We Need you in Trenton on December 17th to Oppose Assisted Suicide Legislation

from Marie Tasy, Executive Director
New Jersey Right to Life

Thank you for acting on our alerts. We have been successful thus far in preventing a vote on A1504/S1072, the NJ Assisted Suicide bill; however, there is still much work to do to stop NJ from becoming the next state to legalize physician assisted suicide.

The reason for this email is to update you on where things stand currently on A1504/S1072 and ask for your continued help to oppose this bill.

We are hearing that the Assembly may not schedule a vote on the bill until January 31, 2019. The proponents of the bill are pushing for the Senate to schedule a legislative hearing in early to mid January so they can also schedule a vote in the full Senate on January 31st, so right now it is critically important for you to do two things:

1. Please call and email your two Assembly Members and State Senator to urge them to Vote No on A1504/S1072. Please do this even if you have contacted them previously. You can call and email them by clicking on the link here: Take Action Now to Oppose Assisted Suicide! 

You can also call the Office of Legislative Services at 1-800-792-8630 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to obtain the names and phone numbers of your two Assembly Members and State Senator. You will need to provide your town and zip code when calling.
You can also search for your two Assembly Members and State Senator by looking up your municipality: Here

2. Please mark your calendar and plan to come down to Trenton on Monday, December 17th. Both the Assembly and Senate have Voting Sessions scheduled that day, but A1504/S1072 will not be on the Board list for either house. Proponents will be there and we must be there as well to lift our voices and demonstrate that there is significant opposition to this bill. It is vital that we continue to have a strong presence at the State House on this day to lobby Assembly Members and Senators to Vote No on the bill.

What You Should Know if You are Coming to the State House on December 17th:

Plan to meet in the State House Cafeteria on Monday, December 17th by 9 a.m. Bring your photo ID which you will need to go through security at the State House and for parking in the Underground State House Garage. Inform the security guard(s) that you are there to attend the Assembly Voting Session.
For parking locations and directions to the State House, click here

Please remember to be cordial when speaking to legislators even if they disagree with our point of view. If given the opportunity, please use personal experiences to convince legislators to vote against this bill. We will provide labels to wear on your clothing. We will also provide material to give to legislators and hand outs to help you talk to them about this issue.

Please do not engage with proponents of the bill while you are at the State House. I can't stress this enough. Please remember, we are there to use our valuable time to convince our lawmakers that this bill should be defeated.

Please RSVP to feedback@njrtl.org by December 13th to let us know if you plan to join us in Trenton on December 17 so we can get a headcount.

RSVP to feedback@njrtl.org


Please don't forget to email and call your 2 Assembly Members and State Senator to urge them to Vote No on A1504/S1072. You can do this by clicking on the link below.
Take Action Now to Oppose Assisted Suicide!

Please continue to contact your three State Legislators even if you have done so previously. Proponents of the bill have been very aggressively meeting and calling legislators and we must do the same.

Feel free to share this information with pro-life friends and family and encourage them to sign up for our Action Emails so we can add to our Network of contacts.

Don't forget to check your email regularly for more information and updates on this matter.

I look forward to seeing you in Trenton on December 17th! Please help us keep up the pressure on our legislators to Vote No on this dangerous and misguided bill!

Please mark your calendar and plan to attend our Annual Rally for Life in Trenton on Tuesday, January 22nd. Click here for details and share with friends and family!

 

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Urgent Action Needed in New Jersey

5 Republicans Announce Intent to Vote to Force Taxpayers to fund Planned Parenthood Abortion Business

Marie Tasy, Executive Director
New Jersey Right to Life 

As we reported previously, the Override of Governor Christie's veto of A3492, a 2017 budget supplemental appropriation bill that would have provided $7.453M in taxpayer funds to Planned Parenthood failed in the Assembly on June 29th.

However, just today, the Star Ledger is reporting that 5 Republican Assembly members plan to vote yes to force the taxpayers of NJ to fund Planned Parenthood. Four of these Republican Assembly members are women and have voted No or abstained on these bills in the past. The other is Assemblyman Chris A. Brown who has voted Yes on these bills in the past. He is runnning for State Senate this November in the 2nd Legislative District. These 5 Republicans are also vowing to override any future vetoes of the funding.

Please read the article here, then take action listed below.

Action Still Needed Today!

