IL FOCA: BEWARE!!

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Oh my Heavens! This country is going crazy. Pres. Obama just signed an Exec Order that would fund embryonic stem cell research--which is not only morally wrong, but BAD POLICY AND BAD SCIENCE...

In other news, if you are in Illinois, WE NEED YOUR HELP!!

HB 2354, the so-called Reproductive Health and Access Act (a.k.a. the IL State FOCA) was not heard in committee last Wednesday (I was down in Springfield lobbying against the bill on that day)...

We have taken to calling it the state FOCA for all of the bad it seeks to do: prohibit regulation of abortion; publicly fund abortion; undermine the Health Care Right of Conscience Act, provide broad immunity protections to any health care worked involved in abortion, and mandate comprehensive sex education in all public schools. In short, it is a poorly written, terrible peice of legislation.

We do expect the bill to come up for a vote this week. It will probably be heard Wednesday morning in the House Human Services Committee, around 8:00 a.m. This is a tough committee for us, and we need all the calls/lobbying we can muster to keep it from getting to the House Floor!!

We need the following two members of the committee to vote NO on House Bill 2354:

Representative Mary Flowers
District office: 773-471-5200
Springfield office: 217-782-4207

Representative Sandy Cole
District office: 847-543-0062
Springfield office: 217-782-7320

Call these representatives and ask them to vote No on House Bill 2354 because it would prevent any regulation of abortion, provide for public funding of abortion, force health care workers to abandon their consciences or lose their job, and mandate comprehensive sex education.

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NOW is the time to unite our voices for the Culture of Life. The enemy is on the prowl, trying to enshrine abortion and other anti-life measures in our country. We must act NOW before it is TOO LATE!