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Action Alert: HB 818 to be Voted on in Senate Committee
May 6, 2013 // 0 CommentsHB 818, the bill to keep abortion coverage out of Pennsylvania’s state exchanges under Obamacare, is up for a vote in the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee tomorrow. Remember it passed in the State House on April 23 by a vote of 144-53. Now it’s the Senate’s turn to start the process of getting this passed!
Action Alert: Final Vote on Abortion Opt Out
April 22, 2013 // 0 CommentsHB 818 was voted out of the House Health Committee on April 15th along a mostly party line vote. On April 17th the House took up HB 818 on second consideration — debating and voting on amendments. All pro-abortion amendments were defeated. Remember passage of this bill would insure that Pennsylvania opts out of abortion funding under the health insurance exchange that will be created by Obamacare.
Action Alert: Ask Your State Rep to Support HB 818
April 15, 2013 // 0 CommentsToday the State House Health Committee will be voting on HB 818. Passage of this bill would insure that Pennsylvania opts out of abortion funding under the health insurance exchange that will be created by Obamacare.
Action Alert: Tell Health and Human Services “NO”
April 4, 2013 // 0 CommentsThe deadline for the public to give its official input against the HHS mandate that requires companies to pay for birth control and abortion-causing drugs is April 8. HHS needs to be reminded that Americans are still upset with this mandate and the best way to do that is to leave a comment on their website.
Action Alert: Ask Your Congressman to Restore Conscience Protections
February 27, 2013 // 1 CommentAs you know, the Obama administration has launched an assault against religious liberty and conscience by forcing organizations and businesses to pay for coverage of abortion-inducing drugs, regardless of their moral objections.
Action Alert: Hobby Lobby Appreciation Day
January 4, 2013 // 0 CommentsHobby Lobby is a Christian-owned national craft store. It has sued to be exempted from the requirement under Obamacare to provide abortion causing drugs and sterilization coverage in its health plans for employees and has lost at every turn. They have indicated they will defy the Obama Administration and not provide this coverage. The CEO and owner, David Green, says the chain potentially faces a fine of $1.3 million per day.
News Release: Congressional Commission is Not Needed
January 3, 2013 // 0 Comments
Those pushing for the legalization of abortion said it would create a world where all children would be wanted and loved. Child abuse would disappear and ‘we’d all live happily ever after.’ The exact opposite has happened. The American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA), a statewide child advocacy group, has responded to the passage of the Protect Our Kids Act, H.R. 6655, last month.
News Release: Philly Taxpayers Provide Free Condoms to Students
January 3, 2013 // 0 Comments
Over the Christmas break condom dispensers were placed near nurses’ offices in 22 schools which have the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases in the Philadelphia School District. Today the American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA) faxed letters of concern to the principals of each of the 22 schools.
Action Alert: UN Treaty Vote Scheduled for Thursday
July 24, 2012 // 0 CommentsA vote had been scheduled last Thursday in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities (CRPD). However, Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) led an effort to prevent that from happening. Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) announced at that time that he will instead hold the markup on July 26, the 22nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
News Release: Three PA Congressmen Vote for Genocide
June 1, 2012 // 0 Comments
Yesterday the US House failed to get a 2/3 vote majority in order to ban abortions due to the baby being “the wrong sex.” HR 3541 would have made it a federal offense to knowingly perform a sex-selection abortion or coerce a woman into such a procedure, or to transport a woman across state lines or into the United States to obtain a sex-selection abortion. The American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA) is deeply troubled by the failed attempt to obtain the required 2/3 vote to pass HR 3541, but is especially troubled to know that three of the PA delegation voted against the bill.
