in Pennsylvania's First Congressional District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania's_1st_congressional_district http://archphila.org/pastplan/MAPS/Arch.pdf
and the Central Garden State

Friday, January 31, 2020

Physical, political persecution against Christians in Nigeria getting worse (Catholic World Report, 1/30/20)

https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2020/01/30/physical-political-persecution-against-christians-in-nigeria-getting-worse/
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Four members of SOS Chrétiens d’Orient go missing in Baghdad, probably abducted (AsiaNewsIt, 1/25/20)

http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Four-members-of-SOS-Chr%C3%A9tiens-dOrient-go-missing-in-Baghdad,-probably-abducted-49122.html
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Dozens believed dead after attack by Islamic militants in Burkina Faso | World news (The Guardian, 1/28/20)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/28/dozens-believed-dead-after-attack-by-islamic-militants-in-burkina-faso
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Thursday, January 30, 2020

"a sign that will be contradicted" (2/2/20)

http://www.seetheholyland.net/tag/western-wall/
"The Temple Mount...[is] a massive masonry platform occupying the south-east corner of Jerusalem’s Old City....where...[the] Temple once stood....orthodox Jews do not ascend to the Temple Mount....they worship at its Western Wall....
the Temple featured prominently in the life of Jesus. Here he was presented as a baby" (http://www.seetheholyland.net/tag/western-wall/)
  • Oppose HJ Res 79, as it is "intended to insert language into the U.S. Constitution that could invalidate any limits whatsoever on abortion, including late abortions, and require government funding of abortion"  (NRLC, 1/27/20)

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Monday, January 27, 2020

Legislative Advocacy, 1/27/20

National Concerns

  • Support the Heartbeat Bill, HR 3985 (cf, LifeSite)
  • Support the Life at Conception Act
  • Support the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
  • Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (cf, USCCB)
  • Support H. Con. Res. 79, that assisted suicide is a “deadly, discriminatory and non-compassionate practice” (USCCB) 
  • Opppose the Misnamed International Violence Against Women Act (cf, C-Fam)
  • Oppose HJ Res 79, as it is "intended to insert language into the U.S. Constitution that could invalidate any limits whatsoever on abortion, including late abortions, and require government funding of abortion"  (cf, NRLC)
  • Oppose the Misleadingly Named Medicare for All Act (cf., Politico)
  • Support the Equal Campus Act, HR3243/S1168 (USCCB)
  • Support the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (cf., USCCB)
  • Support S. 2394/HR2529, the New START Nuclear Weapons Treaty (USCCB) 
  • NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action).

The Commonwealth of Pa

(Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)
  • Support the Telemedicine Bill (SB 857) as passed by the Pa House (Pa Catholic Conf)
  • Please ask the governor, Pa Senate and Pa Assembly for a religious exemption for adoptions (Pa Catholic Conference) (See also the Pa Family Council link.)
  • Call for Funding Increase for Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)  
    • Please ask Governor Wolf to SIGN House Bill 800 on the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)

The Garden State

  • "Legislation (S2173/A3818) to remove a religious exemption and mandate immunizations for children....this legislation undermines parental rights and should be vigorously opposed" (NJRTL email, 1/10/20).
    • Open Letter from Dr. Theresa Deisher to Legislators Regarding Fetal Cell DNA IN Vaccines (5/27/19)
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The Sign of Contradiction (2/2/20)

"The Temple Mount...[is] a massive masonry platform occupying the south-east corner of Jerusalem’s Old City....where...[the] Temple once stood....orthodox Jews do not ascend to the Temple Mount. Instead, they worship at its Western Wall....the Temple featured prominently in the life of Jesus. Here he was presented as a baby"
http://www.seetheholyland.net/tag/western-wall/

National Concerns

  • Support the Heartbeat Bill, HR 3985 (cf, LifeSite)
  • Support the Life at Conception Act
  • Support the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
  • Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (cf, USCCB)
  • Support H. Con. Res. 79, that assisted suicide is a “deadly, discriminatory and non-compassionate practice” (USCCB) 
  • Opppose the Misnamed International Violence Against Women Act (cf, C-Fam)
  • Oppose the Misleadingly Named Medicare for All Act (cf., Politico)
  • Support the Equal Campus Act, HR3243/S1168 (USCCB)
  • Support the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (cf., USCCB)
  • Support S. 2394/HR2529, the New START Nuclear Weapons Treaty (USCCB) 
  • NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action).

