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Planned Parenthood Consultant tell-all packed with lies to Mississippi voters
A Huffington Post article titled “How to Defeat PersonhoodUSA”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-stanford/personhood-mississippi_b_1191443.html spilled the beans yesterday by printing a laundry list of lies from Planned Parenthood to Mississippi voters – all the while claiming that these lies were part of “honest conversations.” The article, an obvious puff piece for Planned Parenthood Consultant Sarah Flowers, railed against Personhood Amendments nationwide.
From the article: “Husbands, said Flowers, had another reaction that dealt with ‘the condom part. In some cases, men would make the association that no birth control pills mean condoms or no sex.’”
Is Sarah actually admitting that they allowed men to believe that condoms would be outlawed by the Personhood Amendment? Worse, that some men believed that banning chemical abortions could somehow equal zero contraception whatsoever, leading to forced abstinence? These are scare tactics at their worst. Granted, it’s not a bad thing to recognize where babies come from, but just imagine your average hard-working Christian man in Mississippi. He’s married, and suddenly told that if Amendment 26 passes, he might be locked out of the bedroom. When Personhood groups encountered false impressions among voters, we set them straight. No surprise, it looks as if Planned Parenthood didn’t bother to do the same – in fact, it appears they were more than willing to propagate false information to voters.
These kinds of lies are insidious – specifically tailored and targeted to vulnerable audiences, including prolife Mississippi voters. Planned Parenthood certainly did their homework on which deceptions would most affect Mississippi voters, and then they went to town. Funded almost entirely by out of state Planned Parenthood groups, No on 26 did more than just talk to voters – they lied to them. http://www.personhoodusa.com/press-release/new-poll-reveals-real-reason-...
It gets worse. The article continues,
“While conservative voters approached personhood as an abortion issue, conversations got them thinking about their lives. Doctors worried about committing a crime if they didn’t know whether an unconscious patient was pregnant…This issue brings out a lot of protectiveness that fathers feel toward their daughters and husbands feel for their wives,’ said Flowers who cited a nightmarish list of what-ifs that included detached placentas and ectopic pregnancies. These men did not want the criminal code to prevent doctors from saving the lives of their daughters and wives.’ “
Apparently, writer Stanford failed to do his research, and Planned Parenthood Consultant Flowers deliberately lied to voters with her “nightmarish list of what-ifs”. In Mississippi in particular, there wasn’t even a question of doctors being at risk, as Mississippi law already exempts physicians from being prosecuted in cases of ectopic pregnancy or if they were to “prescribe a medication fatal to an unborn baby to treat a female patient whose pregnancy was unknown and was not reasonably discoverable.”
Mississippi laws directly prohibits criminal charges against Doctors who don’t know whether an unconscious patient is pregnant. Why, then, did Planned Parenthood tell Mississippi voters that their lives would be in danger? That their doctors would be in danger? Even demonstrably false statements from Planned Parenthood are being printed and published with no consequences.
The article goes on to imply that it was Personhood USA who decided that life begins at fertilization. While we would be thrilled to have brilliant bioethicists and embryologists on staff, alas, we cannot take credit for the scientific standard of when life begins. The issue of when life begins is not a personal choice, or a moral consideration – it is absolute scientific fact.
I have long known that abortion industry mega-giant Planned Parenthood is in the business of protecting their pockets by any means necessary – and with the power of millions of our tax dollars behind them. But I certainly never expected a tell-all in the Huffington Post – after all, admitting that you’re using my tax dollars to deceive people is pretty gutsy. Abortion supporters must be pretty comfortable in their untouchable status to declare war on truth in such a terrible way.
The Abortion Industry disrespects women in many ways, all of them deceitful. It claims that women are not capable of pregnancy or raising children amidst difficult circumstances. It claims that the child in their womb is not a child, but tissue or “product”. I could go on and on. Now, it seems, Planned Parenthood is reveling in its deliberate dissemination of scare tactics and outright lies, claiming that it was all part of “having honest conversations with voters.”
