BIG Pro-Life Victory + Legislative Update, With Your Help We Can Win Big in 2018

2018 is here and we're ready for the new year! We had a number of pro-life victories in 2017, but we need your help to make 2018 a greater success. Find out below how you can help!

Pro-Life Victory!
The scandal-ridden research program using aborted baby body parts at UNM Health Sciences Center (HSC) has been shut down. UNM's top fetal tissue researcher Dr. Robin Ohls was suspended and barred from her lab after she transferred baby body parts to a Michigan company and asked for money to pay her lab assistant. This was a potential violation of federal law (USC 42-289g2) and is in conflict with UNM HSC's past denial that there were unethical or unlawful practices.

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NMAFL was the first to expose Ohls' grisly research and questionable practices including studies using eyes from aborted babies, heart vessels from 57 babies, and more. This contradicts Attorney General Hector Balderas' refusal to prosecute claims on behalf of New Mexico women based on insufficient evidence. [Read more here]

Legislative Briefing
The legislative session begins in less than three weeks-- here is what you need to know about the upcoming session.
 
Sanctity of Life and Unity Day. 
The annual pro-life mass, march and rally in Santa Fe will be held January 17, 2018 from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. more details in following emails.
 
High School Age Pro-Life Youth Summit
There will be a high school age youth summit in Santa Fe, January 16 and 17. You can find out more about the event by contacting Rita or Abram at 505-771-8331 or [email protected].

Pro-Life Legislation
Three pro-life bills, drafted by NMAFL, have been pre-filed and address the most extreme abortion policies that are legal in our state:
 
Parental Notification of Abortion Act (HB- 56). View bill here. Info sheet here.   
Born Alive & Medical Care (HB 75). View bill here. *Use info here with new bill number HB 75. 
Partial Birth & Late-term Abortions (HB 76). View bill here. Info sheet here. 
 
Find your Legislator
Ask legislators to support these three life-saving bills. Search your address here, to find your legislator's contact information. 
 
Spread the Word
Please share this information and encourage your friends and neighbors to spread the word.  

Write Your Legislator  
You can start contacting your legislators now. Here are helpful tips from New Mexico State Senator Bill Sharer on what you can do to help: 

• Write a polite letter urging legislators to support the pro-life bills above (using the info sheets), clearly stating a pro-life position in very real human terms, (this is how abortion drove me to ...,  my abortion still haunts me after ___, please protect my daughter from this horror...) 

• Legislators react to dramatic stories and want to quote 'drama' when making presentations".
  Don't state the obvious, tell a story. 

• Keep it on one page and only address one bill or issue at a time.

• After you write the letter, email it, fax it, snail mail it and call their office and briefly tell the story.  If the letter shows up on 4 different days by 4 different methods it has 4 times the impact. 

• Follow up, be persistent and continue to contact your legislators, encourage others to do the same. 

Write Your Legislator  
You can start contacting your legislators now. Here are helpful tips from New Mexico State Senator Bill Sharer on what you can do to help: 

• Write a polite letter urging legislators to support the pro-life bills above (using the info sheets), clearly stating a pro-life position in very real human terms, (this is how abortion drove me to ...,  my abortion still haunts me after ___, please protect my daughter from this horror...) 

• Legislators react to dramatic stories and want to quote 'drama' when making presentations".
  Don't state the obvious, tell a story. 

• Keep it on one page and only address one bill or issue at a time.

• After you write the letter, email it, fax it, snail mail it and call their office and briefly tell the story.  If the letter shows up on 4 different days by 4 different methods it has 4 times the impact. 

• Follow up, be persistent and continue to contact your legislators, encourage others to do the same. 
  

2017 in Review 
We've had many successes in New Mexico this year, a few of the highlights for the pro-life movement have been:

• We exposed Planned Parenthood funneling abortion industry money into the Albuquerque mayor's race

• A district court judge ruled invalid consent form between UNM Health Sciences Center (HSC) and Southwestern Women's Options (SWO)

• Successfully worked with Congressmen Blackburn and Pearce to get FBI and DOJ investigation of UNM HSC and SWO.

Read more here.