The Commonwealth of Pa

(Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)
  • Support the Telemedicine Bill (SB 857) as passed by the Pa House (Pa Catholic Conf)
  • Please ask the governor, Pa Senate and Pa Assembly for a religious exemption for adoptions (Pa Catholic Conference) (See also the Pa Family Council link.)
  • Call for Funding Increase for Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)  
    • Please ask Governor Wolf to SIGN House Bill 800 on the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)

The Garden State

  • "Legislation (S2173/A3818) to remove a religious exemption and mandate immunizations for children....this legislation undermines parental rights and should be vigorously opposed" (NJRTL email, 1/10/20).
    • Open Letter from Dr. Theresa Deisher to Legislators Regarding Fetal Cell DNA IN Vaccines (5/27/19)
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Friday, January 24, 2020

March for Life

 
  • As per a 1/23/20 email from the ProLife Coalition of Pa, "All of the Republican U.S. House Members from Pa., except Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, have compiled a 100% pro-life voting records.  To their great credit, they recently joined an amicus brief that urges the SCOTUS to reverse Roe.  Rep. Fitzpatrick has a majority pro-life record but did not join this amicus brief.  Far worse, Rep. Fitzpatrick...[is a co sponsor of the misleadingly named] 'Equality Act' (EA).  This vicious piece of anti-life legislation would re-write U.S. Civil Rights laws, such that any abortion ban restrictions or funding limit would become an act of 'sex discrimination.'  Thus, the passage of the EA would overturn all state and federal pro-life laws, even if Roe were to be reversed and legal protection provided to children in the womb....

    "Sen. Pat Toomey has compiled a 100% pro-life voting record and has joined the amicus brief calling for the reversal of Roe.  However..., Sen. Toomey has declined to oppose the EA....

    "Except for his support for Sen. Lindsey Graham's post 20-week abortion ban, Sen. Robert Casey, Jr. has a 100% pro-abortion voting record" 
  • Soon, "the high court’s justices will begin their review of a Louisiana abortion law that could signal a major turning point in the long movement against abortion...More than 200 pro-life members of Congress.... called on the Supreme Court to reconsider both Roe v. Wade and the subsequent 1992 decision Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which created the ambiguous 'undue burden' standard [Thougb they self-identify as "pro life," neither Senator Casey nor Rep Fitzpatrick signed that pro life amicus brief.]....we must dig in and stand the ground on this most pressing and preeminent cause of our time" (National Catholic Register, 1/22/20) 
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

MarchForLife edition/update

 
Prepare yourself to speak with your members of the Pa delegation (1/18/20) 
(Compare the Fitzpatricks with Chris Smith (1/18/20))

Soon, "the high court’s justices will begin their review of a Louisiana abortion law that could signal a major turning point in the long movement against abortion...
More than 200 pro-life members of Congress....called on the Supreme Court to reconsider both Roe v. Wade and the subsequent 1992 decision Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which created the ambiguous 'undue burden' standard [Thougb they self-identify as "pro life," neither Senator Casey nor Rep Fitzpatrick signed that pro life amicus brief.]....
we must dig in and stand the ground on this most pressing and preeminent cause of our time" (National Catholic Register, 1/22/20) 

Add your name to a pro life amicus brief.

