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PAC QUESTIONNAIRE 2012

1. YES___NO___ At the moment of either natural or artificial conception is there a living, unique and unrepeatable “innocent”, human being present, in either the womb or in vitro [Latin in glass] (As in fertility treatments or cloning)?
2. YES___NO___ Since murder is generally accepted to be defined as the direct, premeditated and intentional killing of one innocent human being by another, is abortion (by surgical abortion or chemical abortion, regardless of a human’s stage of development), murder?
3. YES___NO___ Are you publicly, & personally, against all abortions, all euthanasia, all artificial co-creation of human life outside the womb for the purpose of cloning or fertility treatment, all assisted suicide, all mercy killing and any and all foreseeable offenses against human life? (If no, please add explanatory note.)
4. YES___NO___ Do you support and/or acquiesce to the right to kill the unborn if the unborn person has been conceived through an act of rape or incest, do you support the death sentence (abortion) for children so conceived?
5. YES___NO___ Furthermore, understanding these same groups all allow for the unborn to be killed “to save the life of the mother”, which is in fact construed by killers to mean the life as in the health of the mother – which – in reality becomes an assessment of her mental, financial, psychological and other subjective states of well being (translating necessarily into our current debacle of abortion on demand) ~ do you agree with this much touted abortion “exception”?
6. YES___NO___ Do you believe that the direct and intentional killing of an unborn child in the womb can ever save the physical life of the mother?
7. YES___NO___ Knowing the principal of double-effect allows for legitimate therapy to be performed on a woman even if the UNINTENDED consequence of such therapy would mean the death of her unborn child – which is NOT and NEVER is an abortion, do you really think that abortions should be allowed to save the life of the mother?
8. YES___NO___ Do you support Planned Parenthoods teaching: violence against women and the unborn through abortion in our public and private schools, distributing books on masturbation to kindergarteners, and condoms to teenagers under the legal age of consent?
9. YES___NO___ Is it permissible to abort children with disease or who are physically deformed (As in down syndrome, fetal defects, etc)?
10. YES___NO___ Is it permissible to abort or freeze so-called “extra” babies during fertility or experimental cloning treatments (as in “reductions”)?
11. YES___NO___ Is it okay to kill an unborn human for his or her stem-cells, since it has been scientifically proven that adult stem cells can be taken without destroying human life and, research using adult stem cells has been more successful than embryonic stem cells?
12. YES___NO___ Do you specifically support embryonic stem cell research in any form? If so please explain.
13. YES___NO___ Would you sponsor, co-sponsor, support and/or vote for an Amendment to the US Constitution & and or the Nebraska Constitution that would definitively protect all human life from conception to natural and unaided death? (The so called Human Life Amendment)?
14. YES___NO___ Are you now or have you ever received money directly or indirectly, personally or for a political campaign, from any group or PAC that supports abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide, mercy killings, unethical gene therapy, reproductive or therapeutic cloning, the sale of baby body parts or any other life-offending group?
15. YES____ NO ____Would you ever accept monies, personally or for a political campaign, from any pro-death organizations?
16. YES____ NO ____Will you defend against the erosion of the First Amendment Right of all Americans, including Pro-Life Americans?
17. YES___NO___ Will you work to force the closure of all abortion facilities, in Nebraska and throughout the United States?
18. YES___NO___ Will you work to end the trafficking and collection of fees for all baby parts obtained from the malfeasances of researchers and abortionists?
19. YES____ NO ____Knowing that RU-486, “Plan B” pills, Ella and “emergency contraception” and “the pill”, are ALL abortifacients that kill unborn children, do you support the use & distribution of them? (If yes, provide an explanatory note.)
20. YES____ NO ____ Will you support, appoint and/or vote for Pro-Life judges?
21. YES____ NO ____ Will you support, appoint and/or vote for Pro-Life Nebraska Senators to the Unicameral, Pro-Life US Representatives and Senator to the US House of Congress.
22. YES____ NO ____Will you pledge to pray and work for the end of all offences against human life without exception or compromise?

Madison, WI – Planned Parenthood announced last week that it would stop dispensing abortion pills at all of its Wisconsin locations after Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill into law banning the dangerous drugs without the presence of a license physician. This law virtually bans the practice of telemed, or webcam abortions.

Medication abortions account for about 25% of all abortions in Wisconsin.

