Dear ProLife Colleague: We absolutely must keep up the pressure against the current healthcare bill, which allows for tax-funding of abortions (and no physician conscience protection). Call your congress persons to let your concerns be clearly known. This bill is NOT a done deal, and we need to keep being heard! Here are some talking points (from SBA-LIST.org) to use when explaining your opposition to the Senate Health Care Reform Bill that the House of Representatives is under pressure to approve. The Senate bill:
- Allows the Health and Human Services Secretary to define abortion as a benefit under disease prevention due to the Mikulski Amendment. (YOU KNOW THAT ABORTION IS NOT HEALTH CARE. But that is just what they are pushingâand pushing hard!)
- Forces every enrollee in the federal exchange to pay monthly money for “reproductive rights,” which include abortion
- Includes a $7 billion dollar grant to Community Health Care Centers that opens the door to the Obama administration giving it to the abortion lobby
- Spends the tax dollars of pro-life Americans on health care plans that fund elective abortions
Tell your Representative to reject any health care reform bill that does not include the Stupak Amendment, which addresses these serious concerns. When a District receives a dozen calls, it has a huge impact. If you and your friends can make calls today, it will grab the attention of your Representative to let them know there are strong pro-life voices in their District. Action you can take: First, call your Senators, (202) 224-3121-the Capitol switchboard. Also call their state office (find it on google) Identify yourself as a physician, and tell them to oppose any bill that does not EXPLICITLY EXCLUDE TAX FUNDED ABORTIONS. And tell the Senator that medical professionals must have conscience protection. Second, go to this site sponsored by Americans United for Life: https://secure3.convio.net/aulact/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=381&JServSessionIdr004=bph54k94l2.app306b Fill in your personal information. The letter objecting to tax funded abortion is already written for you. There is a space for you to add other comments, or other objections you may have to this bill. AUL will automatically sign you name and address, and send this to the correct Senators. Click on “send message.” You are finished. Thank you. Here is another option: To get the phone # of your representative, go to http://www.frc.org/contact-elected-officials and follow the prompts to get your own representative. Or put in your zip, if you donât know the name. Click on âcontactâ to get the phone number. Call. Give your message. It is what we can do! OR, call the Capitol Hill Switchboard at 202 224 3121 and ask for your representative. OR, email your representative at http://stoptheabortionmandate.com/take-action/contact-your-elected-officials/ Jdc/aaplog 20100112 Member Letter – Call Legislator