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STATE ASSEMBLY PASSES BILL ALLOWING PHARMACISTS TO PRESCRIBE CONTRACEPTIVES

On an 83-7 bipartisan vote, the Wisconsin Assembly passed Assembly Bill (AB) 36 last Wednesday, legislation introduced by over 35 Republican state legislators in a misguided attempt to reduce unplanned pregnancies. The bill, authored by State Representatives Joel Kitchens (R-Sturgeon Bay) and Mary Felzkowski (R-Irma), permits pharmacists to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptive patches (the Patch) and self-administered oral hormonal contraceptives (the Pill) to persons 18 years of age and older. Currently, the Pill and the Patch may only be prescribed by a physician. Assembly Bill 36 now moves to the Wisconsin Senate.

Pro-Life Wisconsin commends the 7 Republican state representatives who courageously voted NO on AB 36: Scott Allen (R-Waukesha); Janel Brandtjen (R-Menomonee Falls); David Murphy (R-Greenville); Timothy Ramthun (R-Campbellsport); Shae Sortwell (R-Two Rivers); Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R-Fond du Lac); and Chuck Wichgers (R-Muskego). If one of these pro-life heroes is your state representative, please call him or her and express your thanks. We especially thank Representatives Wichgers and Allen for leading the fight against AB 36.

Pro-Life Wisconsin (PLW) OPPOSES any legislation that makes hormonal contraceptives more easily accessible or widely available. On October 7, PLW Legislative Director Matt Sande testified before the Assembly Committee on Health in opposition to AB 36. Three other statewide pro-life organizations also testified/registered against AB 36: Wisconsin Family Action, the Wisconsin Catholic Conference, and the Wisconsin Catholic Medical Guilds.

Assembly Bill 36 is bad legislation for multiple reasons:

It ends the patient-physician relationship. According to the Wisconsin Catholic Medical Guilds, “Primary care physicians have a unique relationship with their patients in which they can provide individualized counseling and recommendations, as well as discuss risks of prescription medications unique to each individual patient. This relationship and individualized care are eliminated if this bill moves forward." AB 36 is bad medicine.
After the year-long Covid-19 healthcare disruption, denying thousands of patients access to routine checkups, it is now more important than ever to encourage women to reengage with their primary care and Ob/Gyn physicians. AB 36 encourages the opposite.
Attempting to lower unplanned pregnancies by making contraceptives more easily accessible simply doesn’t work. A significant percentage of unintended pregnancies are in women using contraceptives, generally over 40% and in some studies up to 68%.
Hormonal contraceptives can cause pre-implantation chemical abortions by altering the lining of the uterus (endometrium) so that a newly conceived child (human embryo) is unable to implant in the womb, thus starving and dying.
Hormonal contraceptives have been proven dangerous to women’s health. The Pill is a known Group 1 carcinogen for breast, cervical, and liver cancers according to the UN’s International Agency on Research of Cancer. It is not the proper role of pharmacists to diagnose health conditions and prescribe powerful medications with clear health risks.

ACT NOW!

With your help, Pro-Life Wisconsin will continue to lead the fight against AB 36 and its companion bill, Senate Bill (SB) 30, in the Wisconsin Senate.

Please CALL or EMAIL your state senator TODAY and urge him/her to “Oppose AB 36 & SB 30.”

Tell them, “Hormonal contraceptives can kill embryonic children, are dangerous to women’s health, and do not reduce unplanned pregnancies!”

Tell them, “AB 36/SB 30 eliminates the patient-physician relationship. It is bad medicine!”

Don’t know your State Senator? Go to legis.wisconsin.gov and type in your home address under “Who Are My Legislators” or call the Legislative Hotline: 1-800-362-9472.

We thank all of you who made calls to your state representatives, urging them to oppose this ineffective and dangerous legislation. God bless you, and please continue making your pro-life voices heard in the Wisconsin Senate!

2022 MARCH FOR LIFE D.C.
REGISTRATION OPENS FRIDAY!

Registration opens THIS FRIDAY, November 5, for the 2022 March for Life Washington D.C. trip with Pro-Life Wisconsin!

Join fellow pro-life Wisconsinites for an all-inclusive journey to our nation’s capital to be the voice of the preborn on privately chartered buses. We leave for Washington D.C. on Wednesday, January 19, and return to Wisconsin on Sunday, January 23. The March itself will be on Friday, January 21, 2022. Bus fare and a 2-night hotel stay are included in each package along with a complimentary breakfast and daily afternoon social hour at the Embassy Suites in Washington D.C.

We encourage you to register early with the quad occupancy discount of $348/person! Triple, double, and single occupancy options are available but limited, so it is first-come first serve. For the first time, you’ll also have the option to purchase tickets to attend the March for Life Rose Dinner and/or Youth Rally and Mass.

