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		<title>More than $1 Billion of Your Money Spent on Abortion</title>
		<link>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/06/17/more-than-1-billion-of-your-money-spent-on-abortion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Probbio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LifeSiteNews.com is reporting that Rep. Pete Olson (R-Tex.) has exposed that taxpayers have funded pro-abortion groups for years.  
At a press conference on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., members of Congress and pro-life advocates unveiled the GAO findings. According to the report, Advocates for Youth received a total of $8.7 million (2002-2009); the Guttmacher Institute, $12.7 million (2002-2008); International Planned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bart Stupak&#8217;s Betrayal</title>
		<link>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/03/23/3059/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Probbio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the Editors of St Michael Society, the shock over Bart Stupak&#8217;s betrayal this weekend has begun to turn into anger and grief. Its one thing to cave to pressures and intimidation but Stupak&#8217;s speech on the House floor sheds new light on the man. This was not a man who changed his vote because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Polling in Key Districts Show Majorities Oppose Gov-Funded Abortion, Healthcare Reform</title>
		<link>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/03/16/new-polling-in-key-districts-show-majorities-oppose-gov-funded-abortion-healthcare-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/03/16/new-polling-in-key-districts-show-majorities-oppose-gov-funded-abortion-healthcare-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KHernandez</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stmichaelsociety.com/?p=3011</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whip counts are changing every five minutes it seems. For those of you not bogged down in Washington lingo, a whip count is the number of Members of Congress who are voting for/against a certain bill. In this case, the whip count on the healthcare bill is all anyone is talking about, as they should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sebelius Doubletalk; Stupak Not Backing Down</title>
		<link>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/03/04/sebelius-doubletalk-stupak-not-backing-down/</link>
		<comments>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/03/04/sebelius-doubletalk-stupak-not-backing-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KHernandez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Headlines like this don’t get old -“Could Issue of Abortion Derail Health Care Bill?”
And neither does Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI), a pro-life Catholic Democrat who, over and over again has said he (and many of his colleagues) will not vote for any bill that funds abortion with government dollars.
President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Planned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. Mike Pence: Harry Knox Termination Long-over Due</title>
		<link>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/03/03/rep-mike-pence-harry-knox-termination-long-over-due/</link>
		<comments>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/03/03/rep-mike-pence-harry-knox-termination-long-over-due/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Probbio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNSNews is reporting that Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) is calling on President Obama to fire Harry Knox from his position on the White House Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. 
&#8220;Harry Knox’s repeated, intolerant statements about the Catholic Church and Catholic teachings make it totally inappropriate for him to serve on President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Week in Healthcare Coming Up</title>
		<link>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/02/19/big-week-in-healthcare-coming-up/</link>
		<comments>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/02/19/big-week-in-healthcare-coming-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KHernandez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not satisfied that the American people have soundly rejected their healthcare plans, that includes government-funding of abortion, President Obama, Harry Reid &#038; Nancy Pelosi are back to pushing their own agenda hard. Has Obama mentioned abortion? Of course he hasn’t. But here’s the thing. Abortion HAS to be addressed somehow in the healthcare bill. ]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from the Lectionary</title>
		<link>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/02/03/lessons-from-the-lectionary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Looby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not for a moment about to suggest that this is the way God intended us to interpret this, but for those who happened to attend daily Mass on the Friday before the MA special election and the anniversary of Obama&#8217;s inauguration, you were treated to this story about how the people complained against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Casey Called Out at Press Conference: “You betrayed the pro-life movement”</title>
		<link>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/01/12/sen-casey-called-out-at-press-conference-%e2%80%9cyou-betrayed-the-pro-life-movement%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/01/12/sen-casey-called-out-at-press-conference-%e2%80%9cyou-betrayed-the-pro-life-movement%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KHernandez</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stmichaelsociety.com/?p=2387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), a Catholic, got Joe Wilson’d yesterday at a press conference when a few brave pro-lifers called him out for voting to fund abortion in the healthcare bills.
 “You betrayed the pro-life movement”
“You are a pro-life hypocrite”
“You continually vote against life”
 …were just some of the accusations against the self-proclaimed pro-life Democrat.
 The Philadelphia Inquirer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pro Life Hero Defies Party and Vows to Continue Fight</title>
		<link>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/01/07/pro-life-hero-defies-party-and-vows-to-continue-fight/</link>
		<comments>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/01/07/pro-life-hero-defies-party-and-vows-to-continue-fight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times today has a fascinating profile of Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan. Most readers of St. Michael Society are aware that Rep. Stupak is a pro-life hero, especially during the healthcare debate.  His principled stand in the House of Representatives resulted in the passage of a truly pro-life amendment, which is attached [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare: What&#8217;s Next?</title>
		<link>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2009/12/22/healthcare-whats-next/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KHernandez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the hard work of many pro-life groups and a couple courageous Congressmen, Americans now know that healthcare reform, unless the Stupak language (named after Rep. Bart Stupak, a pro-life Dem from Michigan whose amendment makes sure the government doesn’t fund abortion) is in the final healthcare bill, the government will most certainly be funding abortion.]]></description>
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