ACTION ALERT! Last Chance to Contact Your Pennsylvania Legislators on the Down Syndrome Protection Act

from David G. Walsh

Next week PA Legislators will be in Harrisburg every day, Monday through Friday.

This will be your last chance to tell KEY VOTE PA Senate Legislators how you feel about the importance of saving Down Syndrome unborn babies from abortion.  

Below find a beautiful piece of writing by Napro physician and our Pro Life friend, Dr. Monique Ruberu.

Read Dr. Ruberu's short but very much to the point letter, and then "extract the part you personally feel connected with" and write one short email to the list of 18 Senators right now, followed by a call to their Harrisburg office (Directory link below) with message to PLEASE VOTE YES TO HOUSE BILL 2050.


From Dr. Monique Ruberu:

Our world is filled with sadness, grief, stress, - have you ever met a Down syndrome affected person who doesn’t bring a smile to your face? All they want to do is smile at others, hug, high five and bring joy to the world. They are little lights in this world. I have never met a family that doesn’t treasure their Down syndrome kids... even in the extended family these children are beloved. Why not protect a group of people who bring so much love and joy. People who contribute to society in such a meaningful way.
As a physician I hear the devastation in my patients voices when they speak of the choice they made to abort their Down syndrome child... they suffer with anxiety, depression and grief. They chose that path because when they were given the diagnosis it was wrapped up in fear and was presented with the option of relieving the “problem” with abortion. Things presented by a physician carry more influence in difficult moments. Yet they were never given information about support groups for downs families. They were never advised to speak with parents of downs children to see how their life had been impacted... instead they were rushed from their 18 week appointment for ultrasound to a 20 week abortion appointment to terminate before it was illegal...

When I meet people considering abortion for genetic anomalies I remind them that none of us are perfect. We may appear perfect on the outside but inside we have anxiety, depression, cancer, a multitude of autoimmune diseases, learning disabilities, heart and lung disease, diabetes, ... the list goes on... these children wear their disorder on their sleeves while we hide ours beneath our perfect appearances... but they are actually much more perfect in so many ways especially in the areas of love and kindness... I advise that they don’t end the life of this blessing because of a difference in appearance... we are all different. 

Dr Monique Ruberu

List of 18 KEY VOTE Senators we want to VOTE YES TO HB2050.

lbaker@pasen.gov (Sen Lisa Baker -R)

jblake@pasenate.com ( Sen John Blake -D)

lboscola@pasenate.com (Sen Lisa Boscola -D)

costa@pasenate.com (Sen Jay Costa -D)

andydinniman@pasenate.com (Sen Andy Dinniman -D)

lfarnese@pasenate.com (Sen Larry Farnese -D)

wfontana@pasenate.com (Sen Wayne Fontana -D)

ahaywood@pasenate.com (Sen Art Haywood -D)

hughes@pasenate.com (Sen Vincent Hughes -D)

leach@pasenate.com (Sen Daylin Leach -D)

dlaughlin@pasen.gov (Sen Dave Laughlin -R)

cmcilhinney@pasen.gov (Sen Charles McIlhinney -R) 

jsabatina@pasenate.com (Sen John Sabatina -D)

senatorschwank@pasenate.com (Sen Judy Schwank -D)

street@pasenate.com (Sen Sharif Street -D)

tartaglione@pasenate.com (Sen Christine Tartaglione -D)

williams@pasenate.com (Sen Anthony Williams -D)

yudichak@pasenate.com (Sen John Yudichak -D)


Senator contact listing: Click on link and then on name and look for Harrisburg and phones in left column: Members of the Senate