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EMILY's List--Don't Be Fooled EMILY's List. Sounds kind of nice, like, let's have a cup of tea. Don't be fooled. EMILY's List is a political action committee which raises massive amounts of money for female Democratic candidates who support abortion on demand, including partial-birth abortion, and who want abortion subsidized with your tax dollars. EMILY's List is currently the best-funded PAC in the country. It has already raised nearly $20 million and spent $17.5 million, as of May 2006. Its candidates can also expect to receive upwards of hundreds of thousands of dollars from other groups as a result of an endorsement by EMILY's List. On May 11, 2006, EMILY's List hosted a luncheon featuring its endorsed candidates for the United States House and Senate. This year, EMILY's List boasts more candidates than it has had in decades. At least a dozen will likely be involved in head-to-head races with our pro-life candidates in the November 7 general elections. While the mission of EMILY's List is to elect pro-abortion Democratic women to Congress, it was clear during this recent luncheon that it is intentionally steering away from the subject of abortion. If what it said last month holds true, it will attack pro-life candidates less on the issue of abortion than on foreign policy or domestic policy issues--or any other issue. It doesn't matter--as long as it is not the issue of abortion, which is a loser for EMILY's List. Even many pro-abortion candidates recognize that being pro-life gives a candidate a clear advantage among voters who cast their vote based on a candidate's stand on abortion. So they are reluctant to openly discuss the issue. They know that since 1980, every pro-life presidential candidate has shown a significant net gain among voters who place primary emphasis on abortion in deciding for whom they will vote. Pro-lifers understand that pro-life legislation saves lives. In order to pass protective pro-life legislation, pro-life candidates must prevail in November. According to its web site, EMILY's List "is ready to take back Congress in 2006" with its pro-abortion candidates. If that happens, pro-life legislation would be blocked and pro-life judges would have little chance of being confirmed. National Right to Life PAC will not allow pro-abortion candidates to hide behind other issues. Together with pro-lifers across America, we will work tirelessly to expose the true positions of candidates on life. Fortunately, pro-life voters are passionate, dedicated people whose purpose is to end the tragedy of abortion. To do so, we must make sure that pro-abortion candidates like those endorsed by EMILY's List do not prevail this November. On May 23, with the help of National Right to Life PAC and scores of pro-life volunteers in Idaho's first congressional district, Bill Sali, a pro-life candidate, prevailed. He defeated Sheila Sorenson, a pro-abortion Republican, who was the frontrunner in the race just weeks out. As they always do, grassroots pro-lifers realized what was at stake in this race. In a year of formidable challenges for the cause of life, fortunately, our pro-life candidates have you. |