UPDATE: Identical
Stupak
Amendment
to
be Introduced
The Stupak abortion coverage ban that passed the House of
Representatives last month is headed for the Senate.
Republican Senator Orrin
Hatch and Democratic Senator Ben Nelson are planning to introduce an
amendment to the Senate health care reform bill that is virtually
identical to the Stupak amendment. With both Republican and Democratic
support for this damaging amendment, it is entirely possible that the
resulting health care reform legislation will eliminate access to
private health insurance coverage of abortion. See article: Sen.
Nelson: I Won't Support a Health Bill Without Stupak Language
for more information.
Today, pro-choice activists from around the country
are gathering on Capitol Hill to lobby against the Stupak-Pitts
Amendment, which as you know bans government money from funding
abortions in the U.S. House passed version health care reform
legislation. The event is being sponsored by the Feminist Majority
Foundation and co-sponsored by the usual suspects: Planned Parenthood,
NOW, NARAL, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, ACLU, and many
others.
You see, the other side is scared. They know that passing pro-life
amendments like Stupak-Pitts in health care reform legislation will
take money out of the pockets of the abortion industry giant, Planned
Parenthood. And as abortion facilities continue to close and the number
of Americans who oppose abortion rises (a recent CNN poll reported that
63% of Americans oppose abortion), Planned Parenthood knows they are
going to need federal funding of abortion to keep afloat.
Today, we need Capitol Hill to hear your pro-life voice now more than
ever. Please call your senators
TODAY and tell them that government funding of abortions is NOT
healthcare and they should oppose it at all costs. Click here for
contact information on your senators.
Also: Schaumburg
Planned
Parenthood
Express clinic will be closing
STOPP researcher Marie Hahnenberg has discovered that the Schaumburg,
Illinois, Planned Parenthood express facility will be closing January
14, 2010, after six years in business.
Phone: 847-839-1600 to hear this message.“Closing this facility
was a
difficult decision, but one we had to make to ensure we are able to
serve the needs of all patients in the Chicagoland area,” says the
facility’s recorded message.
In an apparent frenzy to reduce its inventory and make some quick
money, the facility is offering a buy-one, get-one-free deal on birth
control pills, emergency contraception, the NuvaRing, the patch and
condoms. Since PP increases the cost of its contraceptives fourfold,
the affiliate still stands to reap a hefty profit from its two-for-one
sale.
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.