The Wisconsin Right to Life PAC released a new video last week -- "Tom Barrett's Neighborhood" -- which doesn't include the unborn. Pass this video along to your friuends and family.  You can view it at our PAC page, here:

http://wrtl.org/pac/index.html

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As you know, the Wisconsin Right to Life Political Action Committee (WRTL/PAC) has endorsed Governor Scott Walker (R) and Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch (R) in the June 5 recall election.  In the four State Senate races involved in the recall elections, WRTL/PAC has endorsed Senator Scott Fitzgerald (13th State Senate District); Senator Van Wanggaard (21st State Senate  District); Senator Terry Moulton (23rd State Senate District) and Representative Jerry Petrowski (29th State Senate District).

All of these endorsed right-to-life champions are being challenged by candidates who are pro-abortion to the core!

It is absolutely crucial that every right-to-life voter cast their votes in these extremely important elections!

Tens of thousands of voters have already taken advantage of absentee voting for the June 5 elections.  In-person absentee voting at your local city clerk's office runs through 5 p.m. Friday, June 1 although some clerks are offering extended hours.  Please call your local city hall and find out the details for in-person absentee voting in your area.  If there is any chance you are unable to vote on Tuesday, June 5, you can take advantage of in-person absentee voting.  Tell your right-to-life friends, neighbors and family members about this and remind them to VOTE - either by in-person absentee voting or at the polls on election day, Tuesday, June 5.

VOTE AS IF THE LIVES OF UNBORN CHILDREN DEPEND ON YOU ... BECAUSE THEY DO!

VOTE FOR WISCONSIN RIGHT TO LIFE PAC-ENDORSED CANDIDATES
EITHER BY IN-PERSON ABSENTEE VOTING OR AT THE POLLS ON TUESDAY, JUNE 5

For complete information on all of the June 5 recall elections,
visit the Wisconsin Right to Life PAC Election Central at http://www.wrtl.org/pac/index.html

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The best “brand” that abortion proponents have had for decades is the “pro-choice” label.  For years, pro-choice has been the “in” position.  Even people who thought abortion was terrible and shouldn’t be legal would self-describe as “pro-choice” because it seemed like the tolerant thing to do.  No more.

Gallup has polled on this label question going back to 1995.   The latest poll released this week shows that 50% of Americans now self-identify as pro-life and, according to Gallup, a record low of 41% as pro-choice.   “The 41% of Americans who now identify themselves as ‘pro-choice’ is down from 47% last July and is one percentage point below the previous record low Gallup trends, recorded in May 2009,” states Gallup.

Gallup continues:  “…identification with labels has shifted from a wide lead for the pro-choice position in the mid-1990s, to a generally narrow lead for ‘pro-choice’ — from 1998 through 2008 — to a close division between the two positions since 2009.  However, in the last period, Gallup has found the pro-life position significantly ahead on two occasions, once in May 2009 and again today.”

So, who is driving the numbers?  Republicans have become more pro-life from 68% a year ago to 72% now.    Independents have moved from 51% pro-choice a year ago to 41% now.  Finally, even Democrats have moved, with 68% identifying as pro-choice a year ago to 58% now.

In addition to the label question, the Gallup poll found that 51% of Americans believe abortion is “morally wrong,” and 38% say it is “morally acceptable.”   Regarding the legality of abortions, the poll found that 52% of Americans believe abortion should be “legal only under certain circumstances,” 25% say “legal under any circumstances,” and 20% favor “illegal in all circumstances.”  It is important to note that while only 25% favor legality in all circumstances, that is the current state of the law across America.

All in all, good news for our great cause!

Read the Gallup poll results here:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/154838/Pro-Choice-Americans-Record-Low.aspx

At this time, RU 486 chemical abortions, which comprise 26% of all Wisconsin abortions, are not readily available in Wisconsin.  Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, which operates three abortion clinics in Wisconsin, suspended RU 486 abortions last month.  Affiliated Medical Services, located in Milwaukee, has also suspended them.  Will this moratorium last?  It’s not likely as abortion clinics valiantly try to make Governor Walker and the legislature villains in the fictitious “war on women.”  Watch for chemical abortions to resume sometime after the June 5 recall elections.

The “logic,” or lack thereof, for eliminating this “service” is laughable.    Affiliated Medical Services proclaims on its website that — “Effective 5-11-12 Due to pending legislation in Wisconsin, we are no longer able to offer the Abortion Pill.  We regret this inconvenience and encourage you to contact state legislators and the Governor to express your frustration!”  Hint, hint.

The new Wisconsin law enacted by the legislature requires that prior to prescription of an abortion-inducing drug, the prescriber must perform a physical exam on the woman and be physically present to give the drug.     Abortion proponents wail that these provisions are, in the words of NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin, “vague, unnecessary and intrusive restrictions for abortion providers.”  During debate on the new law, pro-abortion legislators insisted that telling women to return for follow-up at the clinic that administers the drug is detrimental as women should be able to go to a medical provider in their own community.

So, what does the Affiliated Medical Services website say about administration of what they call the Abortion Pill?

“Requires 3 visits to the clinic” (Not to a medical provider somewhere else)

“Requires a pelvic examination on day medication is given” (A physical exam!   Pro-abortion legislators made this sound like an unprecedented invasion on the woman’s body — a war on women!)

NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin Director Lisa Subeck states in a news release on the suspension of RU 486 abortions by Affiliated Medical Services that “Wisconsin women are worse off with Governor Walker than with any other Governor in recent history.  The June 5th recall election provides an unprecedented opportunity to put a decisive end to Walker’s War on Wisconsin Women.”

If it weren’t so deadly and serious, one could have a good laugh at the easily-refuted rhetoric employed by those who take money from women for destroying their children.

See Affiliated Medical Services website here:

http://www.affiliatedmedicalservices.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8&Itemid=8&lang=en

 

 

It was inevitable.  To protect itself and its institutions from an unprecedented HHS mandate that violates religious liberty, 43 Catholic organizations have filed lawsuits in a dozen federal jurisdictions across the country asking that the mandate be declared unconstitutional.  Two of the primary litigants are the Archdiocese of New York, headed by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, and Notre Dame University.  These two litigants are significant because Cardinal Dolan and the President of Notre Dame were both personally assured by President Obama that respect for religious freedom was important to him.   So much for empty words.

Cardinal Dolan called the lawsuits “a compelling display of the unity of the Church in defense of religious liberty.”  “We have tried negotiation with the Administration and legislation with the Congress — and we’ll keep at it — but there’s still no fix,” continued Dolan.

In addition to the lawsuits, the General Counsel of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Anthony Picarello, Jr., sent a 21-page letter to the Obama Administration denouncing the mandate and outlining the concerns of the Church.   “We believe that this mandate is unjust and unlawful — it is bad health policy, and because it entails an element of government coercion against conscience, it creates a religious freedom problem,” says the letter.  Picarello states the obvious — that individuals, insurance companies and employers with a moral objection to the mandate will have to either violate their consciences to comply, or drop their health insurance coverage as some Catholic institutions have already done.

“The simplest and best solution…is the one the Administration so far has declined to adopt:  to rescind the mandate.  Failing this, the Administration should provide an exemption that protects all stakeholders with a religious or moral objection, in keeping with the consistent language and longstanding tradition of federal conscience protection law,” the letter states.

Wisconsin Right to Life remains concerned that the preventive health services provision of the Obamacare law, which provides the authority for the HHS mandate, could be used in the future to declare that there is an abortion mandate.