Harrisburg & DC updates on human life and marriage/family

Harrisburg

The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference indicates support for HB 587, SB 75, and HB 2111 / SB 1339.  The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference is opposed to HB 162 and HB 300 / SB 300.  The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference supports marriage and is opposed to its re-definition (Click to Email Gov Corbett, Lt Gov Cawley and all of Bucks County's representatives and senators in Harrisburg on these matters.).

Email Gov. Corbett and all of Bucks County's representatives and senators in Harrisburg, asking that they oppose SB 872 and HB 1848.

• Oppose SB 872: ''the American College of Pediatricians and the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality insist that adolescents retain their right to choose SOCE [sexual orientation change efforts] with full informed consent under the care of experts in the field'' (Adolescents, Therapeutic Choice and Scientific Integrity, American College of Pediatricians, 2/13/14).
• Oppose HB1848 - As per the Pa Pro Life Federation, ''this is a bad bill which would take away our right to vote for appellate judges.''

Support HB 1762.  As per the Pa Pro Life Coalition, "Please call and write the following State Representatives and urge them to promptly pass H.B.1762.

"Rep. Jerry Stern
Chairman
Pa. House Pro-Life Caucus
324 Allegheny Street
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648-2013
814-695-2398
315A Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2080
717-787-9020
jstern@pahousegop.com

"Rep. Ron Marsico
Chairman
Pa. House Judiciary Committee
4401 Linglestown Road - Suite B
Harrisburg, PA 17112-8557
717-652-3721
218 Ryan Office Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2105
717-783-2014

rmarsico@pahousegop.com

"Rep. Mike Turzai
Pa. House Majority Leader
125 Hillvue Lane - 1st Floor
McCandless, PA 15237-7317
412-369-2230
110 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2028
717-772-9943
mturzai@pahousegop.com"

Washington, D.C.

Please copy/paste the following into a message for Senator Casey, Senator Toomey, and Congressman Fitzpatrick (https://www.votervoice.net/NCHLA/Campaigns/30688/Respond):
 

"It is deeply troubling that Senators Casey and Toomey voted for S 815, which the USCCB says 'could be used to punish as discrimination what the Catholic Church teaches.'  We need Mike Fitzpatrick to OPPOSE the house version, HR 1755.

"In the interest of basic human dignity - particularly the welfare of children - please CO-SPONSOR/ SUPPORT HR 3279/S1848 (the Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act), HR732/S32/S369 (the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act), HJRes51 (an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage), HR940/S1204 (the Health Care Conscience Rights Act), HR3133/S1808 (the Marriage and Religious Freedom Act), HR7/S946 (the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act), HR1797/S1670/S 886 (the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act), HR 3829/S2024 (the State Marriage Defense Act), and HR301/S653 (To provide for the establishment of the Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia).

"Please work to de-fund Planned Parenthood. 

"Please work to achieve what the USCCB has called 'compassionate immigration reform.'  As per the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference, I ask that you oppose the SAFE Act (cf, https://www.votervoice.net/PACC/Campaigns/33031/Respond)."