Loving Life radio will be presenting an interview with Keith Mason from Personhood USA. 
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Click here to read more and to donate $15 for the billboard. URGE LEGISLATURE TO PRESERVE PRENATAL SERVICES FOR UNBORN CHILDREN BACKGROUND The federal Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provides healthcare coverage to children in low-income families that do not qualify for Medicaid. CHIP includes unborn children as eligible recipients of healthcare assistance (i.e. prenatal services), independent of the mother’s eligibility and immigration status. Hence, even unborn children whose mothers are undocumented immigrants are eligible for prenatal services based on the fact that they will be U.S. citizens upon their birth. When the federal government established the CHIP program in 2002, Nebraska chose to implement it by expanding Medicaid rather than establishing a separate State CHIP program. Medicaid, however, does not include unborn children as eligible recipients independent of the mother. Consequently, the state of Nebraska was recently notified that it could no longer provide prenatal services to unborn children whose parents don’t quality for Medicaid. In order to restore this vitally important coverage, Nebraska can apply for the Unborn Child Option under CHIP. On February 17, LB 1110 was introduced by Sen. Kathy Campbell to authorize the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services to apply for the Unborn Child Option under CHIP. The bill also clarifies that providing prenatal services under CHIP to unborn children does not violate a law passed last year by the Legislature to deny public benefits to undocumented individuals. Continuing to provide prenatal services to unborn children is an important pro-life matter. Denying these services would be a terrible injustice that could do great harm to the lives of children who would no longer receive critical prenatal care. What’s worse, the lack of coverage for such care could be a decisive factor in leading some pregnant women to choose abortion over childbirth. Some policymakers have expressed concern about providing prenatal services to the unborn children of undocumented mothers. It must be emphasized that the true beneficiary of this coverage and care is not the mother but her unborn child, who will be a U.S. citizen upon his/her birth. Regardless of one’s view of the need for sound immigration policy, the well-being of vulnerable unborn children is paramount. ACTION It is critically important for pro-life Nebraskans to voice their support for prenatal services for unborn children in low-income families MESSAGE TIME FRAME
Ambassador Alan Keyes, candidate for the 2000 Republican Presidential nomination and founder and Chairman of the Board of The Declaration Foundation, is an author and public speaker on a wide range of national and foreign policy issues; an educator; the writer of a weekly nationally distributed column on current affairs; and the host of The Alan Keyes Show: Americas Wake-up Call, a nationally syndicated “call-in” radio talk show. The first meeting will occur at Christ the King church at 2:30pm, and the second one at Immaculate Conception Church at 7pm. Don’t miss it!
For Immediate Release Contact: Omaha, NE – Nebraskans United for Life, (the State’s only full-service, pro-woman, pro-life group with no exceptions and no compromise on the abortion issue), stands today in favor of LB1103, LB778 and LB594. We also stand in opposition to LB1106 which will push the Planned Parenthood agenda into our schools under the guise of clinics. Nebraskans United for Life applauds Nebraska Right to Life’s introduction of LB1103, a bill that will put the viability question to rest by acknowledging fetal pain at 20 weeks of gestation –effectively banning post-viability abortions and codifying an underlying fact: the unborn feel pain when they are carved-up and/or burned to death in the womb. Nebraskans United for Life joins all people of right-reason and goodwill in seeking the end to the barbarism of abortion by any (non-violent) means –across the board and without exceptions. In addition to LB1103, LB594 is a strong bill which seeks give women a fully-informed consent prior to killing their unborn child. In 2009, during testimony before the Judiciary Committee, Planned Parenthood revealed and admitted that their so-called ‘informed-consent’ was comprised of a phone message left on the woman’s answering machine; which, if not returned was counted as informed consent. We find that to be ridiculous. LB594 seeks to compel physicians to tell the truth to women regarding her physiological, psychological and emotional risks of abortion and as such should be enacted without delay. LB778 insists that Health and Human Services shall make available on its Internet web site a printable publication for health care practitioners to download and print containing standardized, objective information about umbilical cord blood banking that is sufficient to allow a pregnant woman to make an informed decision about whether to participate in an umbilical cord blood banking program. We applaud Family First for moving on this bill. Nebraskans United for Life vehemently opposes LB1106 for three primary reasons: 1 Healthcare is for parents and doctors to achieve, not the school system; 2 Under the guidelines outlined in the law (below), our children could and would be subjected to any range of services – especially those pushed by the Planned Parenthood Federation (Examples throughout the United States are available); 3 This bill