Ohioans: Defund Planned Parenthood Now/Protest @ Kucinich's Office

I am passing along a very urgent legislative alert from Ohio Right to Life. Please read it closely and take action by calling your State Rep and urging him to stop giving our tax dollars to Planned Parenthood, the #1 killer of unborn children in America. Please forward this message to others so we can stop the multi-million dollar abortion industry from stealing more of our hard earned money..

Also, please join us for the PEACE IN THE WOMB RALLY, Wednesday, April 9 from 3:30 to 5:30 pm in front of the Kucinich Office in Lakewood at 14400 Detroit Ave.

Finally, the CRTL Choose Life Luncheon is set for May 14 at 11:30 am at the Intercontinental Hotel. EWTN News Director Raymond Arroyo is the Keynote Speaker with a possible appearance by pro-life actor Jim Caviezel, who will be portraying Christ in the upcoming Mel Gibson movie THE PASSION . Visit http://www.clevelandrighttolife.com/ for more details. Here is the message from ORTL:

Ohio Right to Life is requesting immediate calls to your State Representative urging him or her to oppose state funding for affiliates of Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the country.

Currently, Planned Parenthood receives significant funding from the Ohio Department of Health in the form of "family planning" grants. The current "family planning set-aside" in the state budget directs that the funding be awarded to groups that meet the requirements of the federal Title X family planning program. As a result, all of the grants from this program go to groups that already receive federal Title X family planning funds. Planned Parenthood affiliates receive most of the Title X funds, and they receive the majority of the funds under the state family planning set-aside.

Although the family planning funds Planned Parenthood receives from the state are not supposed to be used to directly pay for abortions, they do "free up" funds that Planned Parenthood receives from other sources for abortion-related activities.

The IRS Form 990s that have been filed by Ohio Planned Parenthood affiliates (see www.guidestar.org) indicate that the great majority of the affiliates have available financial assets with which to continue to provide family planning services, even if they did not receive state funding. For several Planned Parenthood affiliates, these available financial assets amount to millions of dollars and exceed the total amount of the state family planning set-aside.

In contrast to Planned Parenthood's lack of need for state funding, there are many groups that provide women's health care services that are facing tight financial situations. For instance, many local departments of health that currently provide (or wish to provide) women's health services, such as breast and cervical cancer screenings, are facing very tight budget situations.

If the current "family planning" set-aside was changed to a general "women's health" set-aside that was not based on meeting federal Title X requirements, several groups that need the funds, such as local departments of health, could apply for grants.

The Ohio House of Representatives is preparing to act on House Bill 95, the state budget which includes funding for Planned Parenthood. The House Finance Committee is expected to vote on the bill as early as Monday, April 7, and the full House may vote on the bill on Wednesday, April 9.

1) Please immediately call the office of your State Representative and urge him or her to oppose state funding for Planned Parenthood in the state budget. Tell him or her that it would be better to change the current "family planning" set-aside into a general "women's health" set-aside that would be available to many groups, such as local departments of health, that provide services to women, and that need and deserve the money more than Planned Parenthood.

2) If you have a pro-life e-mail list or phone chain, please pass this action request on to your list or chain.

Phone numbers of the offices of Ohio State Representatives are listed below. If you don't know the name of your state representative, you can contact your county board of elections or go to http://www.capwiz.com/nrlc/home/ and enter your ZIP Code in the box for "State Officials".

