ONLINE NEWS
February 25, 2019
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Vintage Video
Still Resonates
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In celebration of
Black History Month
in February and
Women's History Month
in March, watch this short video of a true American hero whose efforts to guard the sanctity of life still live on today. Thank you, Dr. Mildred Jefferson. Your legacy lives on.
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Call Your State Representative and Urge Support for Down Syndrome Protection Act!
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Please call your representative in the PA House of Representatives and urge him or her to co-sponsor the Down Syndrome Protection Act.
The bill is being introduced by Rep. Kate Klunk and Speaker Mike Turzai and would ban abortion for the sole reason of a Down syndrome diagnosis.
If you do not know who your state rep is, or you need contact information, click
here.
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Life and Death:
Lessons My Mother Taught Me
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By Bonnie Finnerty, Education Director
On January 18, 2019, I eagerly accepted the position of Education Director at the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation. My former career as a teacher coupled with my life-long advocacy of life issues led me to believe this was the job for which I had long been searching. Part-time and close to home, I could still juggle the responsibilities of family life and volunteer work. In addition, I was blessed to work with authentically kind, compassionate, and committed people with whom I felt an instant bond. The overwhelming joy I felt at this new chapter in my life was tempered, however, just three days later, when we learned that my active 82 year-old mother had pancreatic cancer. Her doctor surmised that she might live until Easter.
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Sign Our Petition to Stop
Taxpayer Funding of Abortion!
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New threats have emerged at both the state and federal level for taxpayer funding of abortion.
We must safeguard our hard-earned tax dollars from the abortion industry!
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15th Annual Pro-Life Dinner--
Sponsored by the Bedford County Chapter of Citizens Concerned for Human Life--
Friday, March 1 at 6 p.m.,
Dunnings Creek Church of the Brethren, 195 Church Rd., New Paris, PA, 15554. Featured speakers will be Holly and Nate Fugate, Voices for Life.
Dinner flyer at
www.BedfordCountyProLife.org/dinner
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Free Huntingdon County Pro-Life Seminar Saturday Morning, March 2, 2019
The two hour Voice for Life Seminar will be held at the Community Chapel of Hesston just south of McConnellstown. The seminar begins at 9:45. Doors open at 9:30. Free lunch afterwards - donations welcome. To register, please call the Community Chapel of Hesston office at 814-658-3419 between 9:30 & 1:30 M-F or email
info@hesstonchapel.com
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High School Oratory Contest at the Erie County Blasco Memorial Library in Erie on
April 13.
(Contact
People for Life
for more information: 814-882-1333 /
office@peopleforlife.org
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Special Events
Susquehanna Valley Conservatives
will meet
Monday, March 11, 2019 at 7 p.m.
Executive Director, Michael Ciccocioppo will discuss current pro-life issues happening in and around our state at the
Best Western/Country Cupboard
, Rt. 15, Lewisburg. The public is welcome to attend. Contact
danclarknj@aol.com
for more information.
If you live in PA and you'd like to get involved in a local chapter, contact Executive Director Michael Ciccocioppo at
ciccocioppo@paprolife.org
or by phone at 717-541-0034.
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Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation
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