Tell Lawmakers You Oppose Abortion Funding (NRL)

A showdown vote in the House is likely to occur

before the end of March!

President Obama and top Democratic congressional leaders have launched a final all-out push to enact a massive health care restructuring bill that, among other things, contains sweeping pro-abortion provisions.

The Senate passed the pro-abortion legislation (H.R. 3590) on December 24. However, so far the White House and Democratic leaders have been unable to muster the votes to pass the bill in the House of Representatives, partly because of resistance to the pro-abortion provisions among House pro-life Democrats, led by Rep. Bart Stupak, and vigorous opposition from the National Right to Life Committee and others.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is currently involved in writing a new bill that would make certain changes to H.R. 3590, using a fast-track procedure called "reconciliation" that would not be subject to a Republican filibuster in the Senate. This so-called "sidecar" bill will include some of the changes that President Obama wants made to the Senate bill, as contained in a list released by the White House on February 22. However, the changes proposed by President Obama would fix NONE of the abortion problems in the Senate-passed bill.

This is no time to relax. Each member of the House should be urged to oppose the Senate-passed health bill (H.R. 3590), no matter what cosmetic changes are proposed or promised, because of the provisions that would result in abortion mandates and abortion subsidies. It is especially important that House Democrats who voted for the Stupak-Pitts Amendment on November 7, 2009, hear from constituents in opposition to the Senate bill.

Here is what you can do right now to prevent enactment of this destructive legislation:

E-MAIL

Visit NRLActionCenter.com and take a few minutes to use the form there to send messages to your U.S. House member and to your two U.S. senators to urge them to oppose the health care legislation backed by President Obama. You can modify the suggested message as you see fit -- for example, to offer your views on other components of the legislation, including those relating to rationing of lifesaving medical treatments. When you fill in your mailing address, your messages will automatically be directed to the appropriate U.S. House member and to your two U.S. senators.

CALL

Also, telephone the offices of your U.S. House member. Give your name and address, and tell the lawmaker's staff person that you wish to be recorded as "opposed to the Senate health care legislation, H.R. 3590, because the bill contains multiple pro-abortion provisions and is unacceptable." The offices of any House member can be reached through 202-225-3121. You can also find the direct-dial numbers (and fax numbers) for the Washington and in-state offices of your representative by clicking here.

WRITE

Send short letters to the "letters to the editor" features of your local newspapers, in order to alert your fellow pro-life citizens to the pro-abortion policies that the Obama White House and the pro-abortion lobby are trying to smuggle into law through "health care reform." Click here for an easy to use "Media Guide" on the NRLC website.