It will always be a difficult battle to take on a billion-dollar abortion machine like Planned Parenthood. While they may be able to outspend us, we have truth on our side and are absolutely determined that the real honest conversations with voters will be led by Personhood Mississippi. Knowing that it was lies that defeated us only makes us stronger, because such a defeat can only be temporary. In the days and weeks following the Mississippi Personhood campaign, both Personhood Mississippi and Personhood USA have grown exponentially, which we believe is due in part to angry Mississippians who have discovered that they were lied to by Planned Parenthood, and due wholly to God’s blessing on a movement to protect every single human person, in the womb or out of it, regardless of their age, race, size, location, or circumstances of their conception.
Jennifer Mason
Personhood USA
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U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann
Senator Rick Santorum
Speaker Newt Gingrich I __________________ proclaim that every human being is created in the image and likeness of God, and is endowed by our Creator with the unalienable right to life. I stand with President Ronald Reagan in supporting “the unalienable personhood of every American, from the moment of conception until natural death,” and with the Republican Party platform in affirming that I “support a human life amendment to the Constitution, and endorse legislation to make clear that the 14th Amendment protections apply to unborn children.” I believe that in order to properly protect the right to life of the vulnerable among us, every human being at every stage of development must be recognized as a person possessing the right to life in federal and state laws without exception and without compromise. I recognize that in cases where a mother’s life is at risk, every effort should be made to save the baby’s life as well; leaving the death of an innocent child as an unintended tragedy rather than an intentional killing. I oppose assisted suicide, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, and procedures that intentionally destroy developing human beings. I pledge to the American people that I will defend all innocent human life. Abortion and the intentional killing of an innocent human being are always wrong and should be prohibited. If elected President, I will work to advance state and federal laws and amendments that recognize the unalienable right to life of all human beings as persons at every stage of development, and to the best of my knowledge, I will only appoint federal judges and relevant officials who will uphold and enforce state and federal laws recognizing that all human beings at every stage of development are persons with the unalienable right to life. 
Gov. Rick Perry
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul*
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Personhood USA Commentary Following Amendment 26 Vote
Today, Mississippi voters have decided not to pass the Mississippi Personhood Amendment.
Personhood USA understands that changing a culture—and changing a country—will not happen with one election, and so it is not unexpected. We thank the over one quarter of a million Mississippians who voted for Amendment 26. We vow to continue on this path towards affirming the basic dignity and human rights of all people because we are assured that it is the right thing to do, and we are prepared for a long journey.
Abortion is the greatest injustice of our day. Children are brutally dismembered and killed in their mother’s womb at the rate of over 3,000 per day. Abortion clinics are strategically located across the country.
State by state, and election by election, we are taking critical steps towards defending the right to life of all human beings, every person, and ending the dangerous and deadly practice of abortion. The time has come for America to stop treating the unborn as property to be disposed of as we see fit. We are thankful that lives were saved and hearts were changed through the Yes on 26 campaign, and we are prepared to do it again in multiple states across the nation.
Personhood USA firmly believes that our campaign fell victim to the outright lies of our opposition, and because of their lies, children will continue to be murdered in Mississippi.
Amendment 26 enjoyed the widest, broadest base of support that this country has ever seen on a pro-life amendment. This alone demonstrates that the tide is turning in America. Politicians, doctors, nurses, lawyers, scientists, and ethicists are fearless in standing for human life, and for the rights of all people, regardless of age, race, development, gender, disability, or location.
Our opposition’s most successful tactics were steeped in falsehoods. Despite testimony from countless experts including the Mississippi Center for Public Policy, numerous high-profile attorneys, and board certified physicians and OBGYNs, Amendment 26 opponents falsely claimed that the measure would ban in vitro fertilization (it couldn’t), ban contraception (it wouldn’t), and give protections to “eggs” (it didn’t).
In truth, Amendment 26 protected human embryos from the moment of conception.