  • "In early 2017, conservative American pundit Rod Dreher published a bombshell of a book called The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation.... Westerners accustomed to freedom of religion may be shocked at the sacrifices Chinese underground Catholics have endured....For many Chinese Christians, the Benedict Option is their only option" (MercatorNet, 1/21/20). 
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Monday, January 20, 2020

Sunday of the Word of God (1/26/20)


"This coming 26 January the Sunday of the Word of God will be celebrated for the first time....As with the other initiatives of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization, this one too has recourse to a characteristic logo, so that it may be taken as a space for catechesis that helps to understand the meaning of the celebration of this Sunday. As can be seen, a well-known biblical scene is represented: the journey of the disciples to the village of Emmaus (cf. Lk 24: 13-35) " (Vatican, 1/17/20) 
 
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Sunday, January 19, 2020

Let us pray that the March for Life Itself and the Catholic Conference of Ky Have Learned from Last Year and Commit Themselves to the Well Being of Youthful Witnesses at the 2020 March for Life



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  • Legislative Advocacy (1/18/20) 
    • A Comparison of the Fitzpatricks with Chris Smith (1/18/20) 
      • Don't be like supposedly "pro life" Sen Bob Casey and Rep Brian Fitz.  Add your name to a pro life amicus brief.
  • The Untold Tragedy of "Egg Donation" (1/18/20) 
  • Moms and Dads (1/18/20)
  • American Life League Pleads with New Jersey’s Catholic Bishops (1/7/20)
  • Open Letter from Dr. Theresa Deisher to Legislators Regarding Fetal Cell DNA in Vaccines (5/27/19)
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Moms and Dads

(Seen on a PATH train, 1/17/20)
It just isn't true that two moms or two dads are the same as a mom and dad....
    "Children are wired for daily, ongoing connectivity with their mother and father and they are most likely to receive it when their parents are married. Marriage offers the most stability in a child’s home and the best chance that both parents will be permanently involved in their lives....

    "Being raised in the home of their married mother and father gives children a biological connection with both parents who are, statistically, the people most likely to protect, provide for, and be permanently attached to their kids. It also gives children direct access to their heritage, genetic information, and generations of extended family. Biological connection is a foundational component of a child’s identity. Children also need dual-gender influence....Because of the stability, biological connection and male/female influence that marriage provides, children raised by their married parents are drastically less likely to live in poverty, become teen parents, have problems with the law, use drugs, be physically or sexually abused, and drop out of school. Research reveals that the place where kids are most likely to be “safe and loved” is in the home of their married mother and father. For children, that’s the the true “safe-space”.

    "Them Before Us believes that adults should sacrifice their desires in order to protect children’s needs."

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Saturday, January 18, 2020

The Untold Tragedy of "Egg Donation"

"I am an 18-year-old female and I was conceived using an egg donor....I can not put into words the pain of not knowing who my biological mother is and not being able to have/have had a relationship with her....

"I’m afraid of marrying and having kids with a man I’m related to. I don’t think that’s likely, but still, I believe it’s a valid concern....

"As a donor conceived child, there are so many things I simply don’t get to know....

"Please adopt, at least those kids are already in existence, don’t go out of your way to create a child. Or just don’t have kids at all. No one should have to spend hours on hours feeling alone and wondering about half of their biological family. I wouldn’t wish this pain and wondering on ANYONE" (Anonymous Us, 5/27/19)
(Seen on a PATH train, 1/17/20)

With an attractive, savvy, and deceptive ad campaign, unprincipled individuals exploit young women physically, psychologically and spiritually.... As per the web site for Eggsploitation,
    "The infertility industry in the United States has grown to a multi-billion dollar business. What is its main commodity? Human eggs. Young women all over the world are solicited by ads—via college campus bulletin boards, social media, online classifieds—offering up to $100,000 for their 'donated' eggs, to 'help make someone’s dream come true.' But who is this egg donor? Is she treated justly? What are the short- and long-term risks to her health? The answers to these questions will disturb you . . .

