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THE VERDICT IS IN: Philadelphia Abortionist Kermit Gosnell Found GUILTY

by Wisconsin Family Action

“I’m pleased.  I expected nothing less.” – Anna Higgins, Family Research Council

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GUILTY on 3/4 Counts of Murder

Today, Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell was found GUILTY on 3 first-degree murder charges, which would qualify him for the death penalty in Pennsylvania.  After 10 days of deliberations, the jury has deemed Gosnell GUILTY of murdering Baby A, Baby C and Baby D.  He has also been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the overdose death of a patient. (The abortionist faced 258 counts total and other charges against him, including one count of infanticide and one of racketeering, 24 counts of performing third-trimester abortions and 227 counts of failing to follow the 24-hour waiting period law before an abortion.)  According to unconfirmed reports, Gosnell has also been found guilty of hundreds these other counts.  We will provide further information as it becomes available.

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No Money; No Sympathy – Planned Parenthood’s BOOT out of Wisconsin

by Wisconsin Family Action

From the desk of Julaine Appling, Wisconsin Family Action president:

ImageI can’t think of one single reason that a dime of taxpayer money should be going to Planned Parenthood.  Not one.  I can’t think of one single reason I should be upset that last week Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin shut down the first of four facilities in our state.
Let’s briefly rehearse the history of Planned Parenthood.  The organization grew out of the American Birth Control League, founded in 1921, by Margaret Sanger, a woman who believed we needed to purify the gene pool, so to speak, by discouraging people she deemed “unfit” from having babies.
Sanger made no secret of her interest in eugenics. An even cursory review of her writings would show that she was targeting the African-American community, although she was smart enough to not directly state that.  Comments such as this one from her Birth Control Review publication, however, make her racist thinking clear. Sanger wrote, “As an advocate of birth control I wish … to point out that the unbalance between the birth rate of the ‘unfit’ and the ‘fit,’ admittedly the greatest present menace to civilization, can never be rectified by the inauguration of a cradle competition between these two classes. In this matter, the example of the inferior classes, the fertility of the feeble-minded, the mentally defective, the poverty-stricken classes, should not be held up for emulation…. On the contrary, the most urgent problem today is how to limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective.”
Where did that approach get the African-American community?  Today, some contend that over 78% of Planned Parenthood facilities are in minority neighborhoods, in spite of the fact that African-Americans make up just 12% or so of the total population.  Tragically, 35% of the abortions in America are done on African-American women.
ImageOver the years, through smooth-sounding phrases and disingenuous words, Sanger’s campaign for birth control became a nationwide campaign for abortion on demand, the ultimate contraception–which in 1973 became a reality with the truly infamous Roe v. Wade US Supreme Court decision.  That ruling put Planned Parenthood in the driver’s seat. Almost overnight they were everywhere, including in our federal and state budgets, most often under the guise of Margaret Sanger’s passion—family planning or birth control.
Think about that for a minute.  Government uses taxpayer money to encourage its citizens not to have babies.  Aren’t babies the future taxpayers and workforce in our country? Aren’t they the next scientists, leaders, teachers, artists, and athletes?  Well, apparently they are, but we really want only those babies to be born whom we believe can improve the gene pool. So we use our taxpayer money to fund an organization whose goal is to keep women from having babies—either by contraception or if contraception fails then by murdering their unborn children? It makes no sense.  None.

Teens May Obtain “Morning After” Pill Sans Parents Thanks to FDA

by Wisconsin Family Action

“This is the real war on women. “Ella” has serious health risks for young girls. This decision by the FDA denigrates women by sending the wrong message, especially to young girls, about their true value and the gift of sexuality.  Furthermore, it undermines parental authority and knowlege. “

- Julaine Appling, WFA president

ImageYesterday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Ella, a drug that can cause abortions but is misleadingly labeled as a more effective “Emergency Contraceptive,” as an over-the-counter product that may be obtained by children as young as 15.

From our affiliates at Family Research Council:

“The FDA opted against including the critical fact that Ella can cause an abortion on a baby already implanted in its mother’s womb in the drug labeling information. This decision flies in the face of the Obama Administration’s promise to transparency and a commitment to science. The difference between preventing and destroying life is enormous, and women have the right to know how this drug will act on their bodies and on their babies.

Image“Since Ella is chemically similar to RU-486 (which has been the cause of at least six deaths reported to the FDA in less than six years) it is likely that the serious health concerns for women will be similar. The FDA has very little knowledge about how this drug will impact women’s health and for that reason alone should do more research before approval.”