“This new law will certainly save lives and we thank the Wisconsin Legislature and Gov. Walker for acting to protect women from predatory webcam abortion practices that attempt to increase abortion profits by cutting corners on women’s health and safety,” said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue and Pro-Life Nation.

“This has been a textbook example of how activism encourages legislation. Once we discovered the webcam abortions in Iowa, we worked with other organizations to create legislation. That legislation has been picked up by other groups and guided through the legislative process. The result is positive change and increased protections for women that will result in fewer abortions.”

Operation Rescue first uncovered the experimental abortion pill distribution scheme that was being conducted by Planned Parenthood of the Heartland in Iowa, and reported on it in March, 2010, then exposed plans by Planned Parenthood Federation of America to expand the scheme into every one of their clinics nationwide.

Since then several states have worked to prevent the expansion of the dangerous abortion process. Wisconsin joins Arizona, Nebraska, Kansas, and South Dakota in banning webcam abortions. North Dakota and Oklahoma have also passed webcam bans that are currently in the process of litigation.

Elsewhere, a ban on webcam abortions passed its final hurdle in the Minnesota Legislature last Wednesday, and now heads to the desk of Gov. Mark Dayton, a pro-abortion Democrat. It is unknown whether he intends to sign the bill or exercise his veto.

The following day, another webcam abortion ban overwhelmingly passed the Missouri House with a vote of 109-24. It now moves on to the Senate.

Webcam bans have also been introduced during the current legislative session in Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Tennessee, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion organization that tracks abortion trends. In addition, Rep. Steve King of Iowa is seeking federal legislation to stop webcam abortions.

During the webcam abortion process, the abortionist conducts a brief interview with a potential abortion patient in another location over an Internet video conferencing connection. The abortionist then pushes a button on his or her computer screen that releases a “cash drawer” containing the abortion drugs. The woman self-administers some of the drugs immediately and is then released to take the rest of the drugs at home. The patient is never examined by a licensed physician, and in the case of an emergency, there is no accessibility to the prescribing abortionist. The process violates FDA safety protocols on numerous points.

The abortion pill, known as RU486, Mifepristone, or Mifeprex, is responsible for at least 16 patient deaths and thousands of abortion complications. When the pills fail, a surgical abortion can be necessary to save the woman’s life from infection caused by retained fetal tissue.

“There can be no doubt that halting the misuse of abortion drugs will save the lives of women and their babies. Because of this we are working to halt the practice of telemed abortions nationwide,” said Newman.

The Hilltoppers for Life group members, who had been keeping an eye on their display through the night in reaction to similar acts of vandalism to pro-life displays at other campuses including nearby Northern Kentucky University, asked the art students to stop and then called campus police. The students refused and the campus police just stood by and watched. The police claimed that they, “couldn’t do anything because the condoms aren’t actually vandalization,” even though the crosses are the property of Hilltoppers for Life and they have the administration’s permission for their display.

Claiming vandalism as art is disingenuous and disturbing at best. The desecration of the crosses at WKU is sacrilegious, offensive, and borders on a hate crime. While we have seen vandalism before at other campuses across the nation, it is not uncommon for students to face opposition of this nature but usually the campus police do help out and stop the vandalism rather than hide behind some ‘artistic expression’ excuse. You can read John’s, the president of Hilltoppers for Life, first hand account here.

Please take a moment today to:

1) Call or Email WKU Dean, Dr. Dennis George at 270-745-8723 or dennis.george@wku.edu to express your outrage and demand the university apologize to WKU Hilltoppers for Life and better train the campus police force so that they learn that putting condoms on some one else’s crosses is not art or freedom of expression, it is desecration and vandalization.

2) Log into our action website with your Facebook or Twitter account and Sign our petition to the WKU Administration and show them that America is watching.

3) And post this social media graphic to your Facebook or Twitter account:

CLICK HERE

BACKGROUND

Two years ago, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services notified Nebraska that its decades-long policy of insuring prenatal health care for unborn children in impoverished families under the Medicaid program had to be discontinued. Medicaid does not include the unborn as eligible recipients of prenatal health care in their own right. However, another joint federal-state program, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), does just that. In fact, the CHIP program explicitly includes unborn children “from conception to birth” in its definition of “child.” This enables the state to provide coverage of prenatal health care regardless of the mother’s eligibility status–other than impoverishment–and in doing so recognizes the individual humanity of the unborn child.

