"'If a lawmaker who is a Christian can no longer stand in a General Assembly in America ... and pray to Jesus without ridicule, then we are no longer free"

5th Sunday of Lent (4/7/19) (audio)

• BREAKING: Pro-life House members plan to force vote on born-alive abortion survivors (LiveActionNews, 4/2/19)

• A Pennsylvania state legislator has garnered controversy for delivering an opening prayer that critics labeled 'Islamophobic'....State Representative Stephanie Borowicz delivered a nearly two-minute long prayer to open up a legislative session Monday, wherein she mentioned Jesus by name several times, thanked God for President Donald Trump’s support for Israel, and quoted from the Bible....In response to those attacking her prayer, Borowicz said: 'If a lawmaker who is a Christian can no longer stand in a General Assembly in America ... and pray to Jesus without ridicule, then we are no longer free'" (Christian Post, 3/30/19).
• Please ask your State Representative to Co-Sponsor the "Heart-Beat Bill" proposed by Stephanie Borowicz (Pa Catholic Conference, 2/11/19)

• Macron’s France: Average of Three Church Attacks Per Day (Breitbart News, 3/30/19)

• Prominent medical voices disagree with National Catholic Bioethics Center president and Saint Charles moral theologian John Haas on brain death criteria (3/24/19)
• "The Linacre Quarterly is preparing a special issue to explore the medical complexities and social and bioethical issues associated with the definition, determination, and application of brain-death criteria in medicine. We ask authors to reflect on the goal of the Linacre Quarterly, to reveal the truths of the Catholic Church in the science and practice of medicine. Articles submitted for publication will be evaluated not only for their educational or informational value related to this topic, but also for contribution to a deeper understanding of ethical issues arising from this topic. Submissions could address, but are not limited to: 
• Evolution of brain-death criteria 
• Clinical application/misapplication of brain-death criteria 
• Misdiagnosis of brain death 
• Bioethical aspects of the utilization of brain-death criteria, including related aspects of transplantation 
• Pastoral care of and counseling of families facing situations involving brain death 
• Legal issues of/challenges to brain death 
• Philosophic issues of brain death and the delivery of medical care 
• Analysis of high-profile brain-death cases 
• Challenges (legal, ethical, medical) to the concept of brain death 
• Brain death in pregnancy 
• Social and cultural factors that affect the acceptance of brain-death criteria
• Distinguishing minimally conscious and 'vegetative' states from brain death 
The deadline for articles is June 1, 2019. If you have any questions please contact us at LQ@cathmed.org" (Catholic Medical Assocition, 1/3/19). 

• National Catholic Bioethics Center president and Saint Charles moral theologian John Haas maintains that there are situations in which it is morally permissible to use Emergency so-called contraception in Catholic hospitals, this position is opposed by the Catholic Medical Association and the Catholic Pharmaceutical Association (3/20/19).
• Hormonal contraceptives cause abortions, researchers find (Martin Barillas, 3/29/17)
• Systematic Review of Ovarian Activity and Potential for Embryo Formation and Loss during the Use of Hormonal Contraception.  Donna Harrison, MD, Cara Buskmiller, MD, Monique Chireau, MD, Lester A. Ruppersberger, DO, Patrick P. Yeung, Jr., MD (Linacre Quarterly, January 3, 2019; pp. 453–469) 

• Life at Conception Act Petition (National Pro Life Alliance) 

• Contact your senators and representative today and urge them to oppose the [so-called] Equality Act! (USCCB)

• Born-Alive Legislation Deserves a Vote in the People's House (USCCB) (HLA)

• Speak Up and Tell the USDA to Protect SNAP Recipients (USCCB)


• Contact your U.S. senators and representatives today and ask them to support the LIFT for Charities Act! (USCCB)

• Tell the Senate to Reject Religion Tests for Judicial Nominees (USCCB)

• Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (USCCB)
  

• Ask the Department of Homeland Security to Rescind the "Remain in Mexico" Policy and Support Asylum Seekers by Following Existing Law (USCCB)  

• I Cherish Life: I call on Congress to ban late term abortions when babies feel pain!(Family Policy Alliance,)
  

• Save the Hyde Amendment (March for Life Action)

• Stop Taxpayer Funding of Abortion (Click for Pa Pro Life Federation petition)

• Sign the Petition to Repeal the Abortion Law (NYS Catholic Conf)

• Please Urge Lawmakers to support an increase in the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference, 2/26/19)

• Please urge your [Pa] Representative or Senator to suppot or co-sponsor Down Syndrome Protection Legislation (Pa Catholic Conference, 2/13/19) 

• Please ask your State Representative to Co-Sponsor the "Heart-Beat Bill" proposed by Stephanie Borowicz (Pa Catholic Conference, 2/11/19)

• Urge your State Senator to co-sponsor Sen. Judy Ward's bill on Keystone Scholarship Program (Pa Catholic Conference, 2/8/19)

• Urge your lawmakers to support [Pa] House Bill 51 which helps individuals looking to receive nursing care (Pa Catholic Conference, 2/4/19)

• [Pa] Lawmakers want to take away our right to vote for judges (Pa Pro Life Federation, 1/28/19 email

• Contact Murphy to Oppose Assisted Suicide [i.e., A1504/S1072] (NJ Catholic Conference)

On the right side of the home page, you will find links to email Church leadership about "Catholic" health care, Bucks country representation in DC, Bucks County representation in Harrisburg, Central NJ representation in DC (some updates needed) and Central NJ in Trenton (as per most recent update from NJ Catholic Conference)