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Pro-life Leaders to Stage Sit-in/Pray-in at the Office of Speaker John Boehner's Office in Washington, D.C.
Contact: Rev. Patrick Mahoney, 540-538-4741; Jill Stanek, 815-274-2744
WASHINGTON, March 19, 2015 /Christian Newswire/ -- The peaceful civil disobedience will take place on Wednesday, March 25, at 11:00 A.M.
Speaker Boehner's office is located at 1011 in the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, D.C.
The name of the event is #FreeTheBan. Here is the link to the Facebook Event Page:
www.facebook.com/events/815628878485325
The
planned activities are in response to Republicans reneging on their
promise to vote on "The Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act" this
past January 22, which was the Roe v. Wade Memorial.
After this
betrayal of American's children and the pro-life movement, republican
leadership promised they would reschedule a vote immediately. Sadly,
this has not happened. In fact, TWO MONTHS have now passed.
Organizers
are inviting pro-life activists from around the nation to join with
them as they stand in solidarity with our nation's children and call
upon Speaker Boehner to reschedule a vote.
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Below is a letter the group sent to Speaker Boehner:
Dear Speaker Boehner;
We
would like to, first, thank you for your record of standing with
America's children by speaking out your entire public career against
the violence of abortion. At the 2013 March for Life you affirmed your
commitment toward ending abortion by saying we need to work to "help
make abortion a relic of the past... let that be one of our fundamental
goals of this year."
The pro-life community could not agree with you more.
However,
this is also why, Mr. Speaker, it was so disappointing to have you
pull the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act from being voted on
earlier this year. It was even more troubling to have this life-saving
legislation withdrawn on the eve of the 2015 March for Life, when
hundreds of thousands of Americans had come to Washington, D.C. to
embrace human rights and equality for all, and we were promised it
would be passed on January 22.
Although we are sure this was
not your intention, millions felt betrayed by your actions and those of
the Republican House leadership. Just one day before scores would be
marching in the harsh winter conditions of January, we were still being
assured a vote would happen the next day.
Imagine our further
sense of betrayal that, almost two months later, no vote has been
rescheduled for the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.
Mr.
Speaker, this seems to fly in the face of your previous statement that
you wanted to "help make abortion a relic of the past." As Dr. Martin
Luther King stated so eloquently, "Justice delayed, is justice
denied." This is especially true for America's innocent children.
Speaker
Boehner, this inaction has also hurt millions of pro-life citizens on a
personal level who have worked countless hours manning phone banks and
walking precincts, donated millions of dollars to Republican
candidates, distributed tons of literature, and voted in large numbers
during the 2014 mid-term elections to give you the historic majority
you enjoy today as Speaker of the House.
The pro-life community
is asking you to reaffirm your commitment to ending abortion and
immediately schedule a vote on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection
Act. It is our added hope and prayer that bill language will ban all
abortions after 20 weeks.
We are asking you to personally
address this because, as Speaker of the House, your office has the
authority to set the legislative agenda and move it forward. This
authority and right does not rest in a three-term congresswoman from
North Carolina, or a seven term Congresswoman from Tennessee. Mr.
Speaker, this issue clearly rests on your shoulders. To borrow from
President Truman, "the buck stops with you."
The free world was
proud when you showed incredible courage inviting Israeli Prime
Minister Netanyahu to speak before a Joint Session of Congress in the
face of incredible opposition and resistance. You refused to back down
and put the lives and security of Americans ahead of political
partisanship. Mr. Speaker, we are looking for to you to exert that
same kind of strength and leadership with the passage of this historic
legislation protecting America's children.
Mr. Speaker, know
that the pro-life community enthusiastically stands with you in our
struggle to end the violence of abortion and ensure human rights for
all. You are daily in our prayers. Blessings to you and your family,
and May God bless America.
For America's children,
Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney
Director of the Christian Defense Coalition
Jill Stanek
Jill Stanek.com
Troy Newman
President of Operation Rescue
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