“This appropriations bill guts a longstanding prohibition on using public funds to pay for abortions in the District of Columbia. The bill also provides millions of dollars for international “family planning” that could be directed to organizations that pay for and promote abortions. A majority of Americans do not support the use of their tax dollars to pay for abortions.” – Charmaine Yoest
The U.S. House will vote today on H.R. 3288, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010. While in Fiscal Years 1996-2009, Congress prohibited the use of all Congressionally appropriated funds for abortions in the District of Columbia (except in cases of rape, incest, and life of the mother), H.R. 3288 only prohibits the use of “federal” funds for abortions in D.C. (Division C, Section 814). This modification allows funds which are Congressionally appropriated for the D.C. budget to be used for elective abortions.
Americans United for Life’s legislative arm AUL Action President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest stated, “This appropriations bill guts a longstanding prohibition on using public funds to pay for abortions in the District of Columbia. The bill also provides millions of dollars for international “family planning” that could be directed to organizations that pay for and promote abortions. A majority of Americans do not support the use of their tax dollars to pay for abortions.”
The bill also appropriates $648.5 million for international family planning funding, an increase of $103 million from Fiscal Year 2009, without the constraints of the Mexico City Policy to prevent these dollars from being provided to organizations that promote and perform abortions (Division F, Section 7060). Finally, the bill increases funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which has an admittedly pro-abortion agenda, to $55 million, a $5 million increase from FY09 (Division F, Section 7078).
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Red Envelope Day is a pro-life movement that is sweeping the nation…again!
We are sending millions of empty red envelopes on March 31, 2010 to remind political
leaders, representatives, mainstream media and activists of “a life” that was taken by abortion.
The empty red envelope will contain the following message:
“This envelope represents one child who died in abortion. It is empty because that life
was unable to offer anything to the world. Responsibility begins with conception.”
We need your help to make this happen!
The goal is to inundate the offices of our political leadership and media at
ONCE. As a result of mail being sent from various different states….it
trickles in at separate times. Just imagine the IMPACT of everything
arriving in several large mail trucks on one day, March 31, 2010! All
because they were printed and mailed from one place – And you can
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until March 31st!
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We have a responsibility to care for the children of our future. We
have the capabilities that many do not – we have a voice – and now we
have a means.
With millions of Red Envelopes flooding Pennsylvania Avenue and media
outlets across the nation, this national voice of concern cannot be
ignored – as it was in 2009.
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