Dixie Allen (614) 466-1607 James Aslanides (614) 644-6014 Catherine Barrett (614) 466-1645 Joyce Beatty (614) 466-5343 Charles Blasdel (614) 466-8022 John Boccieri (614) 466-1464 Todd Book (614) 466-2124 Tom Brinkman (614) 644-6886 Edna Brown (614) 466-1401 Stephen Buehrer (614) 644-5091 Jamie Callender (614) 466-7251 Charles Calvert (614) 466-8140 Ken Carano (614) 466-6107 Jim Carmichael (614) 466-1474 Gary Cates (614) 466-8550 Kathleen Chandler (614) 466-2004 Mary Cirelli (614) 466-8030 Patty Clancy (614) 466-9091 Tom Collier (614) 466-1431 Tony Core (614) 466-8147 David Daniels (614) 466-3506 Michael DeBose (614) 466-1408 Dean DePiero (614) 466-3485 Kevin DeWine (614) 644-6020 L. George Distel (614) 466-1405 John Domenick (614) 466-3735 Steve Driehaus (614) 466-5786 Clyde Evans (614) 466-1366 David Evans (614) 466-1482 Keith Faber (614) 466-6344 Diana Fessler (614) 466-8114 Larry Flowers (614) 466-4847 Bob Gibbs (614) 466-2994 Mike Gilb (614) 466-3819 Tim Grendell (614) 644-5088 John Hagan (614) 466-9078 William Hartnett (614) 466-5802 Sandra Harwood (614) 466-3488 Nancy Hollister (614) 644-8728 Jim Hoops (614) 466-3760 Larry Householder (614) 466-2715 Jim Hughes (614) 466-2473 Jon Husted (614) 644-6008 Ed Jerse (614) 466-8012 Greg Jolivette (614) 644-6721 Merle Kearns (614) 466-2038 Annie Key (614) 466-1414 Sally Kilbane (614) 466-0961 Joe Koziura (614) 466-5141 Robert Latta (614) 466-8104 Lance Mason (614) 466-5441 Jim McGregor (614) 644-6002 Dale Miller (614) 466-3350 Tom Niehaus (614) 644-6034 Scott Oelslager (614) 752-2438 Lynn Olman (614) 466-1731 Robert Otterman (614) 644-6037 Sylvester Patton (614) 466-9435 Thomas Patton (614) 466-4895 Jeanine Perry (614) 466-1418 Jon Peterson (614) 644-6711 Larry Price (614) 466-8010 Tom Raga (614) 644-6027 Jim Raussen (614) 466-8120 Chris Redfern (614) 644-6011 Linda Reidelbach (614) 644-6030 Steve Reinhard (614) 644-6265 Tim Schaffer (614) 466-8100 John Schlichter (614) 644-7928 Jean Schmidt (614) 466-8134 Michelle Schneider (614) 644-6023 Derrick Seaver (614) 466-1507 William Seitz (614) 466-8258 Arlene Setzer (614) 644-8051 Daniel Sferra (614) 466-5358 Michael Skindell (614) 466-5921 Geoffrey Smith (614) 644-6005 Shirley Smith (614) 466-7954 Dan Stewart (614) 466-1896 Jimmy Stewart (614) 466-2158 Fred Strahorn (614) 466-2960 Barbara Sykes (614) 466-3100 Mary Taylor (614) 466-1790 James Trakas (614) 644-6041 Peter Ujvaji (614) 644-6017 Jeff Wagner (614) 466-1374 Kathleen Walcher (614) 466-9628 Shawn Webster (614) 644-5094 John White (614) 466-6504 Chris Widener (614) 466-1470 John Widowfield (614) 466-1177 John Willamowski (614) 466-9624 Bryan Williams (614) 644-5085 Charles Wilson (614) 466-8035 Larry Wolpert (614) 466-9690 Claudette Woodard (614) 644-5079 Tyrone Yates (614) 466-1308 Ron Young (614) 644-6074 Dist. 57 Vacancy (614) 644-5076

OOOhhh RAHHH!!! ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK!!!!

Cut the funds and end the killing!

Thanks, Diago, for all this information. The idea of our tax dollars funding this immoral, murderous organization sickens me.

Thanks for the heads-up. I will also look through the Policy book of the Grange, as I work for them as Oio Leg. Director. With 13,000 members I should drum up some support.

Savin' babies, helpin' with the budget, Freepin' a loser Congress critter. It doesn't get much better than this--a win-win-win situation.

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