The Speaker has announced that he will call the Assembly back soon (in a couple of weeks) to vote on the two PP funding bills listed below As reported in the Star Ledger article above, 5 Republican Assembly members announced their intent to vote yes on the remaining two bills which I still need you to take action on below. Please email and call your legislators even if you have done so previously with the message below.

S3302/A4718 - Provides a supplemental appropriation of $7.453M to Planned Parenthood for "family planning services" for the 2018 Budget year.

S3248/A32 - Provides funding to Planned Parenthood for "family planning services' through Medicaid for individuals with incomes up to 200% of the federal poverty level.

ACTION NEEDED:

Please email and call your two State Assembly members. Please do both: call and email them. The Speaker of the Assembly said he plans to schedule a voting session on these bills in a couple of weeks so please do this asap! Please make sure you contact your Two Assembly members who represent you at the state level of government in Trenton. Please do this even if you have contacted the previously on this subject.

Message for Two Assembly Members: 

 Vote No on S3302/A4718 and S3248/A32.I don't want my tax dollars used to fund Planned Parenthood. In 2011, their affiliate in Perth Amboy, NJ was caught aiding and abetting sex traffickers of minors. An audit conducted by the Federal Govt in 2007 found that NJ Planned Parenthood clinics were billing medicaid for services that did not qualify as family planning and the state (taxpayers) had to repay over $2M to the federal govt. for their fraudulent activity. Moreover, in 2011, the NJ Dept of Health inspected Planned Parenthood of Mercer County and Planned Parenthood in Shrewsbury and found multiple health and safety violations, including the reusing of vaginal ultrasounds. This is not an organization that cares about women and we should not be funding them with our tax dollars. The Federally Qualified Health Centers are meeting the health care needs of NJ women. I am watching how you vote and will remember how you vote on this matter when I go to the polls on November, 7, 2017. I am watching how you vote and will remember how you vote on this matter when I go to the polls on November, 7, 2017.

Here is a link to find your two State Assembly members:

You can also call the Office of Legislative services: 1-800-792-8630 during regular business hours to obtain the names and contact info for your three legislators.

Also Contact these Legislators

I have also listed below the 5 legislators who are quoted in the Star Ledger article announcing they will vote to force you to fund Planned Parenthood regardless of their disgraceful record and regardless of the fact that women's health care needs are being met and funded through the 100+ NJ FQHC's.

See the link to Star Ledger article above for more information. We need to flood their offices with emails and phone calls asap and let them know we expect them to vote No on these bills and that we are watching! The entire legislature is up for re-election this November, including these legislators. Please take note of how these legislators vote on this issue and spread the word to friends and family who live in their districts. No legislator who votes to force us to use our hard earned money to fund this disgraceful organization should get our vote in November.

• AswRodriguezGregg@njleg.org 609 654 1498

• AswMunoz@njleg.org 908 918 0414

• AswSchepisi@njleg.org 201 666 0881

• AswHandlin@njleg.org, 732 383 7820

• AsmChrisABrown@njleg.org, 609 677 8266

View How your Senator Voted on PP funding bills

View how our Senator voted on S3302, provides $7.453M for family planning services for 2018 budget year. HERE

View how your Senator voted on S3248,provides taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood for "family planning services' through Medicaid for individuals with incomes up to 200% of the federal poverty level. HERE

Background

Planned Parenthood is claiming that STDs went up in NJ and cases of breast and cervical cancer went up as well since their funding has been cut. They are using this as a reason that they should be funded.

The reality: I attended two Budget Committee hearings this spring where the NJ Commissioner of Health testified both times that STDS have gone up nationally and that although NJ's has gone up in recent years as has the national rate, it has one of the lowest increases in the nation. in addition, the Director of Planned Parenthood, Casey Olesko was quoted in a recent South Jersey news article admitting that there is "no causal link" between the spike in diseases and the closing of health centers in the state," yet she and her minions continue to make these unfounded claims. Planned Parenthood does not do mammograms, a fact they had to admit after being exposed for lying about it, but they continue to try to confuse people into believing that they do.

They are also using a biased poll just released from Rutgers Eagleton and the Health Care Quality Institute which they said shows 78% of NJ voters support federal and state funding of Planned Parenthood.

The reality: The poll used something called a "List2" for the poll. The methodology included contacting people by text which directed them to the poll on-line, which certainly doesn't seem to be a "random sampling."

The truth of the matter is that Planned Parenthood has proved time and time again they are a shameless organization that will do or say anything to protect their bottom line.

