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ACTION ALERT:
STATE SENATE TO VOTE TOMORROW ON EMBRACE THEM BOTH BILLS

The Wisconsin Senate has scheduled floor votes on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, for three of four pro-life bills entitled Embrace Them Both. Pro-Life Wisconsin is proud to advocate for these bills that, together, clarify and strengthen our current law abortion ban and provide the necessary resources for both moms and babies to survive and thrive in a post-Roe Wisconsin.

Authored by Sen. Romaine Quinn (R-Cameron), Senate Bill(s) 343, 345, and 346 received a public hearing in the Senate Committee on Licensing, Constitution and Federalism on September 19, 2023. The Committee then recommended the bills for passage on October 9, 2023. The bills do the following:

Senate Bill 343 clarifies that medical procedures intended to save the life of a pregnant mother, and not intended to kill her preborn baby, are not abortions. Such procedures include medical emergency early induction or C-section, removal of a miscarriage, or removal of an ectopic, molar, or anembryonic pregnancy. Abortion, statutorily defined as the intentional killing of a preborn living human being, is never medically necessary to save the life or improve the health of the mother.

Senate Bill 345 requires the Department of Health Services to award an ongoing $1 million annual grant to Choose Life Wisconsin, Inc. to assist the non-profit

organization in providing grants to pregnancy resource centers (PRCs) across Wisconsin. Since 2017, “Choose Life” specialty license plates have been available to Wisconsin motorists. With over 2,375 of these plates on cars in Wisconsin, sales have resulted in over $275,000 being granted to over twenty-five Wisconsin PRCs in five years.

Senate Bill 346 requires the Department of Children and Families to administer a competitive grant program that provides $5 million biennially to an adoption organization that provides financial assistance to parents seeking adoptions. With the average cost of a private adoption exceeding $40,000, we must do more, publicly and privately, to make adoption affordable for families. Assisting prospective adoptive parents with a $10,000 award will help many on the financial fence move forward with this loving gift.

(The fourth bill of the Embrace Them Both legislative package, Senate Bill 344, is not ready for Senate floor action. We expect Senate Bill 344 to be voted on by the full Senate in November. This bill increases the current state income tax exemption for dependents from $700 to $1,000 and extends the coverage to preborn children whose fetal heartbeat has been detected.)

Act Now!

Embrace Them Both provides real solutions for Wisconsin women and families. Pro-Life Wisconsin is urging the Wisconsin Senate to pass the Embrace Them Both bill package as we work to build a culture of life and true prosperity in Wisconsin. Please CALL or EMAIL your state senator TODAY and urge him/her to “Vote YES on SB 343, SB 345, and SB 346.”

Tell him/her that:
“Abortion, the intentional killing of a preborn baby, is never medically necessary to save the life or improve the health of the mother.”

“Help pregnant mothers in need by funding adoption and pregnancy resource centers.”

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. Thank you for making your pro-life voice heard!

YOUR MERE PRESENCE
So far during the 40 Days for Life campaign in Wisconsin there have been

SIX babies saved from abortion! Thank You, Jesus! No matter what happens in Washington, D.C., or Madison, Wisconsin, know that your mere presence at these killing centers makes a huge difference. No-show rates skyrocket to as high as 75% at Planned Parenthood, even with just ONE prayer warrior on the sidewalks!

Will the next baby be saved because you took an hour out of your busy day to go pray at these awful, depraved places? When you go home to our Lord in your particular judgment, you need to be able to say, “Lord, Lord! I was there at the foot of the cross for the least of our brothers and sisters as they were dragged to their slaughter! I prayed that their mothers' hearts were softened enough to choose life for their precious baby!” Will that be your answer?
Sign up today to witness and pray to end abortion!

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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 remaining campaign for one hour. Sign up online here or using the button below. If you are a clergy member and would like to commit to one hour of prayer outside these facilities, email our Outreach Director Lesley Chisholm at
Lesley.C@ProLifeWI.org or call 262.796.1111 ext. 116.

ILLEGAL ABORTIONS - YOU CAN HELP STOP THE KILLING OF THE INNOCENTS

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin announced on September 18, 2023, they would resume killing babies in Milwaukee and Madison, essentially because they think they can get away with it. Know that Pro-Life Wisconsin is doing everything within our power to hold Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin accountable to the law.

