SBA List in the Headlines – April 24 – 30

The biggest headlines this week were dominated by news of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniel’s impending decision over whether to sign legislation that would ban abortions after the first 20 weeks and strip away $2 million in state-controlled funding to Planned Parenthood.  The bill passed the Indiana House and Senate late Tuesday, leaving three days of speculation over how his signing or not signing it would affect his potential run for president in 2012.  In the meantime, Beltway media took notice of SBA List’s pressure on Daniels to sign the bill via two letters, urging him to acknowledge the social and fiscal necessity of ending taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood.  They and other outlets quoted Marjorie on how, as someone needing to recant of his past calls for a “truce” on social issues, Daniels should sign the bill to confirm his conservative credentials with the GOP and boost his chances of winning a potential nomination.

Once Daniels announced his decision to sign the bill late in the afternoon on Friday, SBA List issued a comment from Marjorie, saying “Mitch Daniels knows there is no truce on doing what is right.”  Marjorie’s quote was picked up in Beltway publication stories highlighting the importance of candidates’ positions on taxpayer funding of abortion in the upcoming 2012 elections.

 

Florida Baptist Witness: Former Planned Parenthood director ‘absolutely’ desires shutdown of organization
By: Joni B. Hannigan    Date: April 25, 2011
http://www.gofbw.com/news.asp?ID=12848  

American Independent: Lila Rose to head anti-abortion event in Iowa
By Lynda Waddington    Date: April 26, 2011
http://americanindependent.com/175946/lila-rose-to-head-anti-abortion-event-in-iowa  

Washington Post: Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels’s truce put to the test
By Rachel Weiner    Date: April 26, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/indiana-gov-mitch-danielss-truce-put-to-the-test/2011/04/26/AFkz31qE_blog.html   

National Review: Social Conservatives Push Daniels to Sign Pro-Life Legislation
By: Katrina Trinko     Date: April 29, 2011
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/266010/social-conservatives-push-daniels-sign-pro-life-legislation-katrina-trinko

Seattle Post Intelligencer: Exclusive: New Dem money group to take on GOP
By: Jeanne Cummings    Date: April 29, 2011
http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/Exclusive-New-Dem-money-group-to-take-on-GOP-1358071.php

Washington Post: Mitch Daniels will sign bill blocking federal funding of Planned Parenthood in Indiana
By: Rachel Weiner    Date: April 29, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/mitch-daniels-will-sign-bill-blocking-federal-funding-of-planned-parenthood-in-indiana/2011/04/29/AF687QGF_blog.html

Washington Post: Obama escapes blame for the economy, but he can’t escape the economy
By: Aaron Blake and Rachel Weiner    Date: April, 29, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/obama-escapes-blame-for-the-economy-but-he-cant-escape-the-economy/2011/04/28/AFK9CgCF_blog.html

Daily News Pulse: Indiana Won’t Pay For Abortions Through Medicaid: Who Will Give In
By: Kyle Young     Date: April 30, 2011
http://dailynewspulse.com/indiana-wont-pay-for-abortions-through-medicaid-who-will-give-in/2222160/   

Huntsville Item: Naomi W. Ledé: RNC Chairman Reince Priebus
By: Naomi W. Ledé     Date: April 30, 2011
http://itemonline.com/opinion/x928071837/Naomi-W-Led-RNC-Chairman-Reince-Priebus

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