Here's Your Monday Update

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY SPECIAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW – DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!
Special primary elections will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, February 16, in the 13th Senate District and 89th Assembly District.

The Pro-Life Wisconsin Victory Fund Political Action Committee (PAC) has proudly endorsed former Republican State Representative Don Pridemore (R-Hartford) in the 13th Senate District (SD) special election. The 13th SD, located in parts of Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Washington, and Waukesha counties, includes the cities of Oconomowoc, Watertown, Columbus, and Beaver Dam, as well as the villages of Cambridge, Marshall, and Lomira. The Republican primary election will likely confirm the next state senator from the 13th District, as the district is solidly conservative.

The Pro-Life Wisconsin Victory Fund PAC has proudly endorsed four candidates in the 89th Assembly District (AD) special election: Elijah Behnke (R-Oconto), Debbie Jacques (R-Green Bay), David Kamps (R-Coleman), and Michael Kunesh (R-Marinette). Wisconsin’s 89th AD covers parts of Brown, Marinette, and Oconto counties including the cities of Marinette, Peshtigo, and Oconto, part of the Village of Howard, and the villages of Suamico, Coleman, and Pound.

The Pro-Life Wisconsin Victory Fund PAC has also endorsed two candidates for Fond du Lac City Council: Daniel Degner and Kenneth Cassaday.

For those of you who live in the 13th SD, 89th AD, and the City of Fond du Lac, tomorrow’s primary election is too important to miss. Plan to exercise your right to vote tomorrow, February 16, and encourage your family and friends to do the same. Vote for life, and may God bless Wisconsin!

PRO-LIFE WISCONSIN TESTIFIES BEFORE SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE AGAINST BILL PERMITTING PHARMACISTS TO PRESCRIBE CONTRACEPTIVES

On Tuesday, February 9, Pro-Life Wisconsin Legislative Director Matt Sande testified before the Senate Committee on Health in opposition to Senate Bill (SB) 30, legislation authored by Senator Mary Felzkowski (R-Irma) permitting 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.

Pro-Life Wisconsin OPPOSES any legislation that makes hormonal contraceptives more easily accessible or widely available. Please watch Matt Sande’s public testimony on SB 30 on WisconsinEye HERE starting at 2 hours 57 minutes and 45 seconds (2:57:45). Julaine Appling of Wisconsin Family Action and Kim Vercauteren of the Wisconsin Catholic Conference also testified against SB 30.

In a misguided attempt to reduce unplanned pregnancies, the Senate Health Committee recommended the bill for passage on a 4-1 vote on February 11. Senator Julian Bradley (R-Franklin) provided the lone NO vote. We thank Senator Bradley for his opposition to this dangerous and unworkable legislation.

SB 30 is bad legislation for several reasons:

Attempting to lower unplanned pregnancies by making contraceptives more easily accessible simply does not 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 SB 30 in the Wisconsin Senate. We MUST stop this legislation in the Senate!

Please CALL or EMAIL your state senator TODAY and urge him/her to “Oppose SB 30” Tell him/her, “Hormonal contraceptives can kill embryonic children, are dangerous to women’s health, and do not reduce unplanned pregnancies!”

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 voices heard in the Wisconsin Senate!

SIGN THE PETITION: SAY NO TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN OUR WISCONSIN SCHOOLS

In January of 2021, the McFarland School District sent out a letter to students’ parents and guardians informing them that the Dane County Youth Assessment would be administered to all students in grades 7-12. According to the letter, the intent of the assessment was “to provide educators, community agencies, parents, policy-makers, and funding bodies the data needed to inform grant writing, program development, and public policy.” One of the community agencies is Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin whose Director of Education, Meghan Benson, is the chair of the Dane County Youth Commission and a point of contact regarding the assessment.

Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortion provider, killing 345,672 babies in 2018 alone. The organization receives over $600 million dollars in federal funding each year which allows for the continued killing of innocent children every day in states across the country.

Since its founding in 1935, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin has guised itself as a bastion of “reproductive freedom,” working its way into our schools and communities. Their educational programs promote abortion – the direct and intentional killing of a preborn human being, and hormonal birth control – a chemical abortifacient and known carcinogen.

