Here's Your Monday Update

WISCONSIN SENATE PASSES BILL

PROHIBITING VACCINE DISCRIMINATION

On Tuesday, March 8, the Wisconsin Senate 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 Senate for passing Assembly Bill 316, authored by Rep. Scott Krug (R-Nekoosa) and Sen. Rob Stafsholt (R-New Richmond). Having already passed the Wisconsin Assembly on January 25, AB 316 now moves to Governor Evers’ desk.

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.

Registration is now open for the 2022 Living Courage Awards Dinner! Join us on Thursday, April 28, 2022, at the Bridgewood Resort Hotel (1000 Cameron Way, Neenah, WI 54956) where we will honor our Activist of the Year, Tallulah Caulfield, and Legislator of the Year, Senator André Jacque.

Our Keynote Speakers for the evening are Michael and Tallulah Caulfield. Michael and Tallulah met in Sydney, Australia (where Michael is originally from) and now reside in De Pere, WI where they are active members of Pro-Life Green Bay – joyfully serving in ministries at their church, local 40 Days for Life vigil, and Vida Medical Clinic and Support Services. Together, they will share their powerful testimony of the grace and mercy found in Jesus Christ after abortion.

Social hour begins at 5:30 p.m., and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.

40 DAYS FOR LIFE

Help save lives by praying to end abortion in your community during the 40 Days for Life Spring Campaign March 2 - April 10, 2022. Since the founding in 2007, 40 Days for Life campaigns have saved 20,728 babies that we know of through prayer, fasting, a peaceful vigil outside of local abortion facilities. Commit to a prayer time with friends, family, or call us if you'd like a member of our Pro-Life Wisconsin staff to join you! If you or your campaign is in need of signs, we can ship you one or as many as you need. Please go to a campaign near you and get involved. View Wisconsin locations here.

40 Clergy, 40 Days: In past years, the presence of clergy has proven a very powerful witness and has influenced many women to choose life outside of abortion facilities! Our goal is to have one priest, deacon, or religious praying every day of the campaign for one hour. If you are a clergy member and would like to commit to one hour of prayer outside the local abortion facility, please sign up here. If you would like a member of our Pro-Life Wisconsin staff to join you on the sidewalks, let us know! Call 262.796.1111 ext. 110 or email info@prolifewi.org.

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.

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.

RUSSIAN OIL BAN HAS LANGUAGE THAT COULD BE TURNED AGAINST PRO-LIFE, PRO-FAMILY COUNTRIES, CONGRESSMAN WARNS: (LifeSiteNews) – “Republican Rep. Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin was one of just 17 members of the U.S. House of Representatives to vote against banning Russian energy imports Wednesday, but says he did so due to language in the legislation that could be turned against pro-lifers around the world.” Read the full story here.

TEXAS SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST PROVIDERS IN CHALLENGE TO SIX-WEEK ABORTION BAN: (Austin American-Statesman) – “The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said state licensing officials are not responsible for enforcing the state's near total ban on abortion, effectively ending a legal challenge to the law brought by abortion providers across the state.” Read the full story here.

HOUSE ADVANCES ABORTION BILL AFTER LONGEST DEBATE IN COLORADO HISTORY: (Denver-KDVR) – “After a nearly 24-hour debate between Democrats and Republicans over a highly disputed abortion bill, the Reproductive Health Equity Act advanced Saturday morning. HB22-1279 is a health care act sponsored by Rep. Meg Froelich, Rep. Daneya Esgar and Rep. Julie Gonzales. The debate on the act began at 10:53 a.m. Friday and lasted until it passed on a preliminary voice vote at 10:18 a.m. Saturday morning. Sitting at almost a full day length, this debate was the longest in the House’s history […] According to the sponsors, “The bill, declares that every individual has a fundamental right to use or refuse contraception; every pregnant individual has a fundamental right to continue the pregnancy and give birth or to have an abortion; and a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent or derivative rights under the laws of the state.” Read the full story here.

PLW NOTE: HB22-1279 is an “anti-personhood” bill, not just creating a fundamental right to abortion for the mother, but stripping away any and all legal rights from her preborn child from conception, thus rendering him or her a non-person under Colorado state law. Under the law, you’re either a person or your property – there is no in between. We pray that this heinous bill is not enacted into law.

