- The Family Research Council is among those calling for a federal moratorium on funding for Planned Parenthood; elected officials must simply stop voting for mechanisms such as "continuing resolutions" that fund Planned Parenthood! That ideas is not popular on either side of the aisle. Email Representative Fitzpatrick, Senator Casey, and Senator Toomey, asking if they will commit to stop such.
- Email Bucks County's representatives and senators in Harrisburg, asking for a moratorium on all state funding of Planned Parenthood.
With regard to federal concerns, current alerts from Catholic leadership* support:
- "Investigate and Defund Planned Parenthood"
- HR940 (Health Care Conscience Rights Act),
- HR1150 (The Frank Wolf International Religious Freedom Act of 2015),
- HR824 / S435 (State Marriage Defense Act),
- S1553 (Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act),
- HR2802 / S1598 (First Amendment Defense Act (FADA)) [See Women Speak for Themselves.],
- HR1299 / S667 (Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act),
- S1177 ("Urge your Senator to support the provisions in The Every Child Achieves Act (S. 1177) so as to improve equitable services for students and teachers in religious, private and independent schools!"),
- "End[ing] Roe v. Wade as the law of the land,"
- Criminal Justice Reform,
- Fostering Peace/Endorsement of P5+1 Negotiations with Iran,
- "meaningful and compassionate immigration reform legislation", and
- passage of HR 7 in the Senate.
*You
can find "alerts" about federal concerns at the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference's "alerts" and the
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' "ALERTS CENTRAL." The USCCB also notes that "Action alerts for pro-life issues can also be found through our partner organization, the "National Committee for the Human Life Amendment" (NCHLA), and that "Action alerts for issues related to immigration reform can be found through the USCCB-led Catholic coalition, "Justice for Immigrants."
The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC) posts additional alerts on state concerns at https://www.votervoice.net/PACC/Campaigns.
Our Holy Father is a Great Champion of Life and Marriage/Family in These Troubled Times
Largely because we have asked for too little, we have witnessed our representative in the U.S. House and our two U.S. Senators failing to step up to defend marriage/family. At this time, none of them are even co-sponsoring the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA)! (See the 145 co-sponsors of HR2802 and the 36 co-sponsors of S1598. You will look in vane for the names Casey, Fitzpatrick, and Toomey!)
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