Pawlenty, Bachmann sign abortion ban pledge

Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty have signed on to the Susan B. Anthony List’s 2012 Pro-life Presidential Leadership Pledge. The presidential candidates have pledged to roll back abortion rights in four key areas, and the duo join three other presidential contenders: Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum. Bachmann went after fellow presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Sunday for not signing the pledge and not committing to “ending the practice of abortion.”

Bachmann voted for government shutdown because of abortion

“There is a point where you draw the line in the sand and you have a hill where you die on,” Rep. Michele Bachmann said in a Tuesday evening webinar with anti-abortion rights activists. “I think this is our issue.” The issue — and Bachmann’s rationale for voting against a continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown — is that the resolution didn’t include provisions to defund Planned Parenthood and what she calls “Obamacare.”

Religious right takes credit for GOP election gains

Religious right groups in Minnesota and around the country said that Tuesday’s landslide victories for Republicans were due to their efforts — and they might be right. Anti-abortion groups claim they ousted incumbents who were previously “pro-life” but voted for health care reform, which the groups inaccurately stated will fund abortions. And massive anti-gay marriage campaigns throughout Minnesota preceded losses by same-sex marriage supporters at the Legislature.

Anti-abortion groups target Oberstar with contested statements

National anti-abortion groups are targeting Rep. James Oberstar with a series of mailings criticizing his support for health care reform. The groups point to Oberstar’s vote for the Affordable Health Care and Patient Protection Act of 2010 to claim he supports federal funding for abortion and therefore is no longer “pro-life.” But as fact-checkers have pointed out, health care reform does not include federal funding for abortion.

Pawlenty to headline anti-abortion gala

Gov. Tim Pawlenty will be traveling to Washington in March to beef up his cred among anti-abortion activists at the Susan B. Anthony List’s third annual Campaign for Life Gala. The SBA List funds anti-abortion candidates around the…

Bachmann: Prayer and fasting will help defeat health care reform

During a star-studded “teletownhall” meeting Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann joined North Carolina Rep. Virginia Foxx, former Colorado Rep. Marilyn Musgrave and others to discuss health care reform. Urging listeners — estimated at 35,000 people by organizers — to pray and fast in order to defeat health care, Bachmann managed to distinguish herself during the 90-minute phone call.

Bachmann to discuss health care reform with anti-abortion activists

Michele Bachmann will address a “teletownhall” meeting this evening with anti-abortion activists from across the country. The event, billed “Keeping the Faith with the Unborn,” is sponsored by the Susan B.…

Religious Right Watch: Bachmann allies slam Republican committee

With a week to go until the election, Minnesota is seeing a flurry of activity by religious right figures. Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council is blasting Republicans for not standing up for their favored candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann, while the Council is using MnIndy’s reporting to attack DFL candidates. Right-wing bloggers are up in arms over the cancellation of a speech by pro-life activist Bay Buchanan at the College of St. Catherine, and a national anti-abortion group is flooding Minnesota mailboxes with anti-Obama literature.

Anti-abortion ads target Franken

The anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List, the religious right’s answer to the abortion rights group Emily’s list, has bought up time on Minnesota Christian radio stations to run ads attacking Al Franken. Interestingly, pro-life DFLer Rep. James Oberstar sits on the group’s advisory committee.

The ads say, in part (MP3):

In Minnesota, 39 innocent children are lost every day, 39 children every day. And what does comedian Al Franken want to do about it? Nothing. Franken says he supports abortion on demand. It’s no wonder radical pro-abortion groups have embraced Al Franken. They want to overturn the ban on gruesome partial birth abortions, force you to pay for abortions with your tax dollars, and allow young girls to get abortions without their parents consent. Al Franken and his allies are wrong. Call Al Franken right now at 612-344-2008 and tell him MN deserves leaders we can trust to protect life. tell him every life counts and this is no laughing matter.