X-Original-To:  christia@asuacad, MB09
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.christia
Date:         Mon, 6 Apr 1992 16:56:00 CDT
From:         MB09@SWTEXAS.BITNET
Subject:      abortion

Hi All,

I am back on the list now after being no mail for Spring Break and a few
weeks afterward.  I have been retrieving the messages I missed from the
archives so I have an idea about what is being discussed right now.

I attended the Texas Collegians for Life Conference this weekend.  I have
been involved in the Pro-Life movement for only a little while now (since
this past summer).  I volunteer as a counselor at our local CPC (Crisis
Pregnancy Center).  I attend the Greater Austin Right to Life (GARTL) monthly
Educational meetings.  I participate in the monthly "Write for Life" for
GARTL by writing letters to congresspeople, newspapers, TV stations, etc.
Now I am helping get a Pro-Life group started on our campus here at SWTSU.

I learned a lot this weekend at the conference.  I thought I knew a lot
about the abortion, choice, life issues, but I am just getting started
learning about it all.  I have a long way to go.

I know that the only way that we are going to fight and win on the abortion
issue is to GET EDUCATED.  And then after we are educated, EDUCATE OTHERS.
We have to learn about what is out there against us, and fight back.  One
way to do this is to write letters.  One of our letters to a congressperson
represents about 100 of us, so Pro-Lifers write away.  A tip that I got
from GARTL and the conference is to HAND WRITE letters.  This way they don't
look like a form letter.  It looks more personal this way and has a lot
more worth.

I would like to ask all of you Pro-lifers out there to PLEASE write to your
congresspeople about the so called "Freedom of Choice Act".  ("Freedom to
Kill Bill" as we like to call it.)  For those of you who don't know what
this is, please let me explain:

Roe v Wade is the Supreme Court decision that allows for abortion on demand
for the entire nine months of pregnancy for any reason (social and economic).
This case is very close to being overturned, people are saying anywhere from
3 months to a year and a half.  So of course the pro-aborts are pushing a
clever piece of legislation through Congress which would make Roe v Wade
irrelevant.  This legislation is called the "Freedom of Choice Act" (H.R. 25,
S. 25).  This act will prohibit all the states from limiting abortions at
any stage of pregnancy because of the simple word "health".  The Supreme
Court defines "health" as "...in the light of all factors - physical,
emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman's age - relevant to the
well being of the patient.  All these factors may relate to health. (Doe v
Bolton).  At least Roe lets the individual states put certain restrictions on
the abortion laws.  FOCA will not.

FOCA...

        *is much more extreme than Roe v Wade
        *will ban parental consent/ntoice laws
        *will allow abortion through all nine months with NO restrictions
        *will ban anti-funding laws
        *will ban record-keeping laws
        *will ban "conscience" laws (these are laws which say that someone
         working somewhere where abortions are performed cannot be fired
         if they don't want to work with the abortion process.  If this is
         banned, then people could lose their jobs for refusing to work
         with the abortion process.)
        *will allow people other than physicians to do abortions

The above were introduced to be passed as amendments but failed.  FOCA
doesn't state it word by word, but this will be the case.  It is very
clever and very deceiving.

We must write to our congresspeople because the pro-aborts are counting on
us to "roll over and play dead" (not my words, but effective nonetheless!).
They told us at the conference this weekend that it is no mistake that most
of the people in the Pro-Life movement are Christians.  We have God on our
side and we are going to win.  But as you have heard, "God helps those who
help themselves."  But in our case "God helps those, who help the unborn."

I am running low on time, here, but I want to send you a sample letter for
you to go by.  I will send it tomorrow.

By the way, I don't want any flames about this message.  I am addressing the
Pro-Lifers on this list.  I know that what I say is not going to change the
pro-aborts minds, and you aren't going to change my mind either.

I want to talk about the American Collegians for Life Program that is out
there to help state groups and college groups get started.  I will write
more about it later.

May Christ's Peace and Love be with you,

Michelle
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"With God all things are  possible."  Matthew 19:26

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* Michelle R. Bruce                                   *
* Programmer I                                        *
* Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas *
* about 30 miles South of Austin, Texas               *
* and 40 miles North of San Antonio, Texas            *
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