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DONATE TO PRO-LIFE WISCONSIN'S LIFE SAVING WORK
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PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING 2020 LOVE FOR LIFE GALA UPDATE
The Brookfield Conference Center has informed us today that they are no longer able to accommodate our number of guests due to the state's new Emergency Order #3. In the spirit of our grassroots beginnings, Pro-Life Wisconsinites have joined forces to make sure we can still gather together on Thursday, October 22!
PRO-LIFE WISCONSIN'S 2020 LOVE FOR LIFE GALA IS STILL HAPPENING THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, AT A NEW VENUE!
While the 2020 Love for Life Gala will no longer be held at the Brookfield Conference Center, we have found a new venue in the area! If you have registered for the gala, we will be contacting you by text and/or phone call tomorrow, Tuesday, with the new details for the evening. Please spread the word to all who are registered with you.
Thank you for your great patience as we navigate these uncertain times! Your dedication to defending the most vulnerable makes all the difference. No amount of obstacles can get in the way of our commitment to saving lives and ending abortion.
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VOTE FOR LIFE! MAKE YOUR PRO-LIFE VOICE HEARD ON OR BEFORE ELECTION DAY
Pro-Life Wisconsin is proud of the 100% pro-life candidates who recognize the personhood of the preborn baby and hold the principled and compassionate no-exceptions pro-life position. View a full listing of the endorsed candidates, here.
Registering to Vote- Register in-person at your polling location on Election Day,
November 3.
Voting Absentee
- If you are a registered Wisconsin voter, you may request an absentee ballot.
- Absentee ballots may be requested online at MyVote.WI.gov.
- Absentee ballot requests must be received by 5pm on October 29.
- Absentee ballots must be signed by both the voter and a witness and returned by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, November 3.
- Absentee ballots may be dropped off at your local municipal clerk’s office or at your local polling location on or before Election Day, November 3.
- If you are returning your absentee ballot by mail, please complete your ballot and mail it as soon as possible to ensure that it arrives on or before Election Day, November 3.
Voting Early In-Person
- Visit your local municipal clerk’s office for an in-person absentee vote from October 20 to October 30. Please check in with your clerk’s office for voting hours.
Voting on Election Day
- Vote in-person at your polling location on Election Day, November 3, from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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BABY BOTTLE CAMPAIGN VIRTUAL FUNDRAISER
Every year, Pro-Life Wisconsin partners with churches throughout the state and holds a Baby Bottle Campaign through our Helping Both: Pregnancy Support Program. However, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re moving the physical baby bottle campaign to a
virtual baby bottle campaign. You can give online and help countless moms and their beautiful babies.
Crisis pregnancies happen all the time whether there is a pandemic or not but especially now, women need a supportive community to choose life for their preborn baby. The temptation of abortion is even greater in these difficult times. Sadly, many women are vulnerable in a crisis pregnancy to pursue an abortion.
We know that moms choose life because of the help that they receive from PLW’s Helping Both: Pregnancy Support Program. We work with local Pregnancy Resource Centers to save the life of the baby and heal the hearts of hurting moms. Helping Both fills the gap and changes lives.
We know that in this time, unemployment has affected families and limited their access to childcare, and education. It has stretched family resources and their ability to pay rent and/or their monthly bills. Our Helping Both Program fills the gap for families and gives the hope that moms in crisis pregnancies so desperately need. Your financial support means you are there for moms and their babies after birth too. Through the Helping Both Program, families have received food, gas, baby clothes, rent assistance, appliances, and financial assistance for their education. These are just a few of the ways this program has made a difference in the lives of pregnant moms in crisis.
Your generosity in this virtual baby bottle campaign provides the financial resources to continue supporting families in need. Please give generously today!
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PERSONHOOD ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL POSITION ON VACCINE ETHICS
(Personhood Alliance, October 13, 2020) Last week the national board of directors of the Personhood Alliance announced its official position on vaccine ethics. This announcement comes at a critical time, as vaccine development and other treatments for COVID-19 race forward and as new laws make it more difficult to claim moral and religious exemptions for vaccines that are produced or tested using the remains of aborted human beings.
The Personhood Alliance’s official position on vaccine ethics is a culmination of two months of committee work, which included affiliate representatives from eight states, both Catholic and evangelical, and independent physician reviewers. The committee’s recommendation was unanimously approved by the Personhood Alliance’s national board of directors.
To read our position in PDF format, click here. To read and share our press release, click here. For questions or clarification, please contact us at info@personhood.org. The most current information on unethical and ethical COVID-19 vaccine candidates can be found here.
NOTE: As a member of the Personhood Alliance (PA) Board of Directors, PLW Legislative Director Matt Sande served as a working member of the PA Vaccine Ethics Committee. Pro-Life Wisconsin is a founding member of the PA.
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40 DAYS FOR LIFE
Join us in praying for an end to abortion, and sign up to participate in the 40 Days for Life Fall Vigil (September 23 - November 1)! Because of dedicated pro-lifers like you, these vigils have saved 17,226 lives from abortion worldwide, encouraged 206 abortion workers to leave the industry, and caused 107 abortion centers to close. Wisconsin
locations include Appleton, Green Bay, Madison, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Sheboygan, and Waukesha.
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Consider inviting your bishop, priest, or pastor to come pray with you! When clergy and religious join us on the sidewalks to pray, babies are saved 100% of the time! Our goal is to have one clergy member praying every day for one hour - 40 Clergy, 40 Days.
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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 to give every penny that comes from the sale of the plates to Wisconsin’s incredible pregnancy care centers!
With over 1,500 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.
