New resources available on the NRLC website

This is from the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), Federal Legislation Department. The purpose of this e-mail is to alert you to a number of new resources available on the NRLC website, dealing with the abortion-related implications of the health-care restructuring bills that are being pushed by the White House. Please forward this e-mail to any appropriate lists. The new resources include the following: A new and detailed NRLC factsheet that documents the abortion-related problems with the two bills that President Obama and the White House are pushing: Senator Kennedy's bill (as yet unnumbered) and the House Democratic leadership bill, H.R. 3200. The NRLC analysis includes an examination of the Capps Amendment, a "phony compromise" that was written by hard-core pro-abortion lawmakers and adopted over pro-life objections in one House committee on July 30. This memo can be viewed or downloaded here (PDF format). A one page summary, "Key Talking Points on Abortion in Obama-Backed Health Care Bills," here. A detailed update on the current state of the debate in Congress, sent to NRLC affiliates and supporters nationwide on August 7 in the form of a page 1 article in the National Right to Life News. This article can be viewed in your web browser here or downloaded in PDF format from here. A special webpage set up by NRLC to highlight the pro-abortion activities of Congressman Tim Ryan (D-Oh.), who impersonates a pro-life lawmaker in the media in order to undercut the efforts of the real pro-life lawmakers of both parties, here. A new letter sent to members of the U.S. House by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on August 11, urging the lawmakers to vote against the "rule" -- the procedural bridge by which H.R. 3200 would be brought to the House floor in September -- unless the rule allows consideration of amendments to remove the pro-abortion components from the bill. To view or download the letter (PDF format), click here. An August 5, 2009, Associated Press story, "Government insurance would allow coverage for abortion," by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, here. An always-current summary of the legislative situation in Congress on this issue, with tools for action, here:   http://www.capwiz.com/nrlc/issues/alert/?alertid=13157881&type=CO   For further questions or comments on this project, feel free to email us at legfederal@aol.com - To contact or donate by phone: (202) 626-8800 - To contact us by mail: National Right to Life, Inc. 512 10th St., NW Washington, DC 20004-1401

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