However, Amendment 26 would do much more than that. Amendment 26 would protect all human beings by recognizing their personhood rights. Most abortion providers refuse to perform abortions until 8 weeks—when the baby is clearly recognizable and has tiny fingers and toes, complete with a strong and steady heartbeat. Amendment 26 was for those living and growing babies, newly conceived. Amendment 26 was for the 3 week old babies with beating hearts. Amendment 26 was for the 8 week babies with fingers and toes. Amendment 26 was for those babies at 18 weeks, kicking their moms for the first time, at 26 weeks opening their eyes for the first time, and even in the third trimester, when abortion is still legal thanks to 1973’s Doe v. Bolton decision.
Amendment 26 was for the mothers scarred by abortion. Abortion is permanent—you can never undo it. Amendment 26 was for fathers, sisters, brothers, and grandparents who are all terribly affected by abortion, past or present.
A personhood amendment, recognizing everyone as a legal person, is the right thing to do. It is always right to protect our citizens. As Martin Luther King Jr. said, “The time is always right to do what is right.”
We recognize that the right time to end abortion in Mississippi is now, and that is why the citizens of Mississippi will attempt a personhood ballot measure again—and again, if necessary—until every person’s life is protected.
Personhood USA is committed to seeing that every child is protected by love and by law in the United States.
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Gualberto Garcia Jones, J.D., Legal Analyst, Personhood USA
September has been a seminal month for the Personhood movement in America and the world.
On September 8th, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled - by a wide 7-2 margin - that Amendment 26 should remain on the November 2011 ballot.
That ruling came after the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and the Center for Reproductive Rights had sued to try to undo what over 130,000 registered voters had requested through the initiative process.
Aside from the obvious joy at defeating the world’s greatest proponents of abortion and remaining on the ballot with a great chance of victory in November, there is a hidden gold nugget in the Mississippi Supreme Court’s decision.
It is well known that within the pro-life movement there is a public division as to strategy. Some very notable pro-life attorneys have publicly and privately tried to convince anyone who will listen that personhood is the wrong strategy.
In one of the most ascorbic attacks on personhood, Paul Linton, an attorney associated with various pro-life organizations, described the personhood movement as a “fool’s errand.”
Among the specific examples of why Personhood is “intellectually incoherent” and “lacking thought” is Mr. Linton’s assertion that the Mississippi Personhood Amendment “if challenged, will be struck from the ballot.” (Human Life Review Fall 2009) Mr. Linton went even further on the pages of LifeNews.com when he stated that it “would be exceptionally embarrassing to the pro-life movement in Mississippi to continue with the signature gathering process. What is the point in collecting signatures for an initiative that cannot ever appear on the ballot?” LifeNews.com 2/2/2010
First the grassroots, and then the Mississippi Supreme Court proved Mr. Linton’s predictions wrong. The people did overcome the burdensome initiative process, and the Supreme Court upheld their efforts by allowing the ballot to stand. Still, those in the anti-personhood camp came back with the argument that the court had not ruled in favor of the Mississippi Personhood Amendment, but had instead only postponed the inevitable legal fate of the amendment. Yet again, Mr. Linton in the pages of LifeNews.com:
“If the measure (the Mississippi Personhood Amendment) is approved, it can still be challenged on state constitutional grounds, i.e., that it’s an improper use of the initiative process, and I would still expect the court to strike it down on that ground.” LifeNews.com 9/9/11
However, this revised prediction is likely also wrong. The court, in fact, did issue substantive dicta in its majority opinion. At the very beginning of the analysis of the case, Justice Pierce writes:
“To be clear, it is the province of this Court to interpret the meaning of the Mississippi Constitution, and no opinion issued by this Court has interpreted the meaning of the word person as it is used throughout the Constitution. The dissent worries that Measure 26 'seeks to modify the definition' of 'person or persons' as they appear in the Mississippi Constitution. But those terms have never been defined. Therefore, Measure 26 cannot modify a definition that does not now exist.”
Clearly, the Mississippi Supreme Court believes that the amendment is not unconstitutional, as is being asserted by Mr. Linton, the ACLU, PP, and the Center for Reproductive Rights.