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| On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law. The CARES Act increases tax deductions for charitable donations for both individuals and corporations for tax year 2020. You may wish to consider the following provisions when determining your charitable giving this year:
Individuals who do not itemize their tax deductions may take a new "above the line" charitable deduction of $300 per taxpayer ($600 for a married couple). An "above the line" deduction reduces a donor's adjusted
gross income and thereby reduces taxable income.
Individuals who do itemize may deduct donations up to 100% of their 2020 AGI, up from the previous limit of 60%.
Corporations may deduct up to 25% of taxable income, up from the previous limit of 10%.
To qualify for these special deductions, contributions must be made during tax year 2020. Payments on outstanding pledges also qualify, provided the payment is made in 2020.
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DALEIDEN: ‘I WILL NEVER BOW TO THE TYRANNICAL VISION OF … KAMALA HARRIS’: (LifeSiteNews) – “The pro-life Center for Medical Progress (CMP) released a new video today, explaining how Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris, as California Attorney General, colluded with Planned Parenthood to weaponize California’s video recording law. Harris attempted to punish CMP’s undercover reporting on Planned Parenthood’s fetal tissue harvesting and research programs.” Read full story/see video here.
CALIFORNIA PHARMACY BECOMES FIRST IN U.S. TO SHIP ABORTION PILL TO WOMEN DURING COVID-19: (Live Action News) –"Following a recently revised court decision by U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang allowing the abortion pill (mifepristone) to be distributed without an in-person visit during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. based online pharmacy Honeybee Health agreed to distribute the drug directly to women by mail for abortion providers who prescribe it.” Read the full story here.
REPUBLICANS DEFEAT DEMOCRAT MOTION TO BLOCK COMMITTEE VOTE ON AMY CONEY BARRETT’S NOMINATION: (LifeNews.com) – “Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee
defeated a motion by Democrats attempting to block a vote on Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination…Judge Barrett might perhaps be the most pro-life Supreme Court nominee to ever be considered for a spot on the nation’s highest court. Most nominees never produce the kind of pro-life and the kind of involvement in the pro-life movement that Barrett brings to the table.” Read the full story here.
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OCTOBER 22 - Pro-Life Wisconsin's Love for Life Gala with keynote speaker, Bishop Donald Hying.
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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. 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: Pro-Life Wisconsin, Rock County Chapter meets monthly at the Beloit Public Library. For further information, contact Miriam at: plwrcc@charter.net.
WINNEBAGO COUNTY: Please join us in prayer every first Monday of the month from 5:30pm-6:30pm 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 920-279-3496 or ddurawa1@yahoo.com.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS: Please join us in prayer on the 2nd Monday of each month at 4:00pm along 8th Street near Planned Parenthood. Gather in the Grace's parking lot at 3:45pm.
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ONGOING - Women's Support Center (2051 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee) is hiring a Director of Marketing and Development. This part time job is a great opportunity to help promote the dignity of human life from the moment of conception! Women's Support Center is a Catholic pro-life crisis pregnancy center working to save the lives of babies in danger of abortion and teaching women and men about the harms of birth
control and the beauty of chastity. Resumes may be sent to wsc1212@att.net.
ONGOING - HIRING PRO-LIFERS! Go door to door in your community as a field director, and conduct a simple survey
on pro-life issues with Wisconsin voters. Field directors are paid $10-15/hour and reimbursed $0.30/mile for their travels. Hours are flexible (up to 40 hours/week). Must be 16 years of age or older, abide by strict daily reporting requirements, and be in harmony with the pro-life position. Contact Jeremiah Cantrall at 414.628.4619 or by email at jeremiah@sbalistfield.org
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 webpages both here and here.
ONGOING - Join the Ave Maris Stella Group in our initiative to consecrate Wisconsin to the Immaculate Heart of Mary! Our group is comprised of Pro-Life Catholics who support the Act of Consecrating Wisconsin to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. We have petitioned the Bishops of Wisconsin and are working to find the best time, place, and avenue for this public consecration. You can sign the petition or commit to the prayer pledge here.
ONGOING - Participate in "Rosary at the Grotto" in Kenosha every
Sunday (rain or shine) in reparation to Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart. The Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes stands just south of the St. Catherine's Commons Senior Living Complex (3524 Seventh Ave. Kenosha, WI). View flyer here.
SEPTEMBER 23 - NOVEMBER 1 - Join in prayer with one of Wisconsin's 40 Days
for Life campaigns held statewide this Fall. Find a location near you here.
OCTOBER 24 - Stop by the Pro-Life Wisconsin booth at the Men of Christ Conference in Madison. Registration, Vendors, & Confessions start at 7:00 a.m. Optional Rosary at 7:30 A.M. Opening Mass with Bishop Hying at 8:00 A.M. Program starts at 9:00 A.M. Concludes at 4:15 P.M. (Optional Parish Rosary at 4:30 P.M. & Mass at 5:00
P.M.) More information here.
NOVEMBER 8 - Gather at 4:00 p.m. at St. Katherine Drexel Parish (119 W. 7th St. Kaukauna) for "The National Day of Remembrance for the Aborted Child" hosted by the Kaukauna Knights of Columbus Council 1033. The event is free, but we encourage you to bring an item appropriate for a baby or an expecting Mother. Items will be donated to Vida
Clinic in Appleton. Questions? Contact Ed Fisher, 920.224.2556 or fishered7@gmail.com.
DECEMBER 12 - Join us for the first Red Rose Rescue Conference at the Embassy Suites in Saint Louis, MO (11237 Lone Eagle Dr, Bridgeton, MO 63044). For more information, click 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
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