Spread the word to your family, friends, classmates, pro-life club members, and affiliate members. Registration ends when the 147 seats on the 3 buses are filled or on January 14, 2022 – whichever comes first. We can't wait to march with you in the nation's capital!

40 DAYS FOR LIFE
RECORD NUMBER OF BABIES SAVED

Wisconsin held seven campaigns all throughout the state.

Praise the Lord!

Madison saw at least two babies saved from abortion!

Praise the Lord!

Green Bay held a 24-hour vigil for the ENTIRE 40 days of the campaign!

Praise the Lord!

61 babies were saved from abortion in Milwaukee.

Praise the Lord!

We thank God for the opportunity to pick up this cross and carry it for Christ.

If you didn’t get a chance to go out to speak up for the babies, that’s okay!
Green Bay, Milwaukee, and Madison all have a year-round presence at the local abortion centers when they are open! To find out how to get involved at the local level, contact each through their websites or call Dan Miller at 262-993-6262!

USING PRAYER AND ACTION TO FIGHT EVIL

23 souls joined us last Monday night at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Madison for a two-hour-long jammed-packed session with helpful tips and stories about how others can go to abortion centers and effectively save lives. Dan shared that it was in Madison, at Planned Parenthood, where he went to test his newfound vocation for sidewalk counseling on August 4th, 2010, saving Audry's ten-week-old preborn baby by simply asking her to come down to the sidewalk to talk.

"We know that abortion is a completely unnatural thing for a mother to do to her baby, so why not have a conversation about life, where death abounds at the abortion centers? When a house is on fire, firefighters do not sit around and pray for the fire to go out. NO! They get in their fire truck and go to where the fire is. They use water to fight the fire, we use prayer and action to fight evil. It's that simple."
To bring PLW to your group or church to discuss the pro-life issue, please reach out to Dan Miller at Dan.M@ProLifeWI.org or call his cell phone at 262-993-6262.

PURCHASE YOUR CHOOSE LIFE WISCONSIN PLATE, AND SAVE LIVES FROM ABORTION!

Choose Life license plates have been available to Wisconsin motorists since late October 2017. Pro-Life Wisconsin and Wisconsin Family Council partnered to underwrite all the administrative costs of Choose Life Wisconsin, which allows us to give every penny that comes from the sale of the plates to Wisconsin’s incredible pregnancy care centers!

With 1,791 of these plates on cars in the Badger State, sales have resulted in a total of nearly $100,000 which has been granted to over twenty-five Wisconsin pregnancy resource centers in a little over two years.

If you would like to be a part of the mission to save lives, get your Choose Life Wisconsin license plate today! For more information call Pro-Life Wisconsin at 262-796-1111 ext. 110.

SUPREME COURT DENIES REQUEST FROM 2,000 CHRISTIAN HEALTH CARE WORKERS TO BLOCK COVID VACCINE MANDATE (LifeNews.com) – “Following the Supreme Court’s decision not to grant the extraordinary relief of an injunction pending appeal (IPA), Liberty Counsel will file a petition for the Supreme Court to review the merits of the case on behalf of more than 2,000 Maine health care workers, some of whom were terminated today […] Maine Governor Janet Mills threatened to revoke the business license of any employer that granted an employee a religious exemption. Gov. Mills has ordered employers to disobey the federal law known as Title VII. However, states do not have the authority to order employers to disobey Title VII federal employment law that prohibits religious discrimination.” Read the full story here.

KAMALA HARRIS ACCUSED OF ‘ILLEGAL COLLUSION’ WITH ABORTION GROUPS DURING DALEIDEN INVESTIGATION: (LifeSiteNews) – “David Daleiden, founder and president of the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), is continuing to fight charges filed against him by then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris, who is now the Vice President of the United States. CMP is also in the process of appealing a $16 million lawsuit from Planned Parenthood. Now, new evidence has been uncovered alleging shocking levels of corruption between Harris and the abortion industry, allowing them to silence Daleiden and CMP.” Read the full story here.

CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE US ‘SEEMS TO ACCEPT ABHORRENT PRACTICE’ OF ABORTION: CDL. BURKE: (LifeSiteNews) – “Praised be Jesus Christ! Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, for the past several months, the intention of the Church in the United States of America has been very much in my prayers. At their coming November meeting, the Bishops of the United States will be considering the application of Canon 915 of the Code of Canon Law: ‘Those who have been excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or declaration of the penalty and others obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion.’” Read the full op-ed here.

