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Pro-life Health Care Demonstration
More than 50 concerned citizens turned out for a weekday demonstration on a cold wintry day to voice their objection to any health care bill that includes abortion coverage. The demonstration was sponsored by Saint Joseph County Right to Life.
The aim of effort was to encourage Senator Evan Bayh to vote no on cloture of the health care bill if a pro-life amendment is not included, and to vote no if the final version of the bill contains abortion coverage.
Demonstrators lined the sidewalk outside Bayh's downtown South Bend office. They included young and old, families with children, whites and African Americans. Tom Gill, president of Saint Joseph County Right to Life, presented Senator Bayh's office with a letter thanking the senator for voting no on the motion to table the pro-life Hatch-Nelson amendment which would have prohibited abortion coverage. Gill's letter called for no abortion coverage or the promotion of euthanasia or assisted suicide. It stated no legislation should include rationing, embryonic stem cell research, or fail to provide a conscience clause for health care workers. A recent CNN poll showed 61% of American oppose taxpayer dollars being spent on abortion. [http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/18/abortion.poll/index.html]
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Thanks to our 2009 "Life is Precious" Dinner Sponsors:
Bob & Judi Hurst
The Kendzicky Lothary Group
St. Joe County Right to Life is a prolife organization serving South Bend, Mishawaka, Granger, New Carlisle, Bremen, Notre Dame, Osceola, Walkerton, North Liberty, Lakeville, Wyatt, and all communities in St. Joseph and surrounding Indiana and Michigan counties.