[Apologetics] Pro-Abortion Lawmakers Propose "FOCA" to Invalidate All Limits on Abortion

[Art Kelly]

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From: nrlc at nrlc.org [mailto:nrlc at nrlc.org]
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:45 AM
To: akelly at americantarget.com
Subject: {Disarmed} NRLC Alert: "Freedom for Partial-Birth Abortionists Act" (FOCA)


     
       
      CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ALERT:
      The "Freedom for Partial-Birth Abortionists Act" -- 
      Pro-Abortion Lawmakers Propose "FOCA" to Invalidate All Limits on Abortion

      WASHINGTON (April 28, 2007) – In response to the April 18 U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, prominent Democratic members of Congress the next day reintroduced the so-called "Freedom of Choice Act" (FOCA), a proposed federal law to nullify virtually all federal and state limitations on abortion.

      The promoters of the FOCA sometimes claim that its purpose is to "codify Roe v Wade."  But the key binding provisions of the bill would go even further than Roe, invalidating all of the major types of pro-life laws that have been upheld by the Supreme Court in the decades since Roe.  

      "The claim that the bill would ‘codify Roe' is just a marketing gimmick by the proponents," explains NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson.  "The sponsors hope that journalists and legislators will lazily accept that vague shorthand phrase – but it is very misleading.  The heart of the bill is a ban that would nullify all of the major types of pro-life laws that the Supreme Court has said are permissible under Roe v. Wade, including the ban on partial-birth abortions and bans on government funding of abortion."

      To read the detailed article on the new FOCA that appears in the May issue of National Right to Life News, click here.

      To go to the NRLC Legislative Action Center for help sending quick e-mails to your U.S. senators and U.S. House member against the FOCA, and for guidance about how to communicate with your representatives in other ways, click here.

      To keep up with the latest developments in Congress, and to review the up-to-date voting records of your representatives in Congress, visit the NRLC Legislative Action Center frequently at http://www.capwiz.com/nrlc/home/
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