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State (Illinois) Legislation
Please contact your state representatives and urge them to vote YES on HB 786 (Ultrasound Opportunity Act - requires that a woman be offered the right to see an ultrasound before she can get an abortion -- it is her choice whether to see the ultrasound or not). You can contact your representative or senator through the Capitol Switchboard in Springfield at 217-782-2000 or online by clicking here.
ACTION ALERT ON HB 3156
There is a pro-life bill that would shut down several abortion clinics in Illinois that is only 3 votes from passing the IL House of Representatives. Fortunately, there is a re-vote on HB3156 coming today or tomorrow! Can you make the call right now? It will only take a few minutes!
This bill would make sure that abortion clinics have the same standards as all other surgical clinics.
Only *5* out of Illinois' 22 abortion clinics meet the uniform standards that HB 3156 would hold them to!
They say they want equality for women through abortion, but they don't want equal safety for women when they do the abortions! Planned Parenthood is more worried about their pocket book than women's safety. They are complaining that it would cost them $1 million to get their substandard clinics up to speed.
The ACLU is complaining that HB 3156 WOULD CAUSE SOME ABORTION CLINICS TO CLOSE IN ILLINOIS!
This is a HUGE opportunity and we are so close!
Immediate Action Needed:
Contact your State Representative and ask them to vote YES on HB 3156 and HB 786 (the ultrasound bill).
Step 1: Click here and look up the phone number of your State Representative
Step 2: Make the call and ask your Rep to vote YES on HB 3156 and HB 786
Step 3: Call these reps who unofficially voted 'present' and get them to commit to protecting women by voting YES
Rep. Kelly Burke (D-Evergreen Park) (217) 782-0515
Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia (D-Aurora) (217) 558-1002
Rep. Rita Mayfield (D-Waukeegan) (217) 558-1012
Rep. Michael J. Zalewsk (D-Summit) (217) 782-5280
Rep. Derrick Smith (D-Chicago) (217) 782-8077
Rep. Andre M. Thapedi (D-Chicago) (217) 782-1702
Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) (217) 782-5350
Step 3: Spread the word and get your pro-life friends to make the call, forward this email to everyone!
A floor vote is coming soon, so please act now!
Federal Legislation
U.S. Senate to Vote on De-Funding Planned Parenthood and the Obama Health Care Law
The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on Thursday, April 14, or Friday, April 15, on two special bills that are strongly supported by National Right to Life. Please follow the guidance below to call the offices of your two U.S. senators immediately to urge them to support these bills.
The first Senate vote will occur on House Concurrent Resolution 35, which would remove funding for the entire Obama health care law that was enacted in 2010. The Obama health care law contains multiple provisions that will, if fully implemented, result in government-imposed rationing of lifesaving medical care. In addition, the Obama health care law contains multiple provisions authorizing funding of abortion and funding of health plans that cover abortion.
The second Senate vote will occur on House Concurrent Resolution 36, which would cut off federal funds to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and its affiliates. (This bill is similar to the Pence Amendment that was adopted by the House of Representatives on February 19; this will be the first time that the Senate has voted on this issue.) PPFA is the nation's largest abortion provider, reporting 332,278 abortions in 2009. It appears that abortion accounts for roughly one-third of the aggregate income generated by PPFA-affiliated clinics.
For more information on these two issues, please see the letter sent to the Senate by National Right to Life on April 12, posted here. (Note: The Senate cannot vote on the two bills until after the House of Representatives passes them, but that is likely to happen on April 14.)
Please call your senators today! Simply use the "Take Action Now" or "Call Now" box in this alert. When you enter your zip code, you will be shown the correct phone numbers to call for your two U.S. senators. You will also be shown a few short suggested "talking points" to use in your conversations with the senators' staff persons. In addition, you will be given an opportunity to easily send a short e-mail to National Right to Life, if you wish to do so, to report on how your call went.
Please call today, and ask your like-minded friends to do the same!
Click here to take action now!
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The IFRL is the largest grassroots pro-life organization in Illinois. A non-profit organization, that serves as the state coordinating body for local pro-life chapters representing thousands of Illinois citizens working to restore respect for all human life in our society. The IFRL is composed of people of different political persuasions, various faiths and diverse economic, social and ethnic backgrounds. Since 1973 the Illinois Federation for Right to Life has been working to end abortion and restore legal protection to those members of the human family who are threatened by abortion, infanticide and euthanasia. Diverse though we are, we hold one common belief - that every human being has an inalienable right to life that is precious and must be protected. IFRL is dedicated to restoring the right to life to the unborn, and protection for the disabled and the elderly. Click here to learn more about the IFRL. |