GREEN BAY: Pro-Life Wisconsin affiliate, Pro-Life Green Bay, meets every 4th Monday of the month. For more information, contact prolifegreenbay@gmail.com

LA CROSSE: Join us! Steve Karlen, Campaign Director for 40 Days for Life, will be speaking at the 40 Days for Life closing rally in La Crosse this Saturday, November 6, 2021. The event will be held at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church (130 Losey Blvd S La Crosse, WI 54601) with Mass at 4:30 P.M. followed by a free soup supper in the parish hall at 5:30 p.m. and a talk by Steve Karlent at 6:00 p.m. Questions? Call Marie Allen at 608-784-5189.

We would like to see at least two people pray every day of the week outside Planned Parenthood. If you can commit to this weekly prayer, please let Marie Allen know. We encourage people to pray in groups of two if possible. You may choose your own time, and sidewalk counseling and signs are optional. Pro-Life literature is available if anyone wishes to distribute it. Questions? Call 608-784-5189.

MILWAUKEE: Join us every Tuesday at 6:00 PM (rain or shine) to pray the Angelus followed by the Rosary in reparation for sins of ingratitude at the Fatima Shrine (141 N 68th St Milwaukee, WI 53213).

PRICE COUNTY: National Night of Prayer for Life takes place every year from 9:00 p.m. on December 8th to 1:00 a.m. on December 9. It was on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception that Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas and the unborn, first appeared to St. Juan Diego. The National Night of Prayer for Life bridges these two feasts to honor Our Blessed Mother and to pray for the sanctity of all human life.

ROCK COUNTY: For meeting times and other information, please email Miriam at

plwrcc@charter.net

WINNEBAGO COUNTY: Please join us in prayer every first Monday of the month from 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. to exercise your 1st amendment free speech rights in the public right of way (nearest to Marcus Cinema) in Oshkosh, near Planned Parenthood (378S Koeller St, Oshkosh, WI 54902). Bring your own sign, or use one of ours! Contact Don Doro at 920-279-3496 or at ddurawa1@yahoo.com

WISCONSIN RAPIDS: Please join us in prayer on the 2nd Monday of each month at 4:00 p.m. along 8th Street near Planned Parenthood. Gather in the parking lot at 3:45 p.m.

ONGOING, KENOSHA – Participate in the Rosary in Kenosha at 6:00 p.m. every Sunday at the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes located just south of the St. Catherine's Commons Senior Living Complex (3524 7th Ave Kenosha, WI 53140). Bring family and friends!

ONGOING – Toda America con Cristo and Family Life Council, Inc. has begun creating pro-life resources for the latino community. If you or someone you know would benefit from these resources please view the web pages both here and here.

NOVEMBER 2, GREEN BAY – Phoenix Students for Life will be hosting "Abortion Isn't Women's Healthcare" at 6:00 p.m. at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. The event will feature four speakers: Kait Wenzel and Tallulah Caulfield, co-founders of Pro-Life Green Bay, Kathy Cain, Green Bay 40 Days for Life 365 Leader, and Virginia Pride, a pro-life student midwife. Each speaker has her own heartbreaking, heartwarming, and honest story about her personal experience with abortion, adoption, parenting, and healthcare. This event is open to the public! Please join us in Phoenix B of the University Union. Snacks will be provided. View the flyer here.

NOVEMBER 6, WASHINGTON COUNTY – Register now for the 2021 Women of Christ Conference! The 14th annual Women of Christ Conference will take place on Saturday, November 6 at the Washington County Fair Park. Come hear captivating talks from the Sisters of Life, Fr. John Burns, Patty Schneier, Fr. Leo Patalinghug, Fr. Nick Baumgardner, and Emcee Anne Auger. Archbishop Listecki will celebrate the closing Mass at 4:00 p.m. Register here or contact womenofchrist@gmail.com with questions. View the flyer here.

NOVEMBER 6, ELM GROVE – St. Mary's Visitation Parish in Elm Grove will be offering Holy Mass for the intention for an end to abortion every First Saturday of the month. It will be a Traditional Latin Mass (low Mass) at 10:00 a.m. All are welcome!

NOVEMBER 13, WISCONSIN DELLS – Join Men of Christ for the "Saint Joseph Strong Men's Conference" at St. Cecilia Parish (603 Oak St. Wisconsin Dells, WI) from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Speakers include Bishop Donald Hying, Father Donald Calloway, and Steve Karlen. More information here.

NOVEMBER 14, CEDARBURG – Join us for a FREE showing of The Roe V.Wade Movie on November 14, at noon at the Rivoli Theater (W62N567 Washington Ave, Cedarburg, WI 53012).

DECEMBER 4, ELM GROVE – St. Mary's Visitation Parish in Elm Grove will be offering Holy Mass for the intention for an end to abortion every First Saturday of the month. It will be a Traditional Latin Mass (low Mass) at 10:00 a.m. All are welcome!

For inclusion on this list, please send a PDF or JPEG of the event flyer along with a short write-up about your event to info@ProLifeWI.org