In 2018, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin reportedly performed 4,639 abortions in the state, contributing to our ever increasing annual abortion rate. These 4,639 innocent children were the casualties of an organization who is profiting at the expense of human life and normalizing the cycle of sexual behavior, contraception, and abortion. The work of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will continue to take root as long as we allow them to infiltrate our counties, communities, and schools.

It is time to take action and say no to Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin.

The 72-page assessment from the Dane County Youth Commission, led by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin’s Director of Education, includes questions on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sexual conduct, among other intensely private topics. Cloaking itself as a helpful aid to improve the lives of students, the assessment serves as another tool to encourage teen sexual promiscuity and abortion.

Pro-Life Wisconsin shares the common goal of improving the lives of Wisconsin students. However, we oppose and condemn all efforts to normalize sexual promiscuity in our youth which increases contraceptive use and, when it fails, leads to a higher demand for abortion, causing the death of more innocent human life. (View Pro-Life Wisconsin’s educational programs dedicated to building up our youth and combating the tactics of organizations like Planned Parenthood here.)

SIGN THE PETITION: Our Wisconsin students deserve better, and no organization profiting off the murder of innocent children should have a place in our Wisconsin schools.

40 DAYS FOR LIFE BEGINS THIS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The largest 40 Days for Life campaign begins THIS WEDNESDAY. Join us on the sidewalks outside of local abortion facilities to pray for an end to abortion. 40 Days for Life's peaceful presence on the sidewalks since 2007 has saved 18,012 lives, closed 107 abortion centers, and helped 211 abortion workers to quit. Be a part of the movement to end abortion! Get involved in your community. Find a participating location near you here.

Our 40 Clergy 40 Days program will be active during this 40 day campaign as well! If you are clergy or religious and would like to get more involved in the mission to end abortion, please sign up to pray outside of an abortion center here. State Director of Pro-Life Wisconsin, Dan Miller says, "When priests, pastors, clergy and religious join us on the sidewalks to pray, babies are saved 100% of the time!"

4TH ANNUAL PRAYER CARD
ART CONTEST IS OPEN NOW!

Do you know someone who loves painting, drawing, photography, or graphic design? We are accepting artwork until April 30, 2021. Students (Grades 1-12) have a chance to win the 2021 PLW Art Contest for their grade!

Winning entries will receive the following:

- Their design featured on a prayer card
- 500 prayer cards for their church
- 3 tickets to 2022 March for Life Chicago
- 3 tickets to the 2021 PLW Love for Life Gala

One Grand Prize Winner will receive all the above and $100 cash.

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.

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.

JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO: UNBORN BABIES ARE “PERSONS” AND THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO LIFE: (LifeNews.com) – “When the government fails to protect the most basic right, the right to life, for a baby in the womb, it sets a dangerous precedent, Judge Andrew P. Napolitano wrote this week in a column at Fox News. Napolitano, a former judge on the Superior Court of New Jersey and senior judicial analyst at Fox News, urged Americans to ask themselves, ‘Is the baby in the womb a person?’ and consider the dangerous implications of a government declaring certain groups of human beings to be non-persons.” Read the full story here.

TUCKER CARLSON CALLS OUT YOUTUBE FOR BANNING LIFESITE: ‘GOOGLE DOESN’T WANT TO DEBATE’: (LifeSiteNews) – “This week, YouTube deleted LifeSite’s entire channel, including the entire library of videos published to it, effectively cutting off 300,000 followers’ access to this publication’s pro-life, pro-family content through that platform. The move was apparently in retaliation for a handful of recent videos about COVID-19 vaccines. ‘Naturally, the Democratic Party is constructing a world designed to serve Jeff Bezos,’ [Tucker] Carlson said during his Wednesday monologue. ‘You’re an afterthought in that world. If you get in the way, they will punish you. They already are punishing you. Your right to say and think what you want, to read and watch what you want, threatens them above all.’” Read the full story here.

