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PRO-LIFE WISCONSIN PRAYER CARD ART CONTEST

The 5th annual Pro-Life Wisconsin Prayer Card Art Contest is underway for students in grades 1-12! Do you love painting, drawing, photography, or graphic design? Submit your artwork and have a chance to win the 2022 contest for your grade. Winning entries will be printed as a prayer card and distributed in your church and through PLW. All entries must be postmarked by April 30, 2022.

Grade winners will receive:
- Their design featured on a prayer card
- 500 prayer cards for their church
- 3 tickets to the 2022 PLW Love for Life Gala

ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER will receive all of the above plus $100 cash.

For more details and to submit artwork, visit our website here.

WISCONSIN ASSEMBLY PASSES BILL
PROHIBITING VACCINE DISCRIMINATION

On Tuesday, January 25, the Wisconsin Assembly passed legislation by voice vote prohibiting the state and any governmental entity from discriminating against any person based on whether the person has received a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, or is able to show proof of having received such a vaccine. Pro-Life Wisconsin thanks the Wisconsin Assembly for passing Assembly Bill 316, authored by Rep. Scott Krug (R-Nekoosa). We now encourage the Wisconsin Senate to concur in this critical legislation.

The Personhood Alliance/Pro-Life Wisconsin vaccine ethics position 1) opposes the production and testing of vaccines using the remains of aborted human beings, and 2) opposes forced or coerced vaccination.

Assembly Bill 316 reinforces our vaccine ethics position. For the many Wisconsinites who earnestly avoid any entanglement in the abortion industry, discriminating against them for refusing a vaccine produced from or tested using aborted fetal cells is repugnant – a total violation of conscience. Many pro-life Wisconsinites reject the use of the Pfizer, Moderna, and Janssen/Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines and vehemently oppose any discriminatory coercion of their use.

Persuasion is the way vaccine campaigns must be conducted, especially in America where our civil liberties are sacrosanct…where personal autonomy and informed consent are bedrock principles. Coercion severely undermines the public trust and tramples on our cherished rights, including our First Amendment right to freely exercise our religious beliefs, our Fourteenth Amendment guarantees of liberty, equal protection, and due process of law, and our Article 1, Section 18 Wisconsin constitutional guarantee of freedom of worship and liberty of conscience.

Assembly Bill 316 protects our right to make our own health decisions and our right to follow our consciences.

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 2,171 of these plates on cars in the Badger State, sales have resulted in over $100,000 granted to over twenty-five Wisconsin pregnancy resource centers in nearly three 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.

PRO-LIFE CONGRESSMAN PUSHES BILL TO REPLACE ‘FETUS’ WITH ‘UNBORN CHILD’ IN FEDERAL LAW: (LifeSiteNews) – “A Republican Congressman from Colorado introduced legislation to clearly recognize preborn personhood in federal law by replacing every instance of the word ‘fetus’ with ‘unborn child.’ Introduced last month, Rep. Doug Lamborn’s Recognizing the Unborn Act implements the change across all federal statutes.” Read the full story here.

NEW REPUBLICAN BILL EXTENDS CHILD TAX CREDIT TO UNBORN BABIES, RECOGNIZING THEM AS HUMAN BEINGS: (LifeNews.com) – “Republicans in Congress are introducing legislation aimed at recognizing the humanity of an unborn child by allowing pregnant mothers to claim tax credits on their unborn babies, The Daily Signal has learned. Introduced Friday by Sen. Steve Daines of Montana, Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri, and Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado, the Child Tax Credit for Pregnant Moms Act of 2022 would give expectant mothers the ability to save $2,000 in taxes by claiming the child tax credit for their unborn children. Read the full story here.

‘MY LIFE IS EXCEPTIONAL’: WOMAN WITH DOWN SYNDROME GIVES WITNESS TO TRUTH AT 2022 WALK FOR LIFE: (LifeSiteNews) – “How many times have you heard people say, ‘I don’t approve of abortion except in cases of rape, incest, and birth defects,’ said Christi Hockel. ‘Those people think I am a birth defect, a baby who’s simply eliminated because I have Down syndrome.’” View her testimony 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: 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).

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 Saint Therese Catholic Church (2020 91st Street Kenosha, WI 53143). 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.

HIRING – Childcare Needed! If you or someone you know can provide childcare for a four-month-old baby, please contact Robin Becker at Seed of Hope: 262-338-1205.

FEBRUARY 25-27, NASHVILLE – Attend the Matthew Bulfin Educational Conference hosted by AAPLOG & ACPeds. This conference brings together pro-life researchers, physicians, medical students, medical residents, and policy makers for an educational seminar covering the most important topics of the year in life issues. Featuring great speakers with experience and expertise in addressing the most difficult questions facing pro-life physicians: from maternal mortality to sex ed, from adolescent decision-making to reversing RU-486, this conference will equip you to tackle the difficult questions. All med students and residents get all expenses (including travel) paid for by sponsors by applying for scholarships on the conference website.

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