PLEASE ACT NOW AND PASS THIS ON

Please pass this on to pro-life friends and family in New Jersey and urge them to take the suggested action above immediately!  

Override Vote Scheduled Thursday, June 29th to fund Planned Parenthood Abortion Business. Take Immediate Action!

from Marie Tasy, Executive Director
New Jersey Right to Life

Both Houses of the Legislature are planning to vote this Thursday, June 29th to override Governor Christie's veto of A3492, a 2017 budget supplemental appropriation bill that will provide $7.453M in taxpayer funds to Planned Parenthood. The media is spreading Planned Parenthood's shameful propaganda and lies and writing editorials imploring legislators to vote to override Governor Christie's veto and to do it for our "our wives, daughters and sisters."

IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED:

Call and Email your two Assembly members and State Senator asap. Please do both: Call AND email them.

Message for two Assembly members and State Senator:

Vote No to override Governor Christie's veto of A3492. I do not want my tax dollars used to fund Planned Parenthood. The Federally Qualified Health Centers are meeting the health care needs of NJ women. I am watching how you vote and will remember how you vote on this matter when I go to the polls on November, 7, 2017.

Here is a link to find your State Senator and Two Assembly members:

You can also call the Office of Legislative services: 1-800-792-8630 during regular business hours to obtain the names and contact info for your three legislators.

I have also listed below legislators who Planned Parenthood are targeting.

AswRodriguezGregg@njleg.org 609 654 1498

SenCruzPerez@njleg.org 856 541 1251

SenSinger@njleg.org 732 987 5669

AswMunoz@njleg.org 908 918 0414

AswSchepisi@njleg.org 201 666 0881

SenBeck@njleg.org 732 933 1591

AswGove@njleg.org 609 693 6700

The NJ Assembly will also vote on the following two bills this Thursday, June 29th which the NJ Senate already passed on June 19th.

• S3302/A4718 - Provides a supplemental appropriation of $7.453M to Planned Parenthood for "family planning services" for the 2018 Budget year.

• S3248/A32 - Provides funding to Planned Parenthood for "family planning services' through Medicaid for individuals with incomes up to 200% of the federal poverty level.

ACTION NEEDED:

• Please email and call your two State Assembly members. Please do both: call and email them. The Vote is this Thursday, so please do this asap! Please make sure you contact your Two Assembly members who represent you at the state level of government in Trenton. 

• Message for Two Assembly Members: Vote No on S3302/A4718 and S3248/A32.I don't want my tax dollars used to fund this shameful organization. I am watching how you vote and will remember how you vote on this matter when I go to the polls on November, 7, 2017.

Here is a link to find your two State Assembly members:

You can also call the Office of Legislative services: 1-800-792-8630 during regular business hours to obtain the names and contact info for your three legislators.

View how your Senator voted on S3302, Provides $7.453 M in taxpayer money for family planning services for 2018 budget year. HERE

View how your Senator voted on S3248,provides taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood for "family planning services' through Medicaid for individuals with incomes up to 200% of the federal poverty level. HERE

Background: 

Planned Parenthood is claiming that STDs went up in NJ and cases of breast and cervical cancer went up as well since their funding has been cut. They are using this as a reason that they should be funded.

The reality: I attended two Budget Committee hearings this spring where the NJ Commissioner of Health testified both times that STDS have gone up nationally and that although NJ's has gone up in recent years as has the national rate, it has one of the lowest increases in the nation. in addition, the Director of Planned Parenthood, Casey Olesko was quoted in a recent South Jersey news article admitting that there is "no causal link" between the spike in diseases and the closing of health centers in the state," yet she and her minions continue to make these unfounded claims. Planned Parenthood does not do mammograms, a fact they had to admit after being exposed for lying about it, but they continue to try to confuse people into believing that they do.

They are also using a biased poll just released from Rutgers Eagleton and the Health Care Quality Institute which they said shows 78% of NJ voters support federal and state funding of Planned Parenthood.


The reality: The poll used something called a "List2" for the poll. The methodology included contacting people by text which directed them to the poll on-line, which certainly doesn't seem to be a "random sampling."

The truth of the matter is that Planned Parenthood has proved time and time again they are a shameless organization that will do or say anything to protect their bottom line.

Please pass this post on to pro-life friends and family and urge them to take the suggested action above immediately! Time is of the essence.