OPPOSE S1696 / HR3471 and S2578 / HR5051

S1696 / HR3471

• As per LifeNews.com: "Senate Democrats will hold a hearing on a bill tomorrow that would wipe out almost every single pro-life law on abortion.  S.1696 is deceptively titled the 'Women’s Health Protection Act' even though it revokes protections for women and their unborn children. Instead, the bill would be far reaching in how it would topple pro-life laws passed in virtually every state in the country....ACTION: Contact your senators and urge STRONG opposition to the bill" [Note: The House version of this bill is HR 3471.]

• As per NJ Right to Life: "Pro-Abortion Senators in Congress have introduced two harmful bills which they are trying to get passed asap.  One bill wiill overturn the U.S. Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby Decision. That bill is S2578, the Protect Women's Health from Corporate Interference Act....The other bill is S1696, The Women's Health Protection Act.  Pro-life groups are calling S1696, FOCA 2, because it attempts to eliminate every pro-life law ever passed." 

S2578 / HR5051

• In response to the recent favorable decision for Hobby Lobby by the Supreme Court, EWTN reported that legislatipn has been introduced "to strip religious freedom protections from businesses with objections to mandatory insurance coverage for contraceptives and abortifacient drugs" (http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=130905 ). S2578/HR5051 MUST be OPPOSED.  Clicking https://www.votervoice.net/FRCA/campaigns/36667/respond will aid you to contact your senators.

•  As per the Diocese of Trenton: "Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) has introduced a bill (S. 2578) that would not only reverse Hobby Lobby, but go far beyond that decision.  It negates any right that employers, insurers or employees may have...to opt out of federally mandated coverage. The U.S. Senate may vote in the next few days on this anti-conscience bill. Please contact your Senators today through the NCHLA Action Center at http://nchla.org/actiondisplay.asp?ID=311 !"

• As per the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference, "The U.S. Senate may vote in the next few days on this anti-conscience bill. Please contact your Senators today!"