Help stop sex-selection abortions on Wednesday!

The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday, May 30, on a bill to ban sex-selection abortions nationwide, at any point in pregnancy.      The legislation is a recently revised version of the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) (H.R. 3541). The House will consider the bill on the "Suspension Calendar," which means that a two-thirds vote will be required for passage.   Please call to tell your Congressman to go on record against this war on baby girls.   A poll released on May 16, 2012 by the Charlotte Lozier Institute.   finds that 77% of respondents feel sex-selection abortions should be illegal and only 16% think they should be legal. Among women, support for making sex-selection abortion illegal is 80%-13%. Among those 45 -55 years of age, it is 87%-11%.   Are sex-selection abortions occurring in Massachusetts? Absolutely! Helen Cross has been following developments here and will cover them in an upcoming MCFL News. They are more prevalent in Massachusetts than in many states.   The bill would make it an offense, punishable by up to five years imprisonment, to knowingly do any one of the following : (1) perform an abortion "knowing that such abortion is sought based on the sex or gender of the child"; (2) use "force or threat of force. . . for the purpose of coercing a sex-selection abortion"; (3) solicit or accept funds to perform a sex-selection abortion; or (4) transport a woman into the U.S. or across state lines for this purpose. However, "A woman upon whom a sex-selection abortion is performed may not be prosecuted or held civilly liable for any violation . . ."   CALL TODAY TO END THIS OUTRAGEOUS WAR AGAINT UNBORN WOMEN!   DEMAND A 'YES' vote on H.R. 3541. Thanks, Anne   Congressman John W. Olver , 202-225-5335 Congressman Richard E. Neal, 202-225-5601 Congressman James P. McGovern, 202-225-6101 Congressman Barney Frank, 202-225-5931 Congressman Niki Tsongas, 202-225-3411 Congressman John F. Tierney, 202-225-8020 Congressman Edward J. Markey, 202-225-2836 Congressman Michael Capuano, 202-225-5111 Congressman Stephen F. Lynch, 202-225-8273 Congressman William D. Keating, 202-225-3111