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Action Alert – Legislation to Defund Planned Parenthood to be Introduced
May 17, 2012 // 0 CommentsNext Wednesday May 23 the AFA of PA will be participating in a news conference introducing Representative Daryl Metcalfe’s bill to defund Planned Parenthood. It will be held at 10:00 a.m. in the Media Center in the State Capitol.
News Release: AFA of PA Calls on Babette Josephs to Apologize
March 29, 2012 // 0 Comments
State Representative Babette Josephs does not like those who hold views different from her own. This time she has attacked the female state legislators who support HB 1077 , a bill that would require a woman contemplating an abortion to not only get an ultrasound, but to see it. The American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA), a past target of Josephs, is appalled by Josephs attack on her colleagues and calls on her to immediately apologize for calling them “men with breasts” during her comments at a Capitol Rally sponsored by the Lancaster County Democratic Committee on March 26th.
Action Alert: The Women’s Right to Know Act is Under Assault
March 1, 2012 // 2 CommentsAbortion supporters are mounting an all out assault on HB 1077, the Women’s Right to Know Act, a bill which will require a mother considering abortion to view an ultrasound of her baby before an abortion can be performed. In so doing so can give informed consent to the procedure.
Action Alert: Support Senator Blunt’s Amendment on Conscience Protections
February 15, 2012 // 3 CommentsRemember Obama’s compromise on the Health and Human Services mandate to cover abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization, and contraception is not a compromise! This is what he said in a statement on Friday: Women will have access to free preventive care that includes contraceptive services, but if a women’s employer objects to birth control for religious reasons “the insurance company will be required to reach out and offer the woman contraceptive care free of charge.”
News Release: Shippensburg University Not Protecting Its Students
February 8, 2012 // 2 Comments
It was revealed yesterday that Shippensburg University, a state school in Shippensburg Borough which is divided between Franklin and Cumberland Counties has begun making the so-called morning after pill available to students through a vending machine. The American Family Association of Pennsylvania, an organization advocating for women and their unborn babies, is appalled that a school of higher education would make such a life destroying pill available to their students. The AFA of PA is calling of the State Legislature to investigate the legality of Shippensburg University’s offering of the morning after pill through an unsupervised vending machine.
Action Alert: What’s Going on In Your Child’s School This Week?
January 23, 2012 // 0 Comments1.) Is No Name Calling Week in your child’s school? 2.) President Obama’s statement on the anniversary of Roe v. Wad.
AFA of PA Weekly Update Now Available
December 23, 2011 // 0 CommentsCheck out our newest weekly update!
Weekly Update Available
December 17, 2011 // 0 CommentsWeekly Update is now available.
News Release – PA Legislature Makes Great Pro-Life Decisions
December 15, 2011 // 0 Comments
The American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA) commends the Pennsylvania legislature for taking steps this week to protect the most vulnerable of Pennsylvanians — the unborn.
News Release – Senator Casey Does Not Deserve Pro-Life Label
December 6, 2011 // 1 Comment
Today the United States Senate unsuccessfully voted on cloture for the nomination of Caitlin Halligan to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, considered the second highest court in the land. Even though both of Pennsylvania’s US Senators claim to be pro-life, only one voted to reflect that label. The American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA) is appalled that once again Senator Bob Casey, Jr., who campaigned and continues to label himself as pro-life, voted to confirm pro-abortion Caitlin Halligan.