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WFA Signs On to Letter in Support of Religious Liberty/”Health Care Conscience Rights” Bill

by Wisconsin Family Action

Along with numerous other pro-religious freedom organizations, Wisconsin Family Action has signed the letter to the U.S. House of Representatives urging the passage of the Health Care Conscience Rights ActImage (HCCRA) introduced by U.S. Rep. Diane Black (R-TN).  Read this breaking press release from our friends at Family Research Council:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 5, 2013
CONTACT: J.P. Duffy or Darin Miller, (866) FRC-NEWS or (866) 372-6397

FRC Urges Congress to Pass Health Care Conscience Rights Act
March 05, 2013

NASHVILLE, TN – Family Research Council (FRC) hosted a news conference at the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee today to discuss the need for conscience protections for religious business owners and individuals from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services mandate on abortion-causing drugs, sterilizations and contraceptives. FRC President Tony Perkins and FRC Executive Vice President Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jerry Boykin were joined by Janet Parshall, radio host for Moody Radio, Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr. of Hope Christian Church and Dr. Richard Land, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), to discuss the HHS mandate that employers cover abortion-causing drugs, sterilizations and contraceptives in their health insurance plans, even if those employers have religious convictions against such coverage.

During the press conference, Perkins expressed support for the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HCCRA), introduced yesterday by U.S. Rep. Diane Black (R-TN) to protect the religious liberties of anyone who purchases health insurance, including non-profits, businesses and individuals, as well as providing greater protections for health care workers who refuse to participate in abortion. Rep. Black joined the press conference at NRB by video.

In a letter earlier this week FRC and other organizations urged U.S. House of Representatives leaders to include conscience protection language in the Continuing Resolution (CR) currently before Congress.

Of the conscience bill and the CR, Perkins said:

“We are disappointed that the Health Care Conscience Rights Act wasn’t placed in the Continuing Resolution, but we continue to urge Members to push for its inclusion. This bill’s language must be included in must-pass legislation to ensure that the First Amendment-guaranteed religious liberties of all Americans are protected. Failure to include it will result in thousands of religious organizations being forced to comply or face severe fines for maintaining their religious convictions.”

To hear audio of today’s press conference, click here.

To read the letter to U.S. House of Representatives leaders, click here.

Closing of 4 WI Planned Parenthood Facilities is “GOOD NEWS” for Wisconsin

by Wisconsin Family Action

WFA President Julaine Appling explains how the recent closure of four Planned Parenthood locations in Beaver Dam, Johnson Creek, Shawano and Chippewa Falls is “good news” for Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Planned Parenthood Closings Cause for Rejoicing

by Wisconsin Family Action

A message from WFA President Julaine Appling:

An Unintended Consequence & Cause for Rejoicing

The press release showed up in our inboxes on Monday.  I read the headline and cheered, as did everyone else in our office. I don’t think that’s really the reaction the organization that issued the press release wanted people to have.  Here’s the headline that caused our jubilation: “Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Announces Health Center Closures.”

Yes, you heard that right.  Earlier this week, the state’s largest abortion provider announced that it is shutting down four, as they call them, “family planning health centers” in the state.  The four communities directly affected are Shawano, Chippewa Falls, Johnson Creek and Beaver Dam.

Of course, the timing of this announcement is designed to coincide with Governor Walker’s budget address this week.  Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin blames the Governor and the state legislature for having to close these facilities—and for the record, these are not “health centers.”  Any place that counsels for abortion and refers for abortion is not about women’s health.

ImageIn the budget that the state enacted in June 2011, nearly $4 million of taxpayer money that had historically been designated for “family planning” was redirected with the stipulation that the counties that would get the money could not give our tax dollars to organizations that promoted abortion or referred for abortions or had affiliates who promote or refer for abortion.  Since Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin received the lion’s share of that $4 million over the two years of the budget, they were the most unhappy of the state’s abortion-referring and performing organizations.

Was the direct intent of the legislature and the governor to shut down Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin facilities?  No, of course not. The intent was to quit using taxpayer money to support organizations that kill the next generation of Wisconsin citizens.  Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin has every right to raise money from the private sector, just like we do.  What the governor and the legislature said was that they value human life and aren’t willing to keep pouring millions of dollars of taxpayer money into an organization whose main mission is to abort Wisconsin’s future taxpayers and workers.

This is a great lesson about passing good legislation.  Bad legislation often has bad unintended consequences; good legislation often has good unintended consequences.  It also highlights the truth that I have been trying to get people to understand for years.  Not only can we legislate morality, we do it every day.  Someone’s morality—someone’s view of right and wrong—becomes law every time we pass a bill in Madison or anywhere else.  We get good law when good morality is legislated.

Now, what about these communities where the facilities are closing?  Planned Parenthood wants us to believe that women are going to be going without cancer screenings and other health care.  The truth is that Planned Parenthood is not the only provider of such screenings and reproductive health care in these communities—not even for low-income women. Don’t believe the lie that these women have no alternatives. It’s just not true.

It’s especially not true when you remember that the counties by law had to dispense the money from the state for these services—they just couldn’t distribute it to organizations such as Planned Parenthood.  Someone in those four communities got the money and is making the services available.

What the closing of these centers means is that fewer teenagers will be given contraceptive drugs and devices without their parents’ knowledge, let alone permission.  The closings mean fewer women will be told that abortion is their only viable option in an unplanned pregnancy.  It’s important to note here that in the most recent reporting period, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin reported that they had zero—let me repeat that—zero referrals for adoption.  That’s why I said that women are told that abortion is their only option.  In those communities, fewer women will suffer the trauma of abortion; maybe more babies will be born—and more babies adopted in to forever families.

