For a short time earlier this year, Congresswoman Renee Ellmers was public enemy number one of the pro-life movement.

Congressional leaders had planned for weeks to bring up a bill to ban abortions after 20-weeks on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. But Ellmers sabotaged the bill by insisting that broad rape and incest exceptions needed to be added to the bill that many pro-life groups were worried would undermine the bill entirely and render the ban moot.

Ellmers caused a firestorm of controversy to the point that multiple pro-life candidates are running against her next year in the Republican primary in an attempt to put the seat in the hands of someone who is consistently pro-life.

Now, Ellmers is attempting to redeem herself in preparation for the 2016 election season by campaigning hard to be on a new panel investigating Planned Parenthood.

Today, the House is expected to approve a Select Panel on abortion and the sale of aborted baby body parts that will spend a year thoroughly investigating the Planned Parenthood abortion business amid the brewing scandal of it selling aborted babies and appearing to break multiple federal laws in so doing. The Select Panel is being formed in response to the information revealed by the videos released by Center for Medical Progress and it will consist of 8 Republicans and five Democrats. The work of this panel will be in addition to the ongoing investigations at the Judiciary Committee and Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Speaker John Boehner will appoint members of the new panel and Ellmers in campaigning hard to get a seat on it. But, she is facing opposition from pro-life advocates who have long memories and recall how she almost sabotaged the pro-life bill earlier this year.

“Last January, Renee Ellmers launched an outrageous public campaign against the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which contributed to a four-month delay in House passage of that bill,” said NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson.  “She sought changes in the bill that were truly extreme, including allowing abortions after 20 weeks for consenting adults who voluntarily enter into incestuous relationships (fortunately, this change was not accepted).  To now reward her with a seat on the special panel would be inappropriate, to put it mildly.”

Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, told LifeNews she strongly opposes Ellmers’ appointment.

Read the article “Republican Renee Ellmers, Who Sabotaged a Major Pro-Life Bill, Wants on New Panel Probing Planned Parenthood” on lifenews.com.