I don’t mention these faulty predictions to embarrass Mr. Linton. After all, he and all other pro-lifers agree that the end goal of the pro-life movement is universal human personhood. No, I mention his faulty predictions to point out the grave danger that comes when we allow our strategy to be shaped by predictions of what this court or that might do. It seems perfectly obvious that judges - who usually are some of the most skillful of lawyers - can twist words to meet their ends. Because judges are competent enough to create new theories to justify their desired end (see: the trimester framework shift to the undue burden) it only makes sense to base our pro-life legal strategy on legal and moral principles and not an opinion poll of the inclination of particular judges.
There is another reason for emphasizing the erroneous assertions of Mr. Linton. You see, we have all experienced the depressing and horrific fact that during every one of the 13,870 days that abortion has been legal we have lost, and continue to lose, over 3000 precious lives. Pro-lifers don’t need any more discouragement. I call upon Mr. Linton and other anti-personhood pro-lifers, and also upon those supporting Personhood who privately and publicly attack other strategies, to STOP IT. Only God knows the day, the hour, and the way that abortion will end.
That being said, Personhood is making huge strides, not only in Mississippi, but also around the world!
Just recently, Hungary passed a pro-life constitution that extended constitutional protection to all human beings. They did this in direct contravention of the EU court’s interpretation of international law.
More recently, on Sept. 28 and Sept. 29, the Mexican Supreme Court ruled that two of the 18 state personhood amendments in Mexico should be upheld as valid.
Although Mexico does not yet have a Roe v. Wade to overturn, these two cases are important to the United States because they show that a principled approach to fighting abortion can also stand legal muster.
It is interesting to note that the Mexican State Personhood Amendments brought up the same issues as will be brought out when Mississippian’s pass their Personhood Amendment this November, namely the fundamental right to life, whether state legal protections that are more expansive than those granted by the Federal government are constitutional, and most importantly issues of federalism and states' rights.
Take the statement from pro-life justice Guillermo Ortiz Mayagoitia: “Legal protection in Mexico is the same for the born as the pre-born.” Or take the statement of another Justice who supported the amendments, Justice Margarita Luna Ramos, who stated that “the Mexican Constitution does not define when life begins or who possesses personhood (so the states are at liberty to do so).” Or take the statements of pro-abortion Justice Fernando Franco Gonzalez: “The state personhood amendments violate the right to reproductive freedom of women.” And yet another pro-abortion Justice, Luis Maria Aguilar stated, “States cannot define the fundamental ‘rights’ set out in the Mexican constitution.”
By listing the judges’ opinions, I aim to highlight the fact that Roe or no Roe, in the United States or in Mexico, the fight between pro-lifers and pro-aborts is the same. It is the fight to defend the vulnerable against those who will invent, twist, and corrupt the law of God and the law of man to meet their dark ends. It simply does no good for the pro-life movement to back away in fear from their dark lies, no matter how deeply those lies are entrenched in faux-constitutional theory. But Mexico shows us that there is a theory, alive and well, that would uphold state personhood amendments right now.
In Mexico, the crux of the legal argument revolved around the state’s right to govern itself. During the debate on September 29th, Mexican Supreme Court Justice Margarita Luna Ramos summarized the issue at hand thus:
“I continue to believe that the federal constitution does not define when life begins, and in the use of their state’s rights, which is established in the federal constitution in articles 40 and 124, local legislatures have the necessary power to define when life begins.” Transcript of Court Proceedings for September 29, 2011 Mexican Supreme Court, Page 27.
Justice Margarita Luna Ramos’ statement bears an uncanny resemblance to Justice Antonin Scalia’s federalist dissent in Stenberg v. Carhart (2000).
“If only for the sake of its own preservation, the Court should return this matter to the people–where the Constitution, by its silence on the subject, left it–and let them decide, State by State, whether this practice should be allowed. Casey must be overruled.”
