"Facts of Life" Email: May 25, 2005

CURRENT LIFE ISSUES:

u On Wednesday the California Assembly Appropriations Committee voted on the Berg/Levine proposal to legalize physician-assisted suicide and it passed by a slim one-vote margin. The bill, patterned after Oregon's Death With Dignity Act, would make CA the second state to legalize assisted suicide. The bill moves next to the CA Assembly before facing a decision by the Governor. It is very important that your legislators be informed about this issue and about your opposition to it! Their votes will reflect yours, so speak up! Call, fax or email Gov. Schwarzenegger; he has not taken a position on this bill! Be sure to contact your Assembly Representatives too!

u The US House of Representatives approved H.R. 810, the bill to provide federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research.  The vote was 238-194, just 50 votes short of the 288 needed to prevent a presidential veto. President Bush has vowed that federal funds will not be used to support research that requires killing human embryos, and released a statement Tuesday promising to veto the bill, if possible. The Senate only needs 67 votes to pass the bill and block the President's veto. Time is running out-- your help is needed to ensure the Senate will oppose this bill! Get all the facts and communicate with your senators, urge them to oppose H.R. 810!

u The Supreme Court will take up a new abortion case this fall, raising the political stakes just as the court faces the possibility of replacing ailing Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist;  the 80 year old justice is suffering from thyroid cancer. The last major Supreme Court abortion case splintered the justices 5-4. A similar split could occur again, with or without Rehnquist, with additional drama outside the court. A Rehnquist retirement would give Bush his first vacancy on the Supreme Court, and abortion would be the flashpoint in the debate over a replacement.

The CPLC website has all the breaking news! 
 www.californiaprolife.org

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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CPLC:

u ACSI, the Association of Christian Schools International, is preparing for the 2005 series of conferences and conventions. There will be events in Sacramento, in October and in Anaheim, in November.  If you'd like to go for free, contact us! We are looking for volunteers to help host our booths and we would love to have you on our team. Call 916.442.8315 for more information!

u CPLC staff will head to Minneapolis, Minnesota in June for the annual National Right to Life Convention. The convention is always a great opportunity to meet and share with pro-life people from all over. There will be informational seminars, banquets, a prayer breakfast, and a memorial service for Terri Schindler-Schiavo, given by her brother Bobby. Anyone who believes in the value of life can come! Check it out!

u Equipping you with information and resources is part of our mission.  We are constantly updating our website to provide you with the latest news and legislation and opportunities to help preserve the value of Life.  Check out our web page for all the latest pro-life news, legislation, and general information and learn more about your part in the effort for Life. 

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 join us! 
Check out www.californiaprolife.org/volunteers 

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"For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life." 
 —William Blake—

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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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