Action needed on Pa Catholic Conf-backe HB 818

The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference has been facilitating contact with our elected officials in Harrisburg, regarding HB 818/SB3:  "As the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Affordable Care Act and Pennsylvania has chosen not to set up a state exchange, Pennsylvania must take steps to prevent abortion coverage in the federal insurance exchanges used in PA. Please send a message to your legislators requesting that this important pro-life issue be addressed as soon as possible!" (Vote "Yes" on Abortion Opt-Out Legislation; https://www.votervoice.net/PACC/Campaigns/25554/Respond).

The Pennsylvania Pro Life Federation tells us that "The PA House Health Committee is scheduled to vote Monday, April 15, on House Bill 818....Once the bill is reported out of committee, it can then go to the full PA House for a vote.  Please call your state Representative Monday with this urgent message: 'I don't want public funds to pay for abortion in Pennsylvania. Please support House Bill 818, with no amendments.'"

Please note that there are also direct email addresses for the representatives from Bucks County:

• Paul Clymer (pclymer@pahousegop.com), 
• Tina Davis (tdavis@pahouse.net), 
• Gene DiGirolamo (gdigirol@pahousegop.com), 
• Frank Farry (Ffarry@pahousegop.com), 
• John Galloway (RepGalloway@pahouse.net), 
• Bernie O'Neill (boneill@pahousegop.com), 
• Scott Petri (spetri@pahousegop.com), 
• Marguerite Quinn (mquinn@pahousegop.com), 
• Steve Santarsiero (ssantarsiero@pahouse.net), and 
• kathy Watson (kwatson@pahousegop.com).