"Facts of Life" Email: March 16, 2005

CURRENT LIFE ISSUES:

u  Prop 71 and its supporters found themselves under a microscope last week when Sen. Deborah Ortiz, who previously supported the proposition, chaired an oversight hearing to investigate several 'red flags' in the initiative.  These included independence in spending $3 billion of state funds, exemptions from state conflicts of interest laws, and, contrary to public perception, the creation of human clones.  Check out more information on the Prop 71 initiative and the pro-life response! 

u While Terri Schiavo's struggle for life has gained increasing international attention, emergency legislation has been introduced with the hope of being reviewed by the Federal Court. Pro-life groups all over the country are urging their state legislators to support  The Incapacitated Person's Legal Protection Act of 2005, Time is running out,  encourage your representatives to support this bill! 

u California legislators are considering a bill to legalize euthanasia throughout the state.  Despite the fact that Oregon's euthanasia law is being challenged before the Supreme Court, California Assembly Member Patty Berg believes she has enough support to pass AB 654, the Levine/Berg bill.  Polls indicate that the majority of informed people oppose euthanasia, while the uninformed are its biggest supporters! Inform your community and urge your legislators to oppose this bill! 

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

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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CPLC:

u Plans are under way for the annual CPLC Youth Oratory Contest.  Representatives all over California are getting ready for their local contests, hoping their region's winner will earn 1st place in the state and be sent to the National Right to Life Convention in June.  The state contest will be held April 30th at the capitol and will be a great opportunity for students speak up for life.  Check out more information on the oratory contest, including how to compete and how to help out! 

J O I N    T H E    A D V E N T U R E !
We are able to accomplish a great deal with the help of local chapters and church contacts throughout California.  If you are interested in organizing a chapter in your area or would like to be a pro-life representative within your church, we would love to have you on our team! 
Check out www.californiaprolife.org/volunteers 

And there are many ways you can donate to the protection of life!

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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." -Martin Luther King, Jr.-

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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