Facts of Life Email: February 3, 2006

CURRENT LIFE ISSUES:

u A new poll conducted by CBS News claims that a majority of Americans favor assisted suicide. However previous polls show the nation is at least split on the issue or opposed to the grisly practice. The CBS News poll asked respondents if they thought "a doctor be allowed to assist the person in taking their own life" who "has a disease that will ultimately destroy their mind or body and they want to take their own life." And what may matter most, actual ballot votes on the subject, have Americans strongly opposed. California voters rejected an assisted suicide proposal by a 54 to 46 percent margin in 1992. Governor Schwarzenegger prefers that the issue be decided by the voters, rather than the Assembly and Senate, but euthanasia advocates Patti Berg and Lloyd Levine are going to reintroduce their assisted suicide bill to the legislature soon. Let's beat them to the punch! Order postcards to communicate your disapproval to your representatives! Make sure they vote AGAINST Berg's bill!

u During his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, President Bush touted the significant decline in abortions that has been taking place and called on members of Congress to pass a comprehensive ban on all forms of human cloning. "There are fewer abortions in America than at any point in the last three decades," President Bush said. "These gains are evidence of a quiet transformation -- a revolution of conscience, in which a rising generation is finding that a life of personal responsibility is a life of fulfillment," the president explained. The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved legislation prohibit both human cloning for reproductive as well as research purposes. However, the measure has gotten caught up in the debate over embryonic stem cell research in the Senate. Read the full story at our news page!

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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CPLC:

u Help us give CA students the opportunity to stand up for LIFE! Plans are already underway for the 2006 CPLC Youth Oratory Contest, but we need your help to make sure every pro-life student has the chance to speak! Can you host a contest in your hometown? It's easier than you think! Visit www.californiaprolife.org/speak for all the details!

JOIN THE ADVENTURE!
CPLC has a variety of educational resources for you to share with your community. Learn more about all the current issues and how to get involved!

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"Every person has the right to have his life respected. This right shall be protected by law and, in general, from the moment of conception. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life."
American Convention on Human Rights, 1969

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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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