CatholicVoteAction.org

If you’re wondering why the rate of new posts to AmP has been a little less frequent recently, you can blame one thing: the health care debate is sucking all the air out of the room.

Things are a complete mess right now, and amidst this swirling confusion only one thing appears stable: Rep. Bart Stupak and his band of 12 pro-life democrats refuse to sign the pro-abortion Senate health care bill into law.

As a reminder, the US Bishops have stated publicly that “The Senate health reform bill should not move forward in its current form” and nothing about the bill has changed since they wrote that.

Not only does the Senate bill not include strict Hyde-ammendment language, which prevents public funds from going to pay for abortions (which has been shown by independent studies to always increase the rate of abortions wherever federal funds are provided) but the Senate bill also gives $11 billion dollars to “community health centers” which could begin providing abortions. 

For that reason, Brian Burch, the President of CatholicVoteAction.org is calling on Catholics and other pro-life Americans to place at least two phone calls to any of the representatives, starting with the ones on this short list.

Remember: it is always best to call your own representative – they have been elected to represent your interests – and the vast majority of Americans don’t want tax dollars going to pay for abortions eventually.

Over at the American Principles Project blog, my co-worker James Bell has been working tirelessly to keep us up to date on the latest health care developments (his latest post today is available here). James has done the math and thinks right now the health care debate is a tie game.

That’s why it’s so urgent for you to take action and call your representatives. Support the Stupak 12 – help ensure that the unborn don’t get sacrificed in the name of health care reform!

You can also take action through the American Principles In Action contact page. I’ve also created a Facebook group in support of the Stupak coalition.

Thank you for your continued efforts on behalf of the most vulnerable. God bless you.