S.B.3 to Run Soon in Pa. House; Our Efforts Needed; Dec. 5th Event in Harrisburg (Pro-Life Coalition of Pa, 11/30/17)

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From: Michael McMonagle <paprolifecoalition@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 7:03 PM
To: Mike McMonagle
Subject: S.B.3 to Run Soon in Pa. House; Our Efforts Needed; Dec. 5th Event in Harrisburg

 

Dear Pro-Life Friends:

Summary

We expect Pa. House leaders to run S.B.3 from December 4-6, 2017.  Thus, it is time to renew our efforts to pass this life-saving legislation with at least a 136-vote veto-override majority.  These efforts include a Rally in the Pa. Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 from 10:30-11:15 AM.

The Importance of S.B.3 and this Rally

S.B.3

- would protect approximately 2,000 children and their mothers from abortion each year in Pa.,

- provides a small but significant step toward protecting all children and mothers from abortion,

- educates our fellow citizens on the pro-life position,

- recruits and activates our fellow citizens into the work of the pro-life movement, and

- keeps the "abortion issue" prominent in the public square.

Our Tuesday, December 5, 2017 Rally provides

- spiritual and temporal encouragement to the Pa. House Members who will be serving as the leading advocates for the passage of S.B.3,

- promotes contact with Pa. House Members in their Harrisburg Offices, and

- counters the representatives of Pa.'s abortion industry who will likely be present in our Capitol in opposition to S.B.3.

The attached flyer provides additional information about S.B.3 and our December 5th Rally.

Our Most Important Effort

Please personally contact your State House Member in his or her District Office and urge him or her to support S.B.3.  You can identify your Member and contact information by visiting www.house.state.pa.us and clicking on "Your Address" under "Find My Representative."

In anticipation of this upcoming vote on S.B.3, pro-life citizens, for the past month, have been visiting and promoting contact with freshmen Members and those with a "mixed" record and/or position.  We believe that we are close to passing S.B.3 with at least 136 votes.

Big Picture Analysis

I am also attaching a lengthy article by Maggie Gallagher and Frank Cannon from the December 2017 issue of First Things, which is entitled, "Culture is Downstream of Politics."  This article argues that the continuing public policy debates on the "abortion issue" have resulted in a slow but steady public opinion trend toward the pro-life position, despite the culture.  In contrast, the lack of public policy debate on the "same sex marriage" issue has resulted in a steady public opinion trend in favor of "same sex marriage" because of the culture.

The immediate relevance of this article is that it confirms the importance of our efforts to pass S.B.3, which includes our December 5, 2017 Rally.

Conclusion

Thank you for reading this e-mail and its attachments.  Please contact your State House Member as soon as possible.  Finally, please join us in the Pa. Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 10:30 AM.

Best wishes,

Mike McMonagle
President
Pro-Life Coalition of Pennsylvania
215-393-3610