From Maria Vitale Gallagher,
Legislative Director
We have just learned that our bill to stop tax funding of abortion in
Pennsylvania is expected to be voted on in the Pennsylvania Senate
Banking and Insurance Committee Tuesday,
May 7th.
If your
state Senator is on the Banking and Insurance Committee, please call the
Senator’s office with this message: “I do not want my tax dollars
supporting abortion. I urge the Senator to vote yes on House Bill 818 and
no to any amendments when it is voted on in committee on Tuesday.”;
You may recall that House Bill 818
allows Pennsylvania to opt out of abortion funding under the health insurance
exchange created by the federal Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). There is
actually a provision written into the Affordable Care Act, allowing states to
opt out of abortion funding and, at last count, 21 states have done so. Pennsylvania needs to be next!
A list of the Senators on the
committee, and their contact information, is below. It would also be good
to email the Senator and let the Senator know you are urging a “yes” vote on HB
818 and a “no” vote on any amendments. You can email him or her through the
contact form on the Senator’s website.
Please
forward this message to all appropriate lists. Unless HB 818 is passed by
the state Senate and signed by the Governor, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
will be in the abortion business next year—and we don’t want that to happen!
If you don’t know who your state
Senator is, use this link
and input your address, city, and state. A window will then pop up with
the name of your state Senator.
Members of
Senate Banking and Insurance Committee:
Sen. Don
White-- (717) 787-8724
(Majority Chair)
Sen. Mike
Stack-- (717) 787-9608
(Minority Chair)
Majority Members:
Sen. John
Eichelberger-- (717) 787-5490
Sen.
Joseph Scarnati-- (717) 787-7084
Sen. Pat
Browne-- (717) 787-1349
Sen. Mike
Brubaker-- (717) 787-4420
Sen. Jake
Corman-- (717) 787-1377
Sen. John
Rafferty-- (717) 787-1398
Sen. Pat
Vance-- (717) 787-8524
Sen. Kim
Ward-- (717) 787-6063
Minority
Members:
Sen. Lisa
Boscola--(717) 787-4236
Sen. James
Brewster-- (717) 787-5580
Sen.
Lawrence Farnese-- (717) 787-5662
Sen.
Anthony Williams-- (717) 787-5970
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