FOCA

I am typing this with a 12 pound cat insistently curled up on my lap and around one arm. That's the problem with having a laptop and a lap cat. It's not the easiest typing situation but I'll try to get it done.

So this post is a call to action to prevent FOCA from passing. FOCA - the freedom of choice act - is a radical piece of legislation designed to allow access to abortion in any form and at any point in the pregnancy, to require government funding of abortion with taxes, remove all state-level rulings on things like parental consent and partial birth abortions as well as many regulations which protect women and children. Pro-choice advocates are campaigning heavily to get this bill passed, and Obama has said he will sign it into law if it comes to his desk.

Here's what you can do:

1. Send a postcard to your representative, your senator, and President Obama tellin them that you are pro-life and you do not want them supporting FOCA
2. Write a letter-to-the-editor to your local paper.
3. Call the US Capitol Switchboard and speak with the offices of your representative and senators
4. Send an email to Capitol Hill and the White House
5. Make a donation to your local pro-life group to defray the postage costs involved in the postcard campaigns they are running right now.
6. Post this information in your blog and encourage your readers to do all of the above as well.

For contact information for your senators and representatives go to the email action page at www.nchla.org, and for more information on FOCA go to www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/FOCA.

And, this is my favorite pro-life commercial right now: