Thursday, June 3, 2010

From SBA List: "we must also remain viligant and keep watch on Congress."

While we work towards achieving pro-life victories in the mid-term elections this November, we must also remain viligant and keep watch on Congress. 

Last week, Senator Roland Burris offered an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill, in the Armed Services Committee, to allow elective abortion to be performed on domestic and international military bases. This is a drastic change from current military protocol.

This amendment passed the committee 15-12 and will be included in the Senate's Defense Authorization bill unless you act now. Write your Senators and ask them to vote against the bill if it includes language permitting abortions in military facilities. 
John, if elective abortion is permitted on military bases, your tax dollars will be used to pay abortion practitioners, purchase abortion equipment, and fund facilities where abortions are performed. Americans made it clear to Congress that they do not want their tax dollars to directly fund or subsidize elective abortion during the health care debate. Congress did not listen then, so let's remind them again, loud and clear, that your hard earned money should not be going toward abortion.

Not only do you not want your money going to fund the killing of an innocent, unborn child, but military doctors don't want to be involved in this terrible practice either. When abortion was permitted on military bases for a short time during the Clinton Administration, military doctors would not participate.

Ensure that the Senate does not violate your conscience and that of military health care workers, and tell them to vote against any Defense bill that allows for abortion on military bases.

For Life,
Marjorie Dannenfelser
President, Susan B. Anthony List
www.sba-list.org