"Facts of Life" Email: July 28, 2005

CURRENT LIFE ISSUES:

u The Parental Notification Initiative will be on November's ballot as Proposition 73. It is crucial that we educate our communities about this initiative and encourage everyone to support it! Passage of Prop. 73 would require abortion doctors to notify a patient's parents 48 hours prior to her scheduled abortion. This significant legislation would not be subject to the state Supreme Court and could reduce the number of California abortions by nearly 20,000! CPLC is working on materials for you to distribute at your church, school, and community organizations. Learn more about Prop. 73 and keep checking in for the latest updates!

u The tragic deaths of four women have again brought the dangers of drug-induced abortion into the media spotlight. After 18 year old Holly Patterson died as a result of taking RU 486 (sold as Mifiprex) in 2003, her parents have worked to bring the hazards of the drug to public attention. A Brown University researcher is publishing a study about the rare and fatal bacterial infection caused by the drug. The Center for Disease Control is investigating the deaths of the four women, all of whom were California residents, and lawmakers are renewing their efforts to call for the drug's removal from the market by the Food and Drug Administration. Planned Parenthood, who administers the drug to customers and has been accused of prescribing the drug in doses different than those recommended by the FDA, claims the medication is safe. Learn more about this story from the CPLC News page.

u The Assisted Suicide bill will not stay quiet for long; Assembly member Berg plans to reintroduce it in January! These extra months offer pro-life advocates a great opportunity to educate our communities about the harsh realities of so-called mercy killing, before the media begin to barrage voters with hype. Learn more about this issue and find out how to stop it dead in its tracks!

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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CPLC:

u Come join local pro-life individuals and CPLC director Brian Johnston to discuss the history- making events that are immediately ahead for the pro-life movement! Learn how you local efforts will make a difference this year that will be felt for the rest of California's history. Bring your pro-life friends to meetings in Fresno, August 3rd, at 6pm at the Oro Financial Building, and in San Jose, August 8th, at 7:30 at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Call the CPLC office for more information!

u Mark your calendars! The Annual CPLC Prayer Breakfast and rally at the Capitol will be Tuesday, January 24th. It is always a great opportunity to celebrate life and we look forward to seeing you there. Keep checking in for more details and tell your friends to plan to come! You can also anticipate great pro-life events coming this fall because October is National Respect Life Month. Contact your local pro-life organization to see how you can get involved!

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!

JOIN THE ADVENTURE!
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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"Do, or do not. There is no try."
—Jedi Master Yoda—

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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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