Unfortunately, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (NDHHS) has chosen not to apply for the unborn-child option available under CHIP. However, the Nebraska Legislature is about to begin debate on LB 599, a bill that would restore access to prenatal health care for vulnerable unborn children by requiring NDHHS to apply for the unborn-child option under CHIP.

ACTION

Contact your state senator–and any others you know or with whom you have a connection–by e-mail or phone. Urge others to do the same. Even if you acted on the previous alert on this matter, please do a follow-up, as the matter has become even more urgent due to scheduling on the bill.

MESSAGE

“Please support LB 599, to restore access to prenatal health care for vulnerable unborn children by means of the unborn-child option of the Children’s Health Insurance Program. As a Pro Life Nebraskan, I believe it is wrong to ignore and penalize unborn children in impoverished families because of the circumstances and actions of their parents. LB 599 is the right and caring thing to do.

WHEN

ASAP. LB 599 is likely to be called for floor debate sometime tomorrow-Tuesday, April 3rd.

You can find additional Talking Points for LB 599 here.

Click here to: Find your State Senator

You can e-mail senators through the Nebraska Legislative webpage at:
http://nebraskalegislature.gov or by using the legislator’s first initial plus their last name followed by @leg.ne.gov (example: lheidemann@leg.ne.gov)

Now is the Time to Pour It On!

The ObamaCare Abortion Mandate:

Speak Now or Forever Regret It!

Friends of Operation Rescue,

You have doubtless heard the news. The Hearings on the Pro-Abortion ObamaCare Mandate are finished but now comes the Court’s considerations and discussion behind closed doors… and the right decision is by no means assured. The critical moment is at hand.

Thankfully, we have a brand-new way to let your voice be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the IMMORAL OUTRAGE known as the ObamaCare “Abortion Mandate”. So while the Justices consider the arguments Prolife Americans like you are making your opinions known with thousands of 1st-Class mailed postcards that are flooding their offices this week and until a decision is rendered.

So, thanks you for the thousands of cards already sent and we want to encourage those of you who have not yet taken advantage of this new “automatic” communication method to do so, NOW. It’s FAST, EASY, and POWERFULLY EFFECTIVE. And the best part is that the RejectObamaCare Team does all the work as we will print and mail your postcards and they will automatically go into tonight’s 1st-Class mail to let the Justices.

You’re Just a Click Away!

With just a click of your mouse button, you can visit “REJECTOBAMACARE.COM” and tell each one of the Supreme Court Justices that you want them to STRIKE DOWN the ObamaCare “Abortion Mandate”!

They’re hearing the case on TODAY and Tuesday – and then they’ll make their ruling in the coming months.That means NOW is the time for ALL good pro-life Americans to…

LET OUR VOICES BE HEARD!
Order cards at www.rejectobamacare.com
• If you DON’T want to PAY FOR ABORTIONS…
• If you DON’T want abortion pills forced down everyone’s throats…
• If you DON’T want Obama to SUBSIDIZE and ENCOURAGE ABORTIONS by making them
cost ONLY A DOLLAR…

…then you need to SPEAK UP NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR “PEACE”!
But if you DON’T speak up, there will be NO PEACE!

The ABORTION FLOODGATES will be flung WIDE OPEN – like never before!

Abortion will OVERCOME America… to be followed close behind by FORCED contraception on teenage girls… FORCED sterilization of couples who are “over their quota” for having children… and finally FORCED ABORTION like they have in COMMUNIST CHINA!!!

Yes, that’s where we’re headed…

IF We Don’t STOP Obama’s
Pro-Abortion Policies NOW!
So please take a few moments to DO YOUR PART and let your voice be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.

CLICK HERE NOW TO GO TO “REJECTOBAMACRE.COM… AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR LIFE!

Please pass on the truly final and newly-revised flyer with free shuttle & parking details to everyone you can and at your earliest convenience – it contains the important information below. Hope to see hundreds of people at the rally tomorrow! It looks to be a beautiful and God-filled day.