Justice Scalia in 2000 was saying exactly what Justice Margarita Luna Ramos stated in 2011. In other words, the strategy that worked in Mexico is already ascribed to by one of the most important Justices in the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Mexican cases confirm that it is very likely that when the Personhood Amendment passes in Mississippi the argument will be one of states’ rights. Of course, protecting all human beings in one state is not our end goal, but it is a type of incrementalism that every pro-lifer would be happy to achieve in the short term as we work towards our ultimate goal of a federal constitutional amendment to recognize all human beings as legal persons.
More fundamentally, what Mexico shows us is that we need a courageous and principled approach to confronting evil, one that does not try to navigate the maze of lies which Roe and its progeny represent, but one that boldly and intelligently holds up the banner of truth marching forward with its own, true, moral compass.
September of 2011 may very well be remembered as the point in time when the culture of death began to crumble. In Mexico and in Mississippi, back-to-back Supreme Court victories are giving hope to a whole new generation of pro-lifers.
During September of 2011 Personhood has truly grown up to become the new pro-life paradigm for the 21st century. We welcome all pro-lifers to buy into personhood right now, and we ask those pro-lifers who still do not believe in it to at least give us a chance by putting a stop to this internecine war so that the best pro-life strategy may win.
Personhood USA promotes human dignity at the United Nations
Heads of state from across the globe came to New York City this week for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly. I saw firsthand the addresses of President Obama and dozens of other kings, premiers, and prime ministers. Perhaps the most notable address was from Iran’s President Ahmadinejad, who created quite a stir among Western delegations. Though most eyes are fixed on the issue of Palestinian statehood, I will be focusing on another issue entirely: promoting the personhood of the preborn child internationally.
President Obama’s address reminded the assembly that “everyone has the right to life” according to the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This document also recognizes “the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.” Moreover, all human beings are “free and equal in dignity and rights.” Every individual is entitled to these rights regardless of “race, color, sex” or “birth.”
Pro-abortion groups have interpreted this to exclude those who are not yet born, despite the Declaration’s clear proclamation that these rights are applied “without distinction of any kind.” The International Women’s Health Coalition, which teaches women to perform abortions on themselves, and the International Planned Parenthood Federation actively promote their agenda abroad by coercing countries to overturn pro-life laws and provide access to abortion, despite the fact that these actions are contrary to the founding ideals of the United Nations.
Yet there is reason for hope. Personhood is growing around the world through grassroots initiatives and voter-driven campaigns to recognize the basic rights of human beings in the womb. The Dominican Republic ratified a constitution that established personhood in 2009, and Hungary will do the same on January 1, 2012 when their new constitution that prohibits abortion takes effect. Filipino voters, working with Personhood USA, turned in signatures to reject a law that would undermine the sanctity of life in the Philippines. Portuguese citizens are petitioning to put the issue of personhood before their parliament, and the Polish are renewing their efforts to end abortion as well. A petition to amend Colombia’s constitution to ensure the rights of personhood gathered 5 million signatures this year. These monumental efforts will change the course of those nations in the 21st Century just as the end of the slave trade changed the course of civilization around the turn of the 20th Century.
In order to reaffirm personhood world-wide, the United Nations must be reminded of its duty to promote human dignity for all. To protect these basic rights, Personhood USA will join with the international community to spread the vision of personhood to all corners of the earth.
Josh Craddock, 20, currently studies politics at The King’s College in New York City. To learn how to support Personhood in your state, please visit http://www.personhoodusa.com/
Special Invitation from Keith Mason, President, Personhood USA
To my Pro-life Heroes,
I would like to cordially invite you to join Mike Huckabee and myself in Jackson, Mississippi this Thursday, September 8 for the Yes on 26 Campaign Kick-off Banquet.
If you are in the area, would you please consider coming and give a warm welcome to keynote speaker and former presidential candidate Gov. Mike Huckabee? Special guests include bestselling author and activist, Deanna Favre, and musical guest, multi-platinum selling artist, Mark Schultz.