Dan Miller, our State Director, recently took the proactive step of filing numerous complaints to the Medical Examining Board against Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, their medical director, Dr. Kathy King, and a few other known abortionists in the state that have killed for them before. Any concerned citizen can file a complaint against Planned Parenthood because they are violating our state statute, 940.04, which has been in force since the Dobbs U.S. Supreme Court ruling on June 24, 2022. The Medical Examining Board has the power to revoke a doctor’s license to practice medicine in the state of Wisconsin. An M.D. cannot knowingly break the law while practicing medicine in the state of Wisconsin.

File a complaint with the Wisconsin Medical Examining Board and tell them "Planned Parenthood is breaking the law by performing abortions in violation of Wisconsin's abortion ban, state statute 940.04." File your complaint here.

Now more than ever it is important to join together as a nation to protect life! Pro-Life Wisconsin invites you to journey with us to our nation's capitol this January as we remember the lives lost to abortion and recommit to working for the protection of ALL human life from conception to natural death!

Pro-Life Wisconsin buses will leave Wisconsin on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, and return on Sunday, January 21, 2024. The March will take place on Friday, January 19, 2024.

With questions or group sign-ups please contact Outreach Director Lesley Chisholm at Lesley.C@ProLifeWI.org or 262-796-1111 ext. 116.

LIFE CHAIN LOCATIONS FOR OCTOBER

Communities around the state continue to pray and witness for life in the public square. Please join these groups to continue to pray for the end of abortion and protection of all human life during October.

Students for Life (Milwaukee): Join Students for Life this Saturday, Oct. 21, for a Life Chain outside of the annual Women's Convention in Milwaukee. Students for Life will host this time of prayer and witness and then take baby supplies of all sorts to under-resourced and low-income families in local neighborhoods. We will also provide lunch and free signs! For more information on location and time, contact Matt Murphy at MMurphy@StudentsforLife.org or by text at 414-374-2954.

Fox Valley: Please join us for the Fox Valley Life Chain 2023 this Sunday, Oct. 22, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. We will stand with our signs and pray, 15 paces apart, along both sides of Wisconsin Ave in Appleton. This is a witness for Truth and a prayer vigil. Please plan to join us! Signs provided at corner of N. Alvin St and W. Wisconsin Ave. For GPS: 508 W Wisconsin Ave Appleton. With questions contact Mark Gabriel at 920-570-1679.

Since late October 2017, Choose Life license plates have been available to Wisconsin motorists, and every penny earned through the sale of the plates directly aids Wisconsin's incredible pregnancy resource centers and initiatives. Choose Life Wisconsin license plate sales have resulted in over $279,508 granted to Wisconsin pregnancy resource centers to date.

With a greater need to serve pregnant women in our state, please be a part of the mission to save lives and aid women, and get your Choose Life Wisconsin license plate today! For more information call Pro-Life Wisconsin at 262-796-1111 ext. 110.

For a list of pregnancy resource centers in Wisconsin, visit CrisisPregnancies.org

DENMARK REJECTS LEGALIZING EUTHANASIA AND ASSISTED SUICIDE: (LifeNews.com, by Wesley J. Smith, J.D.) – “We have sufficient experience with assisted suicide/euthanasia to understand where it leads - an ever-expanding regime of medicalized killing and acceptance of the dangerous concept of the life not worth living - all under the guise of so-called ‘death with dignity’ (as if dying naturally isn’t dignified). Still, euthanasia activists keep telling us that their agenda is unstoppable. Sometimes, it seems that way, I admit. And it depresses the hell out of me. But then, sometimes light penetrates the growing darkness. Such an event just occurred. The Danish Council of Ethics has rejected legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide by a 16–1 vote.” Read the full op-ed here.

CIRCUMSTANCES OF CONCEPTION SHOULDN’T DETERMINE WHETHER SOMEONE LIVES OR DIES: (Live Action, by Nancy Flanders) – “During the Democratic National Committee’s meeting on October 6, Vice President Kamala Harris said that pro-life laws — specifically those protecting preborn children who are conceived in rape or incest — are ‘immoral.’ Unfortunately, much of America agrees with her. […] Being pro-life except for babies conceived in rape or incest indicates that the person holding that belief doesn’t truly think babies in the womb are living beings worthy of life regardless of the circumstance. Like rape, abortion is an act of violence done to a person’s body, in this case the preborn child’s body, and it is not the solution for rape, nor does it bring healing to the survivor.” Read the full op-ed here.

