Important Vote Tuesday — Call Your Rep Now to End Late-Term Abortions!

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On Tuesday, July 31 (probably around 6 pm), the U.S. House of Representatives will conduct a landmark roll call vote on H.R. 3803, the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would end abortion in the federal District after 20 weeks fetal age (i.e., in the sixth month, and later), except to save a mother’s life.

There’s still time to call — today or tomorrow!! Click here for the number of your representative. There are also suggestions about what to say. You will also have the opportunity to forward the alert to six of your friends.  Please help save lives!

Bill Must Pass Before Congress Recesses on Aug. 3

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Please help!  On July 18, the House Judiciary Committee approved the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Unborn children have no voice, but their pain in real. This bill will ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks of fetal age — when scientific evidence shows they are capable of feeling the excruciating pain of abortion —  except to save the mother’s life.

Bottom line: There are enough votes in the House to pass this bill and send it to the Senate in September, but well-funded pro-abortion groups like NARAL and Planned Parenthood are trying to stop it.

The bill must pass by Aug. 3. Click here to find out what you can do to make this happen.

Lowey’s Attempt to Strike Conscience Protection Fails

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On July 18, the House Labor, Health and Human Appropriations subcommittee approved a bill funding the department’s programs for fiscal year 2013.

It contained several provisions to protect life, including continuations of all longstanding restrictions on abortion funding that have been included in the legislation in prior years. The legislation also contains language prohibiting funding for Planned Parenthood unless it certifies it will not provide abortions, a provision ensuring “conscience protections” for religious and charitable organizations, and the text of the “Abortion Non-Discrimination Act.”

Rep. Nita Lowey (D-18 CD), whose revamped district will include all of Rockland County, offered an amendment to strike Section 537, which cuts funding to penalize those who — because of religious beliefs or moral convictions — refuse to comply with provisions of the Affordable Care Act.

Lowey’s amendment failed in a party-line vote, with the Republicans voting prolife and the Democrats voting pro-abortion.

Now this bill must be approved by the full House Appropriations Committee, then the House of Representatives, before it can be sent to the Senate for further action.

Fortnight for Freedom — Day 12

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Let the pulpit resound with the doctrine and sentiments of religious liberty. Let us hear of the dignity of man’s nature, and the noble rank he holds among the works of God… Let it be known that British liberties are not the grants of princes and parliaments.

— John Adams
Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law, 1765

Fortnight for Freedom — Day 11

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What the HHS Mandate means for the Sisters of Life

“As a result, this mandate would coerce each and every individual Sister of Life to betray her religious vows.  We will be forced to pay for “services” that attack human life and deny the truth and beauty of human sexuality.  This would directly contradict our special religious vow to “to protect and enhance the sacredness of human life,” and go against everything we believe in and have devoted our lives to.  To us, it would be comparable to a law requiring a spouse to violate their marriage vows — an unthinkable intrusion upon a sacred promise.”

Read more of the Sisters of Life statement on the HHS Mandate.