would be one more invitation to raise taxes and impede parental rights, especially in the area of so-called reproductive health; From LB1106 Please join Nebraskans United for Life in opposing LB1106 and in support of LB1103, LB594 and LB778. Nebraskans United for Life (NUFL) is located at 143 S 38th Street in Omaha and offers free pregnancy & std testing, clothing and baby items through our partner store, referrals, educational materials and more. In addition, NUFL educates and lobbies candidates at all levels of government on the life issues. URGE LEGISLATURE TO PRESERVE PRENATAL SERVICES FOR UNBORN CHILDREN BACKGROUND The federal Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provides healthcare coverage to children in low-income families that do not qualify for Medicaid. CHIP includes unborn children as eligible recipients of healthcare assistance (i.e. prenatal services), independent of the mother’s eligibility and immigration status. Hence, even unborn children whose mothers are undocumented immigrants are eligible for prenatal services based on the fact that they will be U.S. citizens upon their birth. When the federal government established the CHIP program in 2002, Nebraska chose to implement it by expanding Medicaid rather than establishing a separate State CHIP program. Medicaid, however, does not include unborn children as eligible recipients independent of the mother. Consequently, the state of Nebraska was recently notified that it could no longer provide prenatal services to unborn children whose parents don’t quality for Medicaid. In order to restore this vitally important coverage, Nebraska can apply for the Unborn Child Option under CHIP. On February 17, LB 1110 was introduced by Sen. Kathy Campbell to authorize the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services to apply for the Unborn Child Option under CHIP. The bill also clarifies that providing prenatal services under CHIP to unborn children does not violate a law passed last year by the Legislature to deny public benefits to undocumented individuals. Continuing to provide prenatal services to unborn children is an important pro-life matter. Denying these services would be a terrible injustice that could do great harm to the lives of children who would no longer receive critical prenatal care. What’s worse, the lack of coverage for such care could be a decisive factor in leading some pregnant women to choose abortion over childbirth. Some policymakers have expressed concern about providing prenatal services to the unborn children of undocumented mothers. It must be emphasized that the true beneficiary of this coverage and care is not the mother but her unborn child, who will be a U.S. citizen upon his/her birth. Regardless of one’s view of the need for sound immigration policy, the well-being of vulnerable unborn children is paramount. ACTION It is critically important for pro-life Nebraskans to voice their support for prenatal services for unborn children in low-income families MESSAGE TIME FRAME Don’t miss the movie “Thine Eyes” tomorrow at 7pm (02/18/2010) at the Executive Room, Parish Center, 701 N 40th St. (behind St. Cecilia’s Church) Click here for a map to get to St. Cecilia Click here to visit St. Cecilia’s home page
What is personhood? When the term “Person” is granted to a human being, it refers to the presence of a particular set of characteristics that grant that individual certain rights such as the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In other words, to be a person is to be protected by a series of God given and constitutionally protected rights. Listen to the interview, next Monday 02/22/10 in KVSS 102.7fm at 1:30pm on Loving Life Radio. You may also listen to is online here: Dear Friend of Life, We invite you to join with Priests for Life in a “Lenten Prayer for Life.” This is part of our year-long prayer campaign (www.PrayerCampaign.org) through which we help people pray with the Church by praying for a Culture of Life in a way that reflects the themes of the various liturgical seasons and feasts. Lent, of course, is a season of repentance, which leads to life. We reject the devil’s false and empty promises, including abortion. You can find the brief Lenten prayer at www.priestsforlife.org/novenas/lent.aspx. On that page you can also order prayer cards – free of charge – that contain the Lenten prayer and helpful resources for pro-life activity. We are supplying them for parishes to hand out to their congregations in whatever quantity they want. But hurry, supply is limited! Please let others know about this special offer! Also, please join me along with Tom Peters of Catholic Vote Action and other special guests, for an important election-related conference call on Thursday evening, February 25, from 9 to 10pm ET. This will be part of our “Vote Pro-life” Coalition, and we will continue to gear up for the elections of 2010. You will be able to listen to the call either by phone or by internet. Sign up at www.priestsforlife.org/conferencecall/index.aspx. You can see this week’s media schedule after my column below. Blessings, A Woman’s Touch, Pregnancy and Counseling Center, a division of Essential Pregnancy Services (EPS) invites you to: Walk for Life Kickoff Soup & Chili Supper Saturday, March 6th, 2010 from 5pm to 7pm at Calvary Christian Church Activity Center, 10100 Cedar Island Road, Bellevue (south of Cornhusker Road, east of 36th St.) They will serve: Irish stew, chili, chicken noodle soup, salad and desserts; catered by Eddie’s Catering. Price: |
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