OVER 100 BLACK PASTORS SIGN LETTER OPPOSING OHIO ABORTION AMENDMENT: ‘LIFE-OR-DEATH MATTER’: (LifeSiteNews) – “A bipartisan group of over 100 Black pastors in Ohio released a letter on Tuesday urging state voters to reject a radical amendment that would enshrine a ‘right’ to effectively unlimited abortion. The faith leaders warned that the amendment, which would allow abortion through all nine months of pregnancy, is an existential threat to the Black community. The amendment will appear on the state’s November 7, 2023, ballot as Ohio Issue 1, when voters will decide whether it should be adopted and override all present and future abortion laws from the Ohio legislature. The group of pastors called on not only Blacks but ‘all Ohioans who believe in the inherent value of every person to vote NO on Issue 1 this November.’ ‘The future of our state, our society, and our race is at stake in this amendment, and we must protect them,’ wrote the pastors, going on to highlight the disproportionate harm the measure would have on the Black community.’ The leaders emphasized that Issue 1 is not a ‘Republican or Democrat issue,’ but a ‘moral issue and for the Black community in particular, it is a life-or-death matter.’” Read the full story here.

CRAWFORD COUNTY: Life Guardians pro-life group meets monthly in Boscobel. Email Heather at heatherkramer79@gmail.com for more information or check out the Facebook page here.

GREEN BAY: Pro-Life Green Bay is an active pro-life ministry in Northeast Wisconsin and meets regularly throughout the year. 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).

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.

OCTOBER 16, MILWAUKEE – Join the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and Archbishop Jerome Listecki for a Mass and Holy Hour for Peace on Monday, October 16, at 5:15 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (812 N. Jackson Street, Milwaukee).

OCTOBER 18, BROOKFIELD – Join the Milwaukee Guild of the CMA (Catholic Medical Association) for their Annual White Mass and Presentation on Wednesday, October 18, at St. Dominic Parish (18255 W. Capitol Drive, Brookfield). Speaker Ashley Fernandes, MD, Ph.D. will present on the topic “Why should it matter – when medicine becomes agenda-driven?" Register here.

OCTOBER 18, PEWAUKEE – Wednesday, October 18, is Expose Late Term Abortion Day. Join Students for Life volunteers from 4:00-5:30 p.m. to hold pro-life banners over an overpass in Pewaukee before we go to call voters in Ohio to persuade them to vote pro-life in their statewide abortion referendum on November 7th! Dinner will also be provided. RSVP here and contact Matt Murphy for location and time at mmurphy@StudentsforLife.org or by text at 414-374-2954.

OCTOBER 19, MENOMONEE FALLS – Join St. Mary Mother of God Parish
(N89W16297 Cleveland Ave. Menomonee Falls) for a talk on Thursday, October 19, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. The topic is “Wounded Families: The Church’s Response to Abusive Behaviors.” Evening ends with Adoration and silent prayer.

OCTOBER 20, MILWAUKEE – Join 40 Days for Life Milwaukee for a Pro-Life Rosary with Archbishop Jerome Listecki on Friday, October 20, at 11:00 a.m. at Planned Parenthood (435 S Water St. Milwaukee, WI 53204).

OCTOBER 20, SHOREWOOD – Join St. Robert Parish (4019 N Farwell Ave, Shorewood) for a Prayers for Peace Service on Friday, October 20, at 7:00 p.m. The service will feature Eucharistic Adoration, rosary, scripture, quiet meditation and testimony by a Ukrainian guest speaker.

OCTOBER 21, MILWAUKEE – Join Students for Life next Saturday, Oct. 21, for a Life Chain outside of the annual Women's Convention in Milwaukee, WI! Students for Life will host this time of prayer and witness and then take baby supplies of all sorts to under-resourced and low-income families in the local neighborhoods. For more information on location and time, contact Matt Murphy at MMurphy@StudentsforLife.org.

OCTOBER 24, CEDARBURG – Join St. Francis Borgia Parish (1375 Covered Bridge Road, Cedarburg) for a talk entitled "Contraception:
A Modern-Day Serpent of Deception" on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 6:30 p.m. in the parish hall. Speaker is Tobey Neuberger.

