"Facts of Life" Email: April 7, 2005

CURRENT LIFE ISSUES:

u USE YOUR VOICE! AB 654 (Berg/Levine), the bill to legalize assisted suicide, will be heard in the Assembly Judiciary Committee on April 12th.  The committee hearing will be held at the State Capitol; the public can attend AND offer commentary to the committee!  CA Assembly Member Berg believes she has enough support to pass the bill.  Polls indicate that the majority of informed people oppose euthanasia! Inform your community and urge your legislators to oppose this bill! 

u The National Right to Life Committee has issued a congressional alert and requests your immediate action! Senate Republican leaders are proposing a reform to prevent Democratic filibusters intended to inhibit the election of the President's judicial nominees. A coalition of liberal and pro-abortion pressure groups has issued a multi-million dollar ad campaign to block the reform. Time is running out; read the complete story and take action!

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 grants.  Learn more about stem cell research and the dangers of Prop 71!

u The Capitol Resource Institute has teamed up with parents and Nevada County Supervisor Sue Horne to urge the Nevada Joint Union High School District Board of Trustees to change a controversial policy.  The policy allows students to leave campus without parental consent for the treatment of pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and other medical issues.  This policy, combined with the allowance for CA minors to have abortions without any parental notification or consent, has raised several red flags with parents and pro-life organization. Read the full story to learn more! California has experts on this school policy and can help you in your community. Call 626-859-2040 for information!

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 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 1st place at the national level! 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!

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 

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"The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us 
from the support of a cause we believe to be just."
  ~Abraham Lincoln~

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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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