electing candidates and pursuing policies that will reduce and ultimately end abortion. To that end, the SBA List will emphasize the election, education, promotion, and mobilization of pro-life women. In addition they have endorsed and promoted pro-life men running for office.

The organization works in the spirit and tradition of the original suffragettes. Susan B. Anthony herself called abortion “child murder.” Alice Paul, author of the original 1923 Equal Rights Amendment, reportedly said the early feminists believed that “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” Modern feminist Patricia Heaton echoes this theme, saying, “The early feminists were pro-life."

Their record of success is impressive. And, the SBA List is "working on all fronts to end taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood and elect a pro-life President and Senate majority in 2012."

The American people have awakened to what it means to be “pro-choice.” A 2009 Gallup poll revealed that 51% now label themselves “pro-life.” These polling results confirm a trend: "Americans are increasingly in favor of protecting human life. They see through the hollow PR-generated “pro-choice” label, thanks in part to sonograms and real-life experience."

They are also working to reduce the number of deaths induced by Planned Parenthood, we need to end its life line: taxpayer funding.

Marjorie Dannenfelser, President, Susan B. Anthony List, identified in an email today, "Last year, Planned Parenthood ended the lives of 324,008 unborn children and forever changed the lives of that many women. Even as the national abortion rate declines or -- at worst -- is stagnant, the number of babies aborted at Planned Parenthood continues to climb and climb."

She identified that SBA List organization is working to do two things:

• Partner with pro-life allies in the states working to defund Planned Parenthood. Thus far, over $60 million has been slashed, and we are working to increase this number as we work through the fall and into the 2012 legislative sessions. These efforts at the state level further expose Planned Parenthood, keep them on the defensive, and bring momentum to our efforts to defund them at the federal level.
• Lay the groundwork for the election of a Pro-Life President in 2012 and win back the Senate from the hands of Harry Reid so we can finally defund Planned Parenthood of the federal dollars it receives. Already, through the success of our Pro-Life Presidential Leadership Pledge, candidates are making a firm, written commitment that they will actively work to defund Planned Parenthood if elected to the White House.

As with anything, funding and volunteers are needed.  Check out the following video and their website for opportunities to be involved.


Susan B. Anthony List Beginnings

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