In spite of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin’s best effort to issue a doom and gloom press release on the closing of these facilities, from our perspective this is a time for joy—and a time to thank God for this particular unintended consequence.  We can only hope that the governor and the state legislature will shut down other funding streams that use taxpayer money to fund this abortion giant. That would be more cause for cheering.

REGISTER TODAY! WFC “DAY AT THE CAPITOL” MARCH 21, 2013!

by Wisconsin Family Action


WISCONSIN FAMILY COUNCIL
“DAY AT THE CAPITOL”
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Register TODAY – SPACE IS LIMITED

On Thursday, March 21st, families and individuals from across the state of Wisconsin will have the opportunity to connect with their government through Wisconsin Family Council’s annual “Day at the Capitol.”  Highlights of the day will include the unique Heritage Tour of the Capitol, Q&A with WFC president Julaine Appling, and time to visit state legislators in their respective offices.

For more information or to REGISTER:

1.  Email us at info@wifamilyaction.org

2.  Register securely HERE.

3.  Call our office at 1-866-849-2536.

Wisconsin Family Action presents “ASK JULAINE!”

by Wisconsin Family Action

This is a time where Wisconsin friends and families have the opportunity to ask WFA president Julaine Appling questions about the issues that concern them most. Whether the topic is legislation, about our organization, or something you’d like to know about that you feel Julaine can assist you with, Wisconsin Family Action stands ready to receive your questions and lend our very best answers! (To submit a question, email WFA at info@wisconsinfamilyaction.org OR sent via USPS mail to P.O. Box 1327, Madison, WI 53701 – No phone calls, please!)

40 Years of “ROE” in Wisconsin

by Wisconsin Family Action

WFA President Julaine Appling writes:

“This week we observe the 40th anniversary of the infamous Roe v. Wade US Supreme Court decision, in which by judicial fiat, literally breath-taking judicial activism, America embarked on its own holocaust.  The result to date—nearly 55 million unborn Americans have been murdered.  While it is a bit difficult to get any consistently reliable numbers, it appears that the US, categorized as a “developed country,” ranks high on the international scene for how many babies we legally kill each year.

In Wisconsin, it’s easier to get reliable numbers.  Since 1973 and the legalizing of this insanity, we have killed over 530,000 babies—a number that is more than the combined populations of Madison, Green Bay, Racine, Eau Claire and La Crosse.

In 2011, Wisconsin suffered 7,249 abortions, which is about 20 abortions a day.  Abortions…that word seems so sterile.  No, we legally killed about 20 unborn babies each of the 365 days of the year.  Why did we kill these babies?  Well, according to the women, the top reason was either they were “unready for responsibility” or they “[couldn’t] afford [a] baby now,” followed fairly closely by being “concerned about how a baby would change [her] life.”  Now, aren’t those just stunning reasons for murdering a child in utero?

What’s especially troubling to me in all these statistics is that in 2011, 78% of the abortions performed in Wisconsin were on women who were never married.  And another 8% were performed on women who were divorced, which means 86% of the abortions were performed on single women.  Please, please, please stop telling me that marriage doesn’t matter.  If you are pro-life, you ought to be avidly, rabidly pro-marriage.  The safest place for babies is to be conceived by men and women who are married to each other.

Moving on, just think of what we have lost with the killing of over 530,000 potential Wisconsin citizens:  teachers, preachers, entrepreneurs, scientists, artists, musicians, engineers and, for all those concerned about Wisconsin’s economic future—workers and taxpayers.  The loss in every way we want to think about it is absolutely staggering.

Now, that’s the bad and the bleak news.  There is some good news for us in The Badger State.  In 1980, Wisconsin killed 21,754 babies, which was 29 out of every 100 live births in this state, and represented 20 out of every 1000 women.  After 2000, we saw our abortion numbers begin to drop and to drop pretty significantly.

In 2005, we were down to 9,817 and in 2008, we dropped to 8,229 and in 2011, we reached a record low for this post-Roe v. Wade world, with 7, 249 abortions in Wisconsin.  Those statistics are significant and impressive—but we know they aren’t just statistics.  They are real babies, real women, and real men who are affected by this life-taking decision and procedure.

Much of the drop in abortions is directly related to the excellent work by the organizations in Wisconsin that are pro-life and our collective work in getting good laws passed—laws that make it harder to get an abortion, laws that protect women from coercion, laws that require that women face some abortion facts prior to the procedure, and more.

These statistics also reflect the entire pro-life community in our state.  We have thousands of passionate, committed pro-life citizens who devote hours every year to standing up for life, leading prayer vigils, doing sidewalk counseling, working in pregnancy resource centers, post-abortive women telling their own painful stories, and citizens changing insurance companies and health care providers.

All of these have and continue to contribute our abortion numbers moving in the right direction.  However, the numbers are still way too high, and we all need to commit to trumpeting the pro-life message and doing everything we can so that one day we will see the dastardly Roe v. Wade overturned and we will recognize the personhood of the unborn in Wisconsin  and give to them the most basic of all constitutional protections—life.”