Who: Gov. Mike Huckabee, Deanna Favre, and Mark Schultz
What: Vote for Life, Yes on 26 Campaign Kick-off Banquet
When: Thursday, September 8th, 2011, 5:30-7:30 PM
Where: First Baptist Church, East Fellowship Hall, 431 N. State St., Jackson, MS
For more information, please visit: http://yeson26.net/stories/kickoff.aspx
If you are not able to attend but would still like to help Amendment 26 in Mississippi, I would ask that you keep the effort in your prayers. Please pray for the State Supreme Court as the ACLU and Planned Parenthood have asked them to remove Amendment 26 from the ballot. Please pray for the thousands of volunteers hitting the ground right now promoting human dignity in Mississippi. And please pray for the success of Amendment 26!
Keith Mason
President
Personhood USA
P.S. If you feel led to contribute financially to this extremely important effort please do so here: https://www.sagepayments.net/sagenonprofit/shopping_cart/forms/donate.asp?M_id=971136266443
Personhood UPDATES Nationwide!
A bill is advancing in Louisiana that would ban every form of abortion in the state. House Bill, HB645, titled “The Human Life Protection Act,” passed the Health and Welfare Committee last week by a vote of 10-2. It revises the state’s definition of criminal feticide to include surgical abortion and prohibits the prescribing of abortion inducing drugs.
The legislative intent of the bill is clear as it upholds a longstanding policy of the state that every human being is a “legal person” and “entitled to the right to life from conception under the laws and Constitution of the state.”
While not perfect—particularly because of a section added in committee dealing with the criminal penalties for participating in an abortion—the legislation will permanently turn the signs at the abortion mills to “Closed!”
We continue to encourage the people of Louisiana in their steadfast pursuit of a state constitutional personhood amendment to recognize the full rights of every person, born and preborn. However, until this opportunity is presented, this law means that every baby in Louisiana will be safe from the grasp of the abortionists.
Unapologetically pro-life legislator and sponsor of the bill, Rep. John LaBruzzo said, “Every year, more and more abortions take place, and every year we pass legislation to deal with the issue. We’ve been going at it piecemeal—trying to get two yards at a time—but we haven’t gotten one first down. This bill shoots for the end zone.”
Attorney and pro-life speaker, Rebecca Kiessling, was invited to represent Personhood USA and share her story at the hearing. Adopted as an infant, Rebecca learned at age 18 that her conception was the result of rape and that she was nearly aborted.
Testifying on behalf of the legislation, Rebecca explained, “This bill follows the directives within Roe v. Wade. If you wish to afford unborn children their due process and equal protection rights, then you need to recognize them as persons in the full legal sense. This is hitting the issue where it counts. The Court made it clear that personhood is where it counts.”
Watch Rebecca, Rep. LaBruzzo, and many of the wonderful pro-life advocates’ testimonies by clicking here:
http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Video/WM/2011/May_2011/0524_11_HW.asx
The Human Life Protection Act now heads to the full House. Floor debate is scheduled for this Monday, June 6th.
Prayers for Mississippi
Please also continue to keep the people of Mississippi at the forefront of your hearts and minds. We ask for your prayers in the effort to amend the state constitution to protect every child by love and by law.
The Mississippi Personhood Amendment is the standard—defining the term “person” as used in the Mississippi Bill of Rights to “include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or the functional equivalent thereof.” The new law will not only save our youngest brothers and sisters from the abortionists and close down the last remaining abortion mill in Mississippi, but it also ensures legal protections from all chemical abortifactient drugs, human cloning and deadly medical research.
The measure is currently on the ballot for November of this year. We are just five short months from ending abortion in the state, once and for all!
However, your prayers are still needed because our enemies are on the move—attempting to block the measure from reaching the ballot. That’s right, the ACLU and Planned Parenthood have, once again, teamed up to sue us and stop a vote by the people to recognize the rights of every human being.
So far, we’ve won every round of the court battle. Last year, Judge Malcolm Harrison ruled that the “plaintiffs carry a heavy burden in attempting to restrict the citizenry’s right to amend the Constitution. Initiative Measure No. 26 has received more than the required amount of signatures to be placed on the ballot and the Constitution recognizes the right of citizens to amend their Constitution.” This is a huge victory for the babies and the people! However, the pro-abortion groups have vowed to appeal.