NOVEMBER 4, MILWAUKEE – First Saturday Traveling Rosary for Life. Join us for Rosary and prayer on Saturday, November 4, 9:00-10:00 a.m. outside Planned Parenthood (435 S Water St, Milwaukee, WI 53204). Each month a Rosary for Life is held on the First Saturday of the month. For a complete listing, please email Deacon Jim Matthias at matthiasj@archmil.org.

NOVEMBER 10-12, ONGOING – Rachel's Vineyard of the Diocese of Madison offers Healing from Abortion. Whether recent or long ago ... Rachel’s Vineyard retreats offer hope and healing for anyone, women or men who have struggled with the emotional or spiritual pain after abortion. Upcoming retreat: November 10-12. Confidential and private. Contact Mary: call 608-821-3177, text 608-215-0061 or email at rachel@madisondiocese.org.
Visit: www.madisondiocese.org/rachel or www.rachelsvineyard.org.

NOVEMBER 11, NEW BERLIN – Join the Archdiocese of Milwaukee for a Respect Life Church Hall Meeting on Saturday, November 11, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Holy Apostles Catholic Church (16000 W National Ave, New Berlin). This is an open forum to learn more about pro-life initiatives in the
Archdiocese of Milwaukee, listen to local pro-life leaders, and discover the
many ways that your parish can make a difference. Suggestions for the agenda can be e-mailed to Deacon Jim Matthias at matthiasj@archmil.org. Register here.

NOVEMBER 11, ST. FRANCIS – Register today for the annual young adult Inheritance Conference! Life is a gift. While navigating life in your 20s and 30s can be daunting, you are not alone. You have a Father who continually offers to you all that is true, good, and beautiful – an inheritance of a son or daughter. We invite you to come meet amazing people, be inspired, and encounter Jesus like you never have before. Register here.

NOVEMBER 18, BROOKFIELD – You're invited to attend the annual Women of Christ Conference. New location and date for 2023! The conference will take place on Saturday, Nov. from 8:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Brookfield Conference Center (325 S Moorland Rd, Brookfield). More info and registration can be found here.

DECEMBER 2, GRAFTON – First Saturday Traveling Rosary for Life. Join us for Mass and Rosary on Saturday, December 2, at 8:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Church (1619 Washington St, Grafton, WI 53024). Each month a different parish in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee will host a Rosary for Life on the First Saturday of the month. For a complete listing, please email Deacon Jim Matthias at matthiasj@archmil.org.

JANUARY 6, 2024, MILWAUKEE – First Saturday Traveling Rosary for Life. Join us for the Rosary on Saturday, January 6, at St. Matthias Church (9306 Beloit Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53227). Each month a different parish in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee will host a Rosary for Life on the First Saturday of the month. For a complete listing, please email Deacon Jim Matthias at matthiasj@archmil.org.

ONGOING – Help America Pray the Rosary Bumper Stickers Available at No Cost: A generous Pro-Life Wisconsin supporter wants to help you promote devotion to the Rosary! Help America Pray the Rosary Bumper Stickers are available to you and/or your organization. They come in packets of 250 and will be sent to you free of charge. Questions and requests for bumper stickers should be directed to the Mazza Family at
RosaryBumperStickers@gmail.com. God bless!

ONGOING – Walking with Moms in Need: The Catholic Church has a long history of service to those who are most vulnerable. From pregnancy care centers, to foster care and adoption agencies, and from maternity homes to parish-based ministries, the Church consistently bears witness in word and deed to the beauty and dignity of every human life—including both mother and child. This program asks parishes and parishioners to adopt and support those centers and agencies that are actively helping moms in need. View the flyer here or visit the website here.

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 created pro-life resources for the latino community. If you or someone you know would benefit from these resources please view the web pages here and here.

POST-ABORTIVE VIDEO – There is hope and healing for mothers and fathers who now regret their abortion and deeply grieve the loss of their little child. A new day is dawning; be not afraid. Seek the help you need. Your wounded heart can be healed through the love and mercy of Jesus Christ. Go to Him, seek Him, and receive the help you desire to be healed and live in hope once again. Watch this video for more information on where to find help. There are millions and millions who regret their abortions. You are not alone.