"Facts of Life" Email: April 14, 2005

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CURRENT LIFE ISSUES:

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committee voted 5-4 to endorse AB 654, which would permit physician-assisted suicide for people with fewer than six months to live. The bill next moves to the Assembly's appropriations committee before a floor vote expected by May. CA would become the second state in the nation where doctors could prescribe medication to hasten the deaths of terminally ill adults. CPLC has materials in Spanish and English that make it easy to communicate with your legislators.  Find out how to inform your community and urge legislators to oppose this bill! 

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Major clashes on vital pro-life issues have been occurring in Congress and will continue to do so during the coming months.  Senate Republican leaders are proposing a reform to prevent Democratic filibusters intended to inhibit the election of the President's judicial nominees. Congress may also consider further legislation dealing with the rights of incapacitated persons. The United Nations General Assembly adopted a declaration urging all member nations to enact bans on all forms of human cloning. Read about all the current pro-life issues and find out how to make an impact!

u More dangers of Prop 71 were revealed in a recent news article, this time focusing on the expensive conflicts of interest surrounding the program. The directors of the $3 billion stem cell institute have direct ties to the biotech firms that stand to gain!  Members of the panel charged with overseeing California 's stem cell research program – and the $3 billion in taxpayer-financed grants it will distribute – work for, have investments in, and are personally connected to the pharmaceutical and biotech companies poised to benefit from the grantsLearn more about stem cell research and the dangers of Prop 71!

Check out the CPLC website to keep up with the latest in life issues!  www.californiaprolife.org/news/index


WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CPLC:

u You are invited to attend the state finals of the CA ProLife Youth Oratory Contest!  This annual event showcases some of California's brightest students as they present their award winning pro-life speeches to a panel of experts and judges.  Last year's winner also took first place at the national competition! The event will be held at 10am, April 30th, at the capitol building in Sacramento, and will be a great opportunity to encourage these dedicated students!  Check out more information on the oratory contest!

u You won't want to miss CPLC Director Brian Johnston's presentations, 'Combating Euthanasia', at the Lutheran's for Life Conference, April 17th in Sacramento, at Stanford University, April 23rd in Palo Alto, and at the Arkansas Right to Life Conference, on April 30th.  Bring your family and friends and learn more about this dangerous trend!

State legislators are acting on your behalf, help them out! 
CPLC provides information on current legislative proposals and makes it easy for you to communicate with your legislative representatives!  Send an email to your representatives in the Assembly and Senate; remind them that you vote pro-life and they should too!

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California ProLife Council (CPLC) www.californiaprolife.org is the largest statewide organization in California solely dedicated to pro-life issues. CPLC is a non-sectarian, non-partisan, non-profit grassroots organization of pro-life groups and individuals in California dedicated to protecting and fostering the most basic value of our society-respect for LIFE itself. We seek to educate our community in regard to abortion, euthanasia, and infanticide, to identify and organize the pro-life population of the state into an effective team, and to restore respect for human life to public policy. California ProLife Council is the California affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee, Inc. www.nrlc.org

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