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, OCONOMOWOC – Public Prayer of the Rosary to entrust the whole world to Our Lady and ask her to intercede for our state, country, and world. Join us at Village Green Park (104 E Wisconsin Ave. Oconomowoc, WI 53066) every Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. View the flyer here.

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 – Milwaukee Birthright is the first pregnancy center to open in Milwaukee. We are a non-profit organization assisting moms and dads in the Milwaukee area with any help they need to have a stable lifestyle. Currently, we are looking for an Assistant Director and Volunteers to help Milwaukee Birthright to open five days a week. Milwaukee Birthright is located at 2025 W. Oklahoma Avenue, Suite 125 in the Ascension Medical Art Building. If you are interested, please call Monica Staubach at 414-335-1562.

NOW THROUGH APRIL 1 – Dismas Ministry is happy to announce the continuation of our project: “I Am Beautiful.” This is a published book that invites women with histories of abuse (whether emotional, physical or sexual) to send us their writings and art. We are preparing to publish Volume 9 of “I Am Beautiful” in the Spring of 2022. Please send us your contribution of writing and/or art for this book. This is a wonderful opportunity for those who have experienced abuse,
to share how you have overcome and survived. The book will be sent to the 90 women’s prisons across the country. Hopefully, this will give others the courage and comfort they need to heal, and live with hope and new self‐worth. We look forward to receiving your contributions. View the flyer here for more info.

MARCH 2–APRIL 10 – 40 Days for Life Spring Campaign! Help save lives by praying for an end to abortion in your community. View Wisconsin locations here.

MARCH 15, MILWAUKEE – St. Sebastian Church in Milwaukee will be hosting a Lenten Soup and Substance every Tuesday evening in Lent. Gather for a soup dinner and speaker who will talk about human dignity. View the flyer here for more information. Questions? Email Jon Metz at jmetz@saintsebs.org

MARCH 26 – Join us for the 2022 Men of Christ Conference held in parishes across the Archdiocese of Milwaukee (and beyond). Participating parishes will accommodate as many men as possible and facilitate the live stream. View more information and/or register here.

MARCH 27, MILWAUKEE – Join the Milwaukee 40 Days for Life Spring Campaign for a Eucharistic Procession on Sunday, March 27 at 2:00 p.m. to pray for an end to end abortion. The procession walk will be approximately 2 miles roundtrip, beginning and ending at St. Hedwigs Church (1702 N Humboldt Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53202). Please join us!

APRIL 3, MILWAUKEE – Join us for Marquette for Life's Awakening Hope Gala to celebrate the work of pro-life students on campus and in the community. We will be joined by guest speaker Beth Wisniewski and her son Henry. Henry, age 7, was diagnosed with Down Syndrome before he was born and the diagnosing physician encouraged his parents, Beth and Kevin, to abort. They will share with us their story of choosing life! Student awards will also be presented. Register here. Questions? Email marquetteforlife@gmail.com

APRIL 9, NEENAH – Join the Fox Valley Respect Life Committee at St. Mary Catholic High School, Jane Bergstrom Fine Arts Education Center (1050 Zephyr Dr. Neenah, WI 54956) for a morning of presentations highlighting end-of-life issues from an informed, faith-based, and life-affirming perspective (8:00 – Noon). This free event will explore the following:
1. Power of Attorney vs. Living Will — Which one is better?
2. Sustaining Life: What’s moral? What’s not?
3. Legal Implications of Advance Directives
4. Support for Dignity of Life Legislation.
Whether you are currently caring for an elderly person, anticipating your own medical needs, or seeking to become more informed on end-of-life issues, this event features speakers, workshops, and vendors to inform, guide, and empower you. No RSVP required. View the flyer here.

APRIL 30, WAUWATOSA – Join the Milwaukee Guild of the Catholic Medical Association on Saturday, April 30 for 9:00 a.m. Mass followed by breakfast and a 10:00-11:30 a.m. Presentation by Father Eric Nielson at Christ King Parish (2604 N. Swan Blvd Wauwatosa, WI 53226). Why are anxiety and depression rising among college students – especially those at higher-ranked institutions? What is making young people with the greatest talents and best opportunities so anxious? Fr. Eric Nielsen will address these questions based on 15 years of experience ministering to
college students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Register for free here. View the flyer here.

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