Street parking around the U.S. District Court is limited, so consider carpooling and taking advantage of the options below:
SHUTTLES ARE AVAILABLE: 2 free Laidlaw bus shuttles will run from 11 a.m. until 12 noon, transporting people from St. Peter Church at 2706 Leavenworth St. (parking lots are located behind the church, behind the school building and on the SE corner of 27th & Leavenworth) or from St. Cecilia’s Cathedral at 701 N. 40th St. (the parking lots on the west side of 40th St. and neighborhood parallel parking) to St. Mary Magdalene Church at 19th and Dodge. The buses will also transport people from St. Mary Magdalene Church to their respective parking lot of origin from 12:45 p.m. until 2 p.m.
GARAGE PARKING: There are hourly parking garages available: Tower Park (18th & Douglas); 17th Street Parking (17th & Douglas); Central City Parking (17th & Dodge); Omaha Park One (15th & Douglas); Omaha Park 5 (19th & Capitol).

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RALLY NOON TO 1PM, AT, 111 S. 18TH, US COURT BLDG. FREE SHUTTLE BUS

SHUTTLES LEAVE FROM ST. PETER’S 27TH & LEAVENWORTH, FREE- PARK CAR IN CHURCH LOT AND LEAVE AT 11AM.

SECOND BUS AT 700 N. 40, ST CECILIA’S PARKING LOT, LEAVE AT 11 ALSO. BOTH FREE.

From February 22 – April 1, our community will be one of many joining together for a faith-filled, groundbreaking, coordinated pro-life mobilization — 40 Days for Life. 40 Days for Life is a focused pro-life effort that consists of:

40 days of prayer and fasting
40 days of peaceful vigil
40 days of community outreach

We are praying that, with God’s help, this groundbreaking effort will mark the beginning of the end of abortion in our city — and throughout America.

Take a stand for life

While all aspects of 40 Days for Life are crucial in our effort to end abortion, the most visible component is the peaceful prayer vigil outside the local abortion facility.

You can help make a life-saving impact by joining our local vigils at:

Abortion and Contraception Clinic of Nebraska
1002 West Mission Ave.
Bellevue, NE 68005

Planned Parenthood
3105 North 93rd Street
Omaha, NE 68134

*Sign up to participate in our local 40 Days for Life vigil HERE! http://www.40daysforlife.com/omaha/index.cfm?load=page&page=3

Do you think that your tax dollars should be spent on abortions?
If not, then do not wait another minute!
The federal healthcare law would include taxpayer dollars as resources for abortions!
Call now to let your representative know!

We must flood their offices with calls letting them know that they will be held accountable for the position they take on this. We need to let them know that we will not sit idly by as they continue to dip into our pockets to pay for abortions.

We must fight to get the government out of funding abortion.
Please act today, and urge your like-minded friends to do the same!
Thank you.

Click here for a directory of Representatives. http://www.house.gov/representatives/#state_fl

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 789 here: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll789.xml

U.S. House Passes Protect Life Act, 251-172!
WASHINGTON (Updated October 13, 2011,7:30 PM EST) — The U.S. House of Representatives this evening passed the NRLC-backed Protect Life Act (H.R. 358) by a vote of 251-172.

The Protect Life Act would nullify the multiple abortion-expanding provisions of the 2010 federal health care law (“ObamaCare”).

On October 5, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius vehemently defended the 2010 health care law in a speech to a NARAL Pro-Choice America fundraiser, saying ‘we are in a war’ with critics of the law. On October 12, the White House issued a formal veto threat against the Protect Life Act. “President Obama won enactment of ObamaCare in 2010 partly by pretending that the bill did not expand abortion — but now the mask is coming off,” said NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson.

In an October 6 letter to U.S. House members, NRLC noted that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, Public Law 111-148, “ObamaCare”) “. . . contained multiple provisions that provide authorizations for subsidies for abortion, both implicit and explicit, and also multiple provisions that opened doors to abortion-expanding administrative actions.” The Protect Life Act would prohibit the use of any PPACA-authorized funds for abortions or to subsidize health plans that cover abortions, except to save the life of the mother, or in cases of rape or incest. The Protect Life Act would not restrict the sale or purchase of insurance coverage for abortion with non-federal funds.

During today’s debate, opponents of the bill repeatedly claimed that it would allow hospitals to deny women “emergency” abortions. In reality, the bill does not change the longstanding federal law in question, called EMTALA, which requires that in an “emergency” a hospital must do its best to stabilize both the pregnant mother and her “unborn child” (which is the term used in the statute). The Protect Life Act allows federal funding of an abortion required to save a mother’s life.

