A 6/2/18 report card on the current defense of marriage/family, conscience, and human life by Bucks County’s Delegation in Harrisburg

“House Bill 2050 and Senate Bill 1050 would enact a ban on aborting an unborn child as a result of a Down syndrome diagnosis….protect the lives of unborn children with Down syndrome” (Pa Catholic Conference).

Amend POLST Bill: Protect Vulnerable Patients from Being Denied Necessary Medical Treatment (Pa Catholic Conference)

“SB 613, HB 1410 and HB 2341 would make it illegal for religious schools, churches and other religious ministries and non-profit organizations to only hire employees that agree with the religious organization's teaching on sexuality, marriage and gender. It would also force religious adoption and foster care agencies to either violate their beliefs and place children in homes without a mother and father or go out of business. It would also make it illegal for creative professionals to decline to promote messages related to human sexuality they disagree with; and for bakers, photographers, and wedding-business owners to choose not to participate in a same-sex wedding ceremony” [And it would eliminate the right to restrict usage of public facilities to those of the same biological sex] (PaFamily.org).  It should be noted that Philadelphia has already “suspended the contracts of Catholic Social Services (as well as Bethany Christian Services) to place children in foster homes, a decision the City is threatening to make permanent on June 30, 2018” (Marriage: Unique for a Reason, USCCB, June 2018)

“Pennsylvania should not be using tax dollars to pay for ‘gender reassignment’ surgery or services related to the surgery. I ask for your support of HB 1933, and end the taxpayer-funding of ‘sex change’ surgery on children through the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and on adults through Medicaid. This life-altering surgery harms children and adults alike. Please pass HB 1933” (Pa Family.org).

“funding for women's health care should be prioritized to facilities providing comprehensive health care services versus those -- like Planned Parenthood -- that offer limited services and that focus on abortion….Vote yes on SB300 / HB1542”  (Pa Family.org).

General Assembly		Support HB 2050	Oppose HB 1410	Oppose HB 2341	Support HB 1933	Support HB 1542
18th	DiGirolamo, Gene (R)	Voted Yea
29th	O'Neill, Bernie (R)	Voted Yea
31st	Warren, Perry S. (D)	Voted No	Co-sponsor
140th	Galloway, John T. (D)	Voted Yea	Co-sponsor
141st	Davis, Tina M. (D)	Voted No	Co-sponsor
142nd	Farry, Frank A. (R)	Voted No
143rd	Quinn, Marguerite (R)	Voted Yea	Co-sponsor
144th	Watson, Katharine M. (R)	Voted Yea	Co-sponsor
145th	Staats, Craig T. (R)	Voted Yea				Co-sponsor
178th	Tai, Helen (D)
State Senate		Support SB 1050	Oppose SB 613			Support SB 300
6th	Robert M. Tomlinson (R)
10th	Charles T. McIlhinney Jr. (R)		Cosponsor
12th	Stewart J. Greenleaf (R)
24th	Bob Mensch (R)	Co-sponsor