2019. A new year. A new legislative session, at both the federal and state levels. Please read Jacki Ragan’s story on page 5 which outlines what you can do to help turn back pro-abortion initiatives and enacted pro-life legislation. The now-Democratically controlled House of Representatives quickly reinforced our belief that pro-abortion House Democrats will do whatever they can to promote and advance the killing of unborn children. On their first day of running the House, under Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s leadership, they voted to repeal the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance program, an updated and expanded version of the Mexico City Policy. They also voted to restore funding to the United Nations Population Fund. All this tacked onto a bill to deal with the governmental shutdown! We can expect to see attempts to repeal the Hyde Amendment so that our tax dollars pay for abortion. Before its enactment, our tax dollars paid for at least 300,000 abortions a year. I will not be surprised to see efforts to remove any conscience protections for medical personnel who do not want to participate in abortions. And the Democrats will try to enshrine abortion as a fundamental right in new versions of the so-called Freedom of Choice Act. Whatever form FOCA takes, its goal is always to obliterate any and all protective legislation
