May 23, 2013 Dear ProLife Colleague, There are 2 approaches to ending abortion: 1. All or nothing. 2. Incremental (get what you can). Both have honest advocates. If you are an “all or none” person, so far in 40 years, you have gotten “none.” If you are an incrementalist, there continue to be victories along the way. AAPLOG includes both strategies in our approach. We’d like #1, we’ll work with #2. (Doing nothing at all is a bad option) Here is a current initiative in category #2: Today the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, Chaired by Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) held a hearing on H.R. 1797. Below are links to the witness testimony as well as links to videos from the hearing. Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) has announced he will amend his bill, the “D.C. Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” (H.R. 1797) to apply nationwide. With this change, the “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” will be a national prohibition on aborting pain capable unborn children after twenty weeks gestation (post-fertilization age). This change is timely in light of the conviction of abortionist Kermit Gosnell and news reports of potentially similar gruesome late abortion providers around the country. Groups may wish to urge Members who have not yet cosponsored H.R. 1797 to do so. Witness Written Testimony: Dr. Anthony Levatino; Obstetrics and Gynecology, Las Cruces, NM Dr. Maureen Condic; Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah, School of Medicine Ms. Christy Zink; Washington, DC Ms. Jill Stanek, RN; Mokena, IL Videos: Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) Opening Remarks Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) Opening Remarks Dr. Anthony Levantino Remarks Dr. Maureen Condic Remarks Ms. Jill Stanek, RN Remarks Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH) Questions for the Witnesses Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) Questions for the Witnesses Rep. Steve King (R-IA) Questions for the Witnesses Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) Questions for the Witnesses WHAT CAN YOU DO?? CONTACT YOUR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE AND URGE HIM/HER TO BECOME A CO-SPONSOR OF HR 1797. IT IS EASY. DO THIS: To call or e-mail your Representative in Congress, go to: https://www.votervoice.net/FRCA/Address Type in your zip code. Continue Type in your street address if asked. Continue Now, if you want to phone, click on Rep’s name, and the phone number will come up ( Your Rep’s Capitol phone and district phone) (Or you can use the general Capitol Switchboard at 202 224 3121) But if the switchboard is jammed up, do this by email. To email, check box next to Rep’s name, and click on “compose message” box at bottom. You can paste in this message: “Please support and co-sponsor H.R. 1797, the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” Follow the prompts (name, contact info) to complete sending the message. Done. Thanks for being a prolife activist! AAPLOG
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