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ACTION ALERT: Urge the Senate to Pass the Unborn Victims of Violence Act NOW!
WASHINGTON (Oct. 3, 2003) - - The U.S. Senate is expected to take up the issue of unborn victims of violence before the end of the year. So far, 40 of the 100 senators have cosponsored the bill - - but the outcome remains in doubt, as senators allied with pro-abortion advocacy groups continue to obstruct the bill.
All NRLC affiliates and other pro-life groups and citizens should promptly call their senators' offices and urge immediate approval of the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, or "Laci and Conner's Law" (S. 1019). All senators' offices can be reached through the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121. Appropriate e-mail messages on the bill can be sent for free through the Legislative Action Center at the National Right to Life website at www.nrlc.org. You can also view a list of the current cosponsors of the bill at the Legislative Action Center.
In addition, pro-life groups and citizens should send letters for publication in local newspapers and websites, and call local radio talk shows, to generate public attention to the continued obstruction of the Unborn Victims of Violence Act in the U.S. Senate.
Here are some of the key points to get across:
- The issue boils down to this: When a criminal attacks a pregnant woman, injuring or killing her, and also injuring or killing her unborn child - - has he claimed one victim, or two? The Unborn Victims of Violence Act (UVVA) would recognize that such crimes have two victims. But pro-abortion Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Ca.) and other opponents are pushing a phony "substitute" bill that would recognize only one victim of such crimes - - the mother.
- According to a Newsweek poll released on June 1, 84% of the public believe that the killing of the unborn child during a crime should be recognized as a homicide (56% throughout development, another 28% after "viability"), while only 9 percent disagreed. According to a Fox News Channel scientific poll conducted mid-July, 79% of Americans (including 69% of those who call themselves "pro-choice") agree that when "a violent physical attack on a pregnant woman leads to the death of her unborn child ... prosecutors should be able to charge the attacker with murder for killing the fetus."
- The UVVA would apply only when an attack on a pregnant woman is conducted in a manner or place that already constitutes a federal crime - - for ...
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