Saturday, September 16, 2006
South Dakota pro-lifers need your help
Posted: September 16, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Rev. Jerry Falwell
� 2006
The pro-life movement in South Dakota needs your help. In a moment, I'll tell you how you can help, but first, please allow me to explain the situation in the state.
Abortion-rights advocates have gotten a measure on the November ballot that, if passed, would repeal the state law (HB 1215) forbidding all abortions, except those that would save the life of a mother. The ban, which hasn't yet taken effect, will be activated if it survives the ballot initiative (even though it likely would be challenged in the courts). The law states that individuals performing abortions would be fined $5,000 and be jailed for five years.
Here's the key problem: Planned Parenthood is now pouring money into the state in hopes of killing this legislation without having to go to court.
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Dr. Allen Unruh of the South Dakota pro-life organization Vote Yes for Life tells me that Planned Parenthood panicked after HB 1215 was passed in both state houses and Gov. Mike Rounds signed it into law. The state House voted 50 to 18 in favor of the bill, while the state Senate passed it 23 to 12.
Dr. Unruh says Planned Parenthood is mounting an $8 million media blitz over the next two months. He tells me this is a major propaganda campaign to demonize and distort the language of the ban on abortion in South Dakota.
Pro-life leaders in the state are now trying to raise funds to counter Planned Parenthood's campaign to defeat the law. They are now attempting to raise $4 million to offset Planned Parenthood's radical political agenda.
That's where I hope you will step in. I have told Dr. Unruh and his team that I will do my best to deliver thousands of people who will financially help to win this historic battle. We have to raise $4 million dollars � very quickly � in South Dakota to counter the propaganda Planned Parenthood will be putting on the airwaves prior to the November election.
Dr. Unruh and I believe that if there were ever a time when Christians need to invest in a pro-life effort, the time is now and the place is South Dakota. If the state wins this battle, other states could follow South Dakota's lead in the future, also determining to outlaw abortion.
I am urging my friends across the country to give generously to this vital campaign.
What happens in South Dakota will literally affect the future of America.
Make all checks out to: voteyesforlife.com
Donations may be sent to:
Vote Yes for Life
600 N. Western Ave.
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Readers interested in learning more about this campaign may visit the website www.voteyesforlife.com. Readers wishing to volunteer in this campaign may contact Dr. Unruh at the above address or contact him through e-mail or by telephone (605-332-1962).
Related special offer:
"Struggling for Life: How our Tax Dollars and Twisted Science Target the Unborn"
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Saturday, September 16, 2006
South Dakota pro-lifers need your help
Posted: September 16, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Rev. Jerry Falwell
� 2006
The pro-life movement in South Dakota needs your help. In a moment, I'll tell you how you can help, but first, please allow me to explain the situation in the state.
Abortion-rights advocates have gotten a measure on the November ballot that, if passed, would repeal the state law (HB 1215) forbidding all abortions, except those that would save the life of a mother. The ban, which hasn't yet taken effect, will be activated if it survives the ballot initiative (even though it likely would be challenged in the courts). The law states that individuals performing abortions would be fined $5,000 and be jailed for five years.
Here's the key problem: Planned Parenthood is now pouring money into the state in hopes of killing this legislation without having to go to court.
(Column continues below)
Dr. Allen Unruh of the South Dakota pro-life organization Vote Yes for Life tells me that Planned Parenthood panicked after HB 1215 was passed in both state houses and Gov. Mike Rounds signed it into law. The state House voted 50 to 18 in favor of the bill, while the state Senate passed it 23 to 12.
Dr. Unruh says Planned Parenthood is mounting an $8 million media blitz over the next two months. He tells me this is a major propaganda campaign to demonize and distort the language of the ban on abortion in South Dakota.
Pro-life leaders in the state are now trying to raise funds to counter Planned Parenthood's campaign to defeat the law. They are now attempting to raise $4 million to offset Planned Parenthood's radical political agenda.
That's where I hope you will step in. I have told Dr. Unruh and his team that I will do my best to deliver thousands of people who will financially help to win this historic battle. We have to raise $4 million dollars � very quickly � in South Dakota to counter the propaganda Planned Parenthood will be putting on the airwaves prior to the November election.
Dr. Unruh and I believe that if there were ever a time when Christians need to invest in a pro-life effort, the time is now and the place is South Dakota. If the state wins this battle, other states could follow South Dakota's lead in the future, also determining to outlaw abortion.
I am urging my friends across the country to give generously to this vital campaign.
What happens in South Dakota will literally affect the future of America.
Make all checks out to: voteyesforlife.com
Donations may be sent to:
Vote Yes for Life
600 N. Western Ave.
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Readers interested in learning more about this campaign may visit the website www.voteyesforlife.com. Readers wishing to volunteer in this campaign may contact Dr. Unruh at the above address or contact him through e-mail or by telephone (605-332-1962).
Related special offer:
"Struggling for Life: How our Tax Dollars and Twisted Science Target the Unborn"
Rev. Jerry Falwell, a nationally recognized Christian minister and television show host, is the founder of Jerry Falwell Ministries and is chancellor of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va.
