Please contact your representatives in Congress immediately and ask,
them to vote in favor of Congressman David Vitter's amendment to the
2003 Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Bill. The Vitter Amendment will
prevent Title X ‘family planning’ funds from going to private agencies
that provide chemical or surgical abortions in the United States.
The matter will likely be addressed sometime in September in the
Appropriations Committee, so action on your part is needed today. If
the amendment passes in committee, the matter will go before the entire
House where Vitter believes it has a good chance of passing.
Vitter's office asked STOPP to contact our supporters because STOPP is
firmly against the entire Title X program. Current funding is $265.1
million and Planned Parenthood will get about $61 million of this.
Under the Vitter Amendment Planned Parenthood and other private abortion
providers in the United States would not qualify for Title X funds.
STOPP would like to see the entire Title X program eliminated and we
urge you to convey that message your representatives in Congress as
well. While the Vitter Amendment does not eliminate Title X, it is a
worthy effort to restrict the program, and, thus, it deserves our
support.
Remember that Title X funds do not pay for surgical or RU-486 abortions
but Title X does fund organizations that, with other funds, provide
surgical and RU-486 abortions. Also, some of the contraceptives that
Title X does fund often act to prevent implantation of a human embryo in
his or her mother's womb. That's an early abortion and via Title X your
tax money is paying for it!
You can write to your member of the House of Representatives at: United
States House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515. House members'
phone numbers are online. You can
write to your members of the Senate at: United States Senate,
Washington, DC 20510. Senators' phone numbers can also be found online.
Release issued: 19 Aug 02