The Alabama Senate Bill, SB301, passed the Senate 23-7. Last minute changes to the bill changed it from a personhood bill, which would have banned all abortions, to a ban of all surgical abortions and many chemical abortions. If the bill passes the House, it will be the first time in state history that all surgical abortions will be outlawed since Roe v. Wade.
The original text, introduced by Senator Phil Williams, read : “The term ‘persons’ as used in the Code of Alabama 1975, shall include any human being from the moment of fertilization or the functional equivalent thereof.”
The amended text now reads “The term ‘persons’ as used in the Code of Alabama 1975, shall include any human being from the moment of fertilization and implantation into the womb.” SB301 is now scheduled to be heard Thursday, June 9th.
Stand with us as we declare before the whole world that every person is uniquely created in God’s image and deserving of the full protection of the law!
Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18
-Keith Ashley, Personhood USA Communications
HISTORIC VICTORY FOR LIFE IN THE ALABAMA SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE!
Personhood Alabama is so thankful to report that SB301, the Alabama Personhood Bill in the Senate, was voted 8-1 out of the Health Committee today! This is the first time a personhood bill has ever made it out of committee in Alabama!
According to Committee Chairman Greg Reed’s office, today’s Health Committee vote was an incredibly favorable 8-1 vote for SB301. Life for all human beings was affirmed today through a truly bipartisan vote!
Thank you for all of you who called or wrote these legislators yesterday and today. If we the pro-lifers don’t “make noise,” who will? You did it and the Health Committee members responded! Let’s keep Personhood bills moving along!
YOU CAN THANK the supporting Health Committee Members here. (Only Senator Coleman voted against SB301. Senator Smith did not vote.)
* Reed (334-242-7894), Chairperson; Bussman (334-242-7855), Vice Chairperson; Beasley (334-242-7868), Blackwell (334-242-7851), Coleman (334-242-7864), Dial (334-242-7874), Smith (334-242-7879), Ward (334-242-7873), Waggoner (334-242-7892), Whatley (334-242-7865)What is next for SB301? Should be more good news: the Senate Rules Committee must agree to put the bill up for a full vote, and a majority of the Rules Committee members—Beason, Holley, Brooks, Dial, Glover, Pittman, and Waggoner—are co-sponsors of SB301! (Remaining Rules Committee members are Bedford, Dunn, Figures,Irons, Orr, and Sanford.) Thus, we are very hopeful that SB301 will advance to a historic full vote of the Alabama Senate soon.
ACTION: I know your time is precious, but now is the time to start asking ALL ALABAMA SENATORS to vote for SB301 when it comes before them.
* Start with your own Senator by following this link, http://www.legislature.state.al.us/senate/senators/senateroster_alpha.html, and putting in your Zip Code on the left under “Find Your Legislator.” All Senators and contact info are listed below. * REMEMBER TO THANK the Sponsors of SB301 for their support for the personhood of all human life and ENCOURAGE them to stay strong and vote for the bill. The Sponsors are Senators Williams (lead Sponsor), Beason, Reed, Brewbaker, Dial, Allen, McGill, Ward, Waggoner, Holley, Holtzclaw, Taylor, Bussman, Scofield, Pittman, Brooks, Keahey, Whatley, and Glover. * POLITELY ASK the remaining Senators to vote for SB301 and give equal protection to all human life from the moment of conception. SB301 is attached or it can be downloaded from the Personhood Alabama website, www.PersonhoodAlabama.com.We thank God for this historic victory and pray (and work!) for continued success in this worthy fight for the sanctity of all human life!
God bless you,
Ben DuPré
Personhood Alabama
www.PersonhoodAlabama.com
c/o Foundation for Moral Law
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Meet Personhood USA's Newest Member!
Personhood USA is proud to announce the arrival of its newest member, Gualberto Garcia Jones's first daughter: Maria Belen Garcia Rivera!
Born on February 17 at 10 PM, Mom and daughter are doing well. If you would like to send a gift for Maria Belen and family, please send them to our office:
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