The Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy arm has launched a campaign asking Congress to defund Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider.
“For too long, taxpayer dollars, $700 million last year alone, have been given to this organization that profits from ending life. It is outrageous that promises that have been made for years now have never been turned into real results,” the petition on the website of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) states.
“End this egregious assault on the consciences of millions of pro-life Americans that has resulted in the unconscionable loss of millions of preborn sons and daughters at the hands of this organization.”
In an interview with The Christian Post, ERLC President Brent Leatherwood said the effort is timely. Congressional debate over the annual federal budget process is ongoing. The hope is that the GOP majority will finally act to defund the abortion giant.
Specifically, Leatherwood said the ERLC is pressing pro-life senators to rely on a procedural fast-track process called budget reconciliation, which would allow legislators to pass a budget with a simple majority instead of the typical 60-vote threshold in the Senate. […]
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