West Virginians for Life PAC Endorses John Raese for US Senate

Notes Raeses Long-Standing Commitment to the Pro-Life Cause

MORGANTOWN, WV Today, the West Virginians for Life Political Action Committee (WVL PAC) announced their endorsement of John Raese for the 2012 General Election to the U.S. Senate. WVL PAC is the internal PAC for West Virginians for Life (WVFL), the state pro-life organization. WVFL is affiliated with the National Right to Life Committee and through both education and legislation is working to build a society where all human life is respected, from conception until natural death. We commend John Raese for his long-standing commitment to the pro-life cause, especially to the unborn, the elderly and those with disabilities, said Dr. Wanda Franz, President of West Virginians for Life PAC. Raese was honored to receive the endorsement. It is an honor to receive the endorsement of West Virginians for Life. Life is Gods greatest gift and I will never stop fighting for the rights of the unborn child, Raese said. Joe Manchin has made a career out of saying one thing in West Virginia and doing another in Washington, but the jig is up and it is time for us to send someone to Washington who always stands up for the right to life. Each year, hundreds of millions of tax dollars are given to Planned Parenthood, which is Americas largest abortion provider, reporting over 300,000 abortions per year. When given the opportunity to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood, Joe Manchin gave into the pro-abortion lobby and voted against the amendment. He also voted against repealing the Obama Health Care Plan and against blocking funding for the Obama Health Care Law. Senator Manchin has abandoned his pro-life principles and is now 0 for 3 (or 0%) when it comes to voting pro-life since becoming a U.S. Senator.
West Virginians for Life, the state affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee, is the states largest pro-life group with more than 35 local chapters. WVFL works through legislation and education to protect those threatened by abortion, infanticide and euthanasia.

MANCHIN VOTED AGAINST CUTTING OFF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD
In 2011, Manchin Voted Against A Resolution That Would Have Stripped Government Funding From Planned Parenthood. Adoption of the concurrent resolution that would direct the House clerk to make a correction in the enrollment of a bill (HR 1473) to provide $1.055 trillion in discretionary funding for fiscal 2011, and insert a section that would bar the use of funds made available in the bill to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc. or its affiliates. (H. Con. Res. 36, CQ Vote #60: Rejected 42-58: R 42-5; D 0-51; I 0-2, 4/14/11, Manchin Voted Nay)

PRO-LIFE GROUPS STRONGLY SUPPORTED ENDING FUNDING FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD

National Right To Life: With The Millions Of Dollars That Planned Parenthood Makes Every Year It Is Past Time That The Government Cut Off The Funding Of This Organization Whose Primary Business Is Abortion, And Abhorrent To The Majority Of Americans Forced To Support It With Tax Dollars. (Rose Mimms and Randall K. OBannon, Ph.D., De-Fund Planned
Parenthood Now, National Right To Life Website, www.nationalrighttolifenews.org, Accessed 5/16/11)

MANCHIN HAS CONTINUALLY SUPPORTED PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND VOTED WITH OBAMA TO APPOINT PRO-ABORTION LEADERS.
Susan Carney Confirmed 71-28 U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals Manchin Voted Yea. Confirmation of President Obama's nomination of Susan L. Carney of Connecticut to be a judge for the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. (CQ Vote #71: Confirmed by a vote of 71-28: R 19-28; D 51-0; I 1-0, 5/17/11, Manchin Voted Yea) Conservatives opposed Carney because she was Director of a Pro-Abortion Political Action Committee, among other reasons. http://judicialactiongroup.org/content/jprofiles/30427/Susan%20L.%20Carney

Carney was previously the Director of a Pro-Abortion Political Action Committee and has a history of supporting Pro-Abortion Organizations.
Carney Was Director of a Pro-Abortion Political Action Committee. From 1998 to 2008 Carney worked as Director of Women Organizing Women PAC, a pro-abortion organization that funds campaigns of proabortion candidates.[2] In short, Carney spent ten years of her legal career as director of a political group whose sole purpose was to apply a pro-abortion litmus test before supporting political candidates. This extreme and long-term political activism creates an overwhelming appearance of bias on issues of social concern that would come before her court. Carney Was Director of a Pro Gay Marriage Political Group. Carney worked as Director of Fine by Me a progay organization that is now a special project of the Atticus Circle[3] which supports gay marriage and the sanction of gays in the military.[4] With the issue of gay marriage being debated in so many states and with the recent repeal of the so-called DADT it is likely that Carney would be called upon to hear cases involving the definition of marriage and issues impacting gay policy. Carneys extreme and long-term political activism creates an overwhelming appearance of bias on issues of social concern that would come before her court. Carney Has a Substantial History of Financial Support for Pro-Abortion Organizations. Carney has supported: (1) Planned Parenthood, (2) NARAL Pro-Choice America, which is against all parental notification laws[5] and for federal funding of abortions,[6] (3) National Organization of Women, a pro-abortion organization, (4) Center for Reproductive Rights,[7] and (5) The National Womans Law Center an organization that is fighting against barriers to abortions such as individual pharmacist and doctors who are morally opposed to abortion refusing to provide abortion services.[8] Her history of financial support for numerous pro-abortion organization, coupled with her long-term role as director of a pro-abortion political groups creates an overwhelming appearance of bias on issues of social concern that would come before her court.

McConnell was previously the Director of the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Providence, RI.
John McConnell Confirmed 50-44 U.S. District Court Rhode Island Manchin Voted Yea. Confirmation of President Obama's nomination of John J. McConnell Jr. of Rhode Island to be a judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. (CQ Vote #66: Confirmed by a vote of 50-44: R 0-44; D 48-0; I 2-0, 5/4/11, Manchin Voted Yea) Republicans opposed McConnell because he was the director of the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Providence, R.I., among other reasons. (http://judicialactiongroup.org/content/john-mcconnell) The GOA also opposed McConnells nomination. (http://www.capwiz.com/gunowners/issues/alert/?alertid=45080506)

McConnell was Director of the Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic in Providence Rhode Island. From 1997 to 2001 McConnell was Director of Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island,[i] an abortion clinic operated under the umbrella of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England. The facility he managed conducts actual

surgical abortions up to 5weeks 15 days following conception, and offers early-term pregnancy abortions by pill.[ii] This abortion facility even offers financial assistance for those who meet eligibility requirements,[iii] and aids minors in obtaining judicial bypass for an abortion when their parents will not provide consent.[iv] McConnell Supports Organizations Who Support Homosexual Marriage and Oppose Conservative Politicians. McConnell has been a member of the Southern Poverty Law Center since 1989.[xii] The SPLC has labeled traditional family value groups such as the Family Research Council as hate groups[xiii] and lumps them together with groups such as the Aryan Nation, the New Black Panther Party, the Nation of Islam, and the Klu Klux Klan.[xiv] They similarly list Sen. Rand Paul and Rep. Steve King as extremists alongside white supremacist and neo-Nazi leaders.[xv] The organization also calls Rep. Michele Bachmann an enabler for extremist groups and claims that she can give even the most paranoid militiaman a run for his money.[xvi] McConnell Directed the George Wiley Center an Organization with Close Ties to ACORN. McConnell served as Director (uncompensated) of the George Wiley Center (named after one of the founders of ACORN) from 85-88.[viii] The Wiley Centers newsletters show regular coordination between the two groups, repeatedly referring to ACORN as their allies,[ix] and indicates that they worked together to organize protesters[x] and co-sponsor events.[xi] However, any financial ties and the exact extent of their collaboration remain largely unclear.