The Protect Life Act is sponsored by Congressman Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) and Congressman Dan Lipinski (D-Il.). On today’s vote on passage, the bill was supported by 236 Republicans and 15 Democrats. It was opposed by 170 Democrats and two Republicans.

Dear Friends,

As I’ve mentioned in previous updates, the Obama Administration has issued a new policy (as part of the new healthcare act) that forces most private health plans to provide coverage for birth control and sterilizations at no charge (no co-pay, no deductible). The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), which drafted and is implementing this policy, is accepting public comment until the end of September.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is urging Catholic individuals, institutions and groups to submit comments urging DHHS to rescind this policy which represents an “unprecedented attack on religious freedom.” They have produced an urgent nationwide bulletin insert that they are asking all parishes to distribute. The bulletin insert (both English and Spanish) and excellent background information is available online at www.usccb.org/conscience.

The USCCB has made it VERY easy to submit online comments with a pre-printed message that allows the sender to add his/her own comments. The link above also provides an opportunity to send a message to our elected officials in Washington urging them to support the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (H.R. 1179/S. 1467) which would allow exemptions (based on moral or religious beliefs) from this coercion . Congressman Jeff Fortenberry introduced H.R. 1179 and Congressmen Lee Terry and Adrian Smith are co-sponsors. Sen. Mike Johanns is a co-sponsor of S. 1467. Sen. Ben Nelson has not yet co-sponsored the bill and should be urged to do so.

Finally, below are some upcoming pro-life events.

UPCOMING PRO LIFE EVENTS

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

Sidewalk Counseling Workshop at St. Robert Bellarmine
If you’ve ever wanted to pray outside an abortion clinic but were intimidated or didn’t know where to start, please join Heather Gardner & Elizabeth McClung, counselors from the Austin Coalition for Life (who helped Abby Johnson walk away from Planned Parenthood), at a special two-part workshop. The first part will be held Thursday, September 15th, from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. at St. Robert Bellarmine Parish at 119th & Pacific streets. The second part will be an observation and prayer time in front of the Carhart abortion clinic in Bellevue on Friday, September 16th, at 7:30 a.m.

The cost for the workshop is $25 and includes training materials and light dinner on Thursday. You must register in advance by contacting Stacey Floersch at SJFloersch@gmail.com or sending a check to: Coalition for Life c/o Stacey Floersch, 15725 California St., Omaha, NE 68118.

September 27 through 30

Jim Sedlak, founder of Stop Planned Parenthood International, is coming to Nebraska to conduct special training workshops and informational talks in five of the communities Planned Parenthood would like to open offices. His speaking schedule is below. Training workshops will provide information on how to keep PP out of a community. The general audience talks will explain why it is important to keep PP out.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27-NORTH PLATTE

7:00 to 9:00 pm

Training Workshop

Mid-Plains Community College at North Campus,

1101 Halligan Dr, North Platte

Local Contact: Ed Rieker; 308-530-2862; erieker@wdesignea.com

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28-NORTH PLATTE

NOON

General Audience Talk

Depot Restaurant

520 N. Jeffers St., North Platte

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28-KEARNEY

7:00 to 9:00 pm

Training Workshop

Good Samaritan Hospital Conference Center (Room E and F)

10 E. 31st St. (31st and Central Ave), Kearney

Local Contact: Ken Vyvlecka; 308-627-4797; kenv@familyop.com

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29-KEARNEY

NOON

General Audience Talk

Trinity Presbyterian Church

3910 22nd Ave,

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29-DONIPHAN (G.I/HASTINGS)

7:00 to 9:00 pm

Training Workshop

St. Ann’s Catholic Church Hall

202 N. 5th, Doniphan

Local Contacts:

Grand Island: Barb Jones; 308-384-8032; ducklady208@aol.com

Hastings: Connie Consbruck; 402-751-2368; concon@gtmc.net

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30-HASTINGS

NOON

General Audience Talk

Valentino’s Restaurant

Hastings604 S. Burlington Ave,

Local Contact: Connie Consbruck; 402-751-2368; concon@gtmc.net

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 7:00 TO 9:00 pm-FREMONT

7:00 to 9:00 pm

Training Workshop

Trinity Lutheran Church

16th & Luther Road, Fremont

Local Contact: Jan Ortmeier, 402-721-2196, donjan40@aol.com