‘BUFFY’ ACTRESS CHARISMA CARPENTER CLAIMS CREATOR JOSS WHEDON ABUSED HER FOR BEING PREGNANT: (Live Action News) – “Actress Charisma Carpenter has come forward with allegations of abuse against ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Angel’ creator Joss Whedon just months after actor Ray Fisher accused Whedon of racist conduct. Carpenter said Whedon’s behavior toward her years ago traumatized her, and says she suffered mistreatment because of her pregnancy and her religion.” Read the full story here.

APRIL 22 – Join Pro-Life Wisconsin for the 2021 Living Courage Awards Dinner on April 22, 2021 at the Washington County Fair Park & Conference Center. Stay tuned for invitation details coming soon!

PRINTING OPPORTUNITY – PLW is looking to add another full-service printer to our supplier list. The printer should be able to handle small jobs and bigger jobs that might require multiple pieces. Mailing capabilities would be a plus. Printer should support our mission and view your assistance to us as serving the needs of the most vulnerable. Please contact Jim Matthias (office@prolifewi.org) if you would like to be considered.

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY – Do you have a pro-life heart and want to do more for the movement? Pro-Life Wisconsin has an opening for a part-time internship effective immediately, with 32 hours per week as a maximum. Enjoy a flexible schedule and a wage that is commensurate with your skillsets. Applicants should be conversant in all Microsoft Office products and able to type. If your active faith life animates your pro-life convictions, and you would like to work with a team committed to ending abortion, not regulating it, please submit your resume to Jim Matthias - office@ProLifeWI.org

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.

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, KENOSHA – Participate in the Rosary in Kenosha at 6:00 p.m. every Sunday at St. Therese Parish (2020 91st Street Kenosha, WI 53143) in reparation to Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart. View flyer here.

HIRING, BEAVER DAM – Pregnancy Support Center of Dodge County, Inc is located in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. The center currently has two part-time positions open: 1) Executive Director and 2) Client Advocate. If interested, please contact the center via e-mail: pscdc16@gmail.com with your name, e-mail, phone number, and the interested position. A job description and the instruction of the application process will be emailed to you.

FEBRUARY 17 - MARCH 28 – 40 Days for Life. Join us on the sidewalks outside of local abortion facilities to pray for an end to abortion. Find a location near you here.

FEBRUARY 18, GREEN BAY – Learn more about foster care at Life Bridge Christian Church (2496 Glendale Ave, Green Bay WI 54313) on Thursday, February 18, at 6:00 p.m. Some are called to foster, some are called to help others foster. We’re all called to care for the fatherless. Over 50% of foster parents stop fostering after their 1st placement; they feel overwhelmed & unsupported. But 90% keep fostering if they have a care team of friends and family committed to helping them with small things like dropping off a meal, offering childcare, or being a listening ear. This meeting will explain how to become a licensed foster parent as well as how to join a care team to support foster families if you can’t foster yourself.

FEBRUARY 20, WAUKESHA – Join parishioners from St. Paul's and St. Bruno's on Saturday, February 20, at 10:00 a.m. in the public space outside of Planned Parenthood in Waukesha (426 W. Main St Waukesha, WI 53186) for a Rosary for Life's Connection and Prayers to End Abortion.

MARCH 6, WAUKESHA – Join parishioners from St. Paul's and St. Bruno's on Saturday, March 6, 10:00 a.m. in the public space outside of Planned Parenthood in Waukesha (426 W. Main St Waukesha, WI 53186) for a Rosary for Life's Connection and Prayers to End Abortion.

MARCH 20, WAUKESHA – Join parishioners from St. Paul's and St. Bruno's on Saturday, March 20, 10:00 a.m. in the public space outside of Planned Parenthood in Waukesha (426 W. Main St Waukesha, WI 53186) for a Rosary for Life's Connection and Prayers to End Abortion.

APRIL 3, WAUKESHA – Join parishioners from St. Paul's and St. Bruno's on Saturday, April 3, 10:00 a.m. in the public space outside of Planned Parenthood in Waukesha (426 W. Main St Waukesha, WI 53186) for a Rosary for Life's Connection and Prayers to End Abortion.

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