    Produced by The Center for Bioethics and Culture (Lines That Divide, 2009), Eggsploitation spotlights the booming business of human eggs told through the tragic and revealing stories of real women who became involved and whose lives have been changed forever." 
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Legislative advocacy (1/18/20)

National Concerns

  • Support the Heartbeat Bill, HR 3985 (cf, LifeSite)
  • Support the Life at Conception Act
  • Support the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
  • Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (cf, USCCB)
  • Support H. Con. Res. 79, that assisted suicide is a “deadly, discriminatory and non-compassionate practice” (USCCB) 
  • Opppose the Misnamed International Violence Against Women Act (cf, C-Fam)
  • Oppose the Misleadingly Named Medicare for All Act (cf., Politico)
Click to make the above more clear and/or to enlarge.

  I am unable to find the signatures of at least two Pa "pro lifers" (i.e., Casey, Fitzpatrick) on this pro life Amicus Brief.
  • Support the Equal Campus Act, HR3243/S1168 (USCCB)
  • Support the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (cf., USCCB)
  • Support S. 2394/HR2529, the New START Nuclear Weapons Treaty (USCCB) 
  • NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action).

The Commonwealth of Pa

(Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)
  • Support the Telemedicine Bill (SB 857) as passed by the Pa House (Pa Catholic Conf)
  • Please ask the governor, Pa Senate and Pa Assembly for a religious exemption for adoptions (Pa Catholic Conference) (See also the Pa Family Council link.)
  • Call for Funding Increase for Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)  
    • Please ask Governor Wolf to SIGN House Bill 800 on the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)

The Garden State

  • "Legislation (S2173/A3818) to remove a religious exemption and mandate immunizations for children....this legislation undermines parental rights and should be vigorously opposed" (NJRTL email, 1/10/20).
    • Open Letter from Dr. Theresa Deisher to Legislators Regarding Fetal Cell DNA IN Vaccines (5/27/19)
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A Comparison of the Fitzpatricks with Chris Smith


113th Congress (2013/2014)
Mike Fitzpatrick
Chris Smith
Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act (HR 3279)
NOT among the 141 co-sponsors
Lead Sponsor
Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (HR 732)
Co-Sponsor
Co-Sponsor
Marriage Protection Amendment (HJ Res 51)
NOT among the 58 co-sponsors
Co-Sponsor
Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HR 940)
Co-Sponsor
Co-Sponsor
Marriage and Religious Freedom Restoration Act (HR 3133)
NOT among the 103 co-sponsors
Co-Sponsor
No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion (HR 7)
NOT among the 171 co-sponsors
Lead Sponsor
Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection (HR 1797)
Voted Yea
Voted Yea
State Marriage Defense Act of 2014 (HR 3829) 
NOT among the 68 co-sponsors
NOT among the 68 co-sponsors



116th Congress (2019/2020)
(as of 1/18/2020)
Brian Fitzpatrick
Chris Smith
Hearbeat Bill (HR 490)
NOT among the 92 co-sponsors
NOT among the 92 co-sponsors
Born Alive Survivors Protection (HR 962)
Co-Sponsor
Co-Sponsor
Life at Conception (HR 616)
NOT among the 145 co-sponsors
NOT among the 145 co-sponsors
Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection (HR 784)
NOT among the 171 co-sponsors
Lead Sponsor
Child Welfare Provider Inclusion (HR 897)
NOT among the 63 co-sponsors
Co-Sponsor
Dignity for Aborted Children (HR 4934)
NOT among the 58 co-sponsors
Co-Sponsor
Resolution against Assisted Suicide  (HConRes 79)
NOT among the 10 co-sponsors
Co-Sponsor



As per the USCCB’s 3/20/19 letter to the U.S. House, “we strongly oppose the [Misleadlingy named] Equality Act [HR 5] and respectfully urge you to oppose it as well.”
Co-Sponsor

Recent pro life Amicus Brief.
NOT among the 168 signers
Signer
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