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share this newsletter with others in your household and forward to all
your family members and friends that have our vision of protecting human
life, from conception to natural death.
Thanks for the great attendance at our last
chapter meeting in February. It is encouraging to have great support and
help with our chapter work. I am glad that you are inviting your friends to
attend. Keep it up!
Health Care Bill
The President and the Congress are still searching for a way to
pass the massive health care bill. On February 25th. the President meet with
a group of members of Congress to try to work out some sort of an agreement,
since the separate bills passed in the House and the Senate can't be agreed
upon by the whole congress. He has now come up with his own version of the
bill but he seems to be basing it more like the Senate version which
includes massive funding of abortion. At this special meeting in February,
House Minority Leader John Boehner wrote a letter to the President asking
him to invite Congressman Bart Stupak since he is leading the democratic
opposition of abortion coverage in this bill. But Stupak was not invited.
John Boehner also brought up the fact that one reason the bill has not
passed is the public opposition to the abortion provisions in the bill, to
which the President shook off as just a 'talking point'. Later House Speaker
Pelosi repeated the statement that the current bill under consideration does
not contain taxpayer funding of abortion.
There are those that predict that they will find some way to pass
this bill with the abortion coverage and that is the reason that we still
need to be alert and continue to voice our opinions to our elected
representatives, especially Rep. Bart Gordon. If you live in other areas,
contact your members of Congress and let them know that we do not want any
health care bill unless it includes the Stupak amendment restricting the
funding of abortion in any part of the bill.
Freedom From Abortion Coercion Act
This is a bill that has been introduced this year in the
Tennessee Legislature sponsored on the House side by Rep. Susan Lynn. This
bill (HR3301) would require all facilities that perform abortions, to place
signage that lets people know that they cannot be forced or coerced into
having an abortion. About 64% of women reported they were pressured by
others to have an abortion. This pressure comes from; parents, the father of
the baby, and the facility.
Last week, February 24th, was to be the first hearing in a
subcommittee. In that hearing pro-abortion members of the Tennessee House
lead my Rep. Henry Fincher of Cookeville delayed the vote in the
subcommittee claiming that the wording in the proposed signage was not
understandable. Bill sponsors are working with our prolife lawyers on making
some changes to the wording. Another hearing will be on March 3rd.
There is a companion bill in the Senate, but no action has taken
place on that bill as of yet.
2010 High School Oratory Contest
We are well under way with our contest for this year. Materials
have been sent out, it has been publicized and hopefully our young people
are preparing. I have contacted community leaders about being on our
panel of judges. Remember the date of our contest will be April 13th.
so if you know of some young person who might be interested, let them know
there is still time to enter and prepare. Details are available on our
website.
Facebook 
Our facebook page fan numbers continue to increase thanks to many
of you. Last month at about this time we had 44 fans, that number currently
is 159 and climbing every day. If you have not become a fan yet, do so now (click the Become a
Fan button above) and then invite your friends to also become fans.
This can be an effective tool for our chapter to reach more members.
Women's Day On The Hill
This annual event for 2010 will be on Wednesday, March 31st. This
is open to everyone, especially women to assemble and to speak to our
Tennessee Legislators. This year the special speaker will be Abby Johnson
who you may remember, was the former Planned Parenthood director in Bryan TX
who resigned last year after seeing an ultrasound image of a baby.
The event will begin at 9:00 am. with an update on the legislative
news, then we are sent over to the State Capitol offices of our legislators
to speak with them and urge there support for our prolife bills. Last year
we in Smith County were warmly welcomed by both Senator Mae Beavers and
Representative Terri Lynn Weaver both of which are very supportive of our
efforts.
Then we come back to the hotel to have lunch and to hear from the
speaker. There will also be a silent auction fund raiser held in conjunction
with the event. I would encourage you to attend a take part in this and I
know you will enjoy the day. Those attending are asked to preregister by
March 24th. by calling Nancy Wike at 615-298-5433 or emailing nwike@tnrtl.org.
The cost is only $25 per person again this year.
Next Meeting
The next regular chapter meeting will be March 9th. We meet at the
Christ Church Fellowship, 209 3rd. Ave. West in Carthage The time for our meetings is 6:30 p.m. Try to attend our
meetings and help us plan our projects. Your support
is needed at our meetings and on our projects.
Be Active, Be Involved, Be
Pro-Life
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