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Urgent: Call Congress to Oppose DISCLOSE Act
Legislation is being considered in Congress that would place sweeping new restrictions on the ability of incorporated groups, including NRLC and West Virginians for Life, to communicate with the public about the actions of federal lawmakers. Voting may take place as early as Thursday, June 17. Click here now to take action!

State Convention 2010 To be in Fairmont October 2
In keeping with National Right to Life's convention theme, WVFL's is also We Are Making a Difference. Click the appropriate link for a registration form, ad contract or sponsor contract for businesses and individuals respectively.

Mike Oliverio defeats Incumbent Alan Mollohan in the May 11 Primary
Click here to read the press release.

Update on Pro-Life Endorsements
West Virginians for Life is the largest single issue advocacy group protecting the rights of the unborn in West Virginia . Our board is made up of men and women from around the entire state whose input is essential during the Political Action Committee endorsement process. Endorsements are not made lightly. To read further, click here.

New WVFL Promotional Video Now Available
Ever wonder how West Virginians for Life started and what keeps it going today? How can you get involved? Watch this brand new video: http://vimeo.com/11340342
This looped video will be a great addition to your pro-life booth for viewing at county fairs and other special events. At a cost of $5, get yours by mailing a check to WVFL, 25 Canyon Road, Morgantown, WV 26508. Call 304-594-9845 for more info.

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MOLLOHAN AND RAHALL JOIN HOUSE DEMOCRATS TO PASS OBAMA-BACKED HEALTH CARE BILL (WVFL Response)
The U.S. House of Representatives late Sunday gave final approval to a massive health care restructuring bill strongly opposed by West Virginians for Life. The House vote was 219 to 212 in favor of the bill. All 219 votes in favor were cast by Democrats. Of the opposing (pro-life) votes, 178 were cast by Republicans and 34 by Democrats. Because the Senate already approved the bill on December 24, 2009, it will now go straight to President Obama for his signature. Click here to read the entire press release.

Ultrasound Bill Supporters Claim Victory
West Virginians for Life, the state affiliate to National Right to Life, is pleased to announce that the Ultrasound Option Bill, S.B. 597, has completed legislative action and is on its way to Governor Joe Manchin who says he will sign the bill. The Ultrasound Option Bill passed overwhelmingly in both Houses. To read the press release, click here.

Want to know the best way to defeat a pro-life candidate?
Find out all six right here. Let's learn from this piece created by National Right to Life.

Stupak-Pitts Amendment a victory in the U.S. House but the Reid Bill is bad news in the U.S. Senate as the healthcare debate continues
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nv.) has rejected the bipartisan Stupak-Pitts Amendment and has substituted completely unacceptable language that would result in coverage of abortion on demand in two big new federal government programs. Click here to read the entire NRLC press release.

Will to Live vs. a Living Will
West Virginians for Life now has a tri-fold brochure courtesy of National Right to Life which explains the Will To Live. Click to print Page 1 and Page 2. Additionally, to print out the West Virginia Will to Live, click on this link http://www.nrlc.org/euthanasia/willtolive/docs/west.virginia.rev1105.pdf

FactCheck.org Says NRLC Correct on Abortion in Obama Health Bill
In recent weeks, NRLC has seen a wave of "factcheck" commentaries in various mainstream news media, denying that the health bills being advanced by President Obama and top Democratic congressional leaders would result in government funding of abortion. Some of these articles assert that government funding of abortion would be prevented by a federal law called the "Hyde Amendment," some assert that it would be prevented by an amendment adopted in a House committee called the Capps Amendment, and some assert that President Obama himself has said that he agrees with a "tradition" that the government should not fund abortions. Regrettably, all three of those assertions are demonstrably false. Click here to read more.

New Resources Available on Abortion and the Obama-Backed Healthcare Bills
A one page summary with key talking points on Abortion in the Obama-backed healthcare bills can be viewed or downloaded by clicking here. A more detailed eleven page factsheet that details the abortion-related problems with the two Obama-backed bills (Senator Kennedy's bill and the House Democrat leadership bill, H.R. 3200) can be viewed or downloaded here. A Healthcare Action Alert flyer that can be printed and distributed to friends and family can be downloaded by clicking here. A Healthcare Action Alert bulletin insert for churches can be downloaded by clicking here.

Congress to vote on biggest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade !
The Obama Administration, working with powerful Democratic leaders in Congress, is trying to smuggle into federal law sweeping expansions of access to abortion on demand, including federal funding of abortion, through "health care reform" legislation. The White House and congressional Democratic leaders are pushing for quick votes on these bills. If enacted in their current form, these bills would result in the greatest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade. To read a summary of the current legislative situation and to learn what you can do to help, click here.

National Right to Life Fact Sheet on the U.S. House "Health Care Reform" bill (H.R. 3200)
The health care restructuring bill pending in the U .S. House of Representatives, backed by the Obama White House and titled "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009" (H.R. 3200), contains provisions that will result in federally mandated coverage of abortion on demand in virtually all of America's health plans. Once abortion is established as a federal "essential benefit," the bill will also require "access" to elective abortion, which will require many issuers to establish and staff new abortion-providing sites. Moreover, state laws that impede "access" to elective abortion (such as waiting periods and parental notification requirements) may be nullified as conflicting with the purposes of the federal law .In addition, the bill will result in the massive subsidization of elective abortion with tax dollars.  Click here to download the entire fact sheet.

Anti-Rationing Amendment to Health Care Bill Defeated
WASHINGTON- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today defeated on a party-line vote an amendment offered by Senator Michael Enzi of Wyoming, the ranking Republican member to the pending health care restructuring bill that would have prevented the use of "comparative effectiveness" research methodologies as a basis for denial of benefits to patients against their will based on their age, expected length of life, or of the patient’s present or predicted disability or quality of life. Click here to read more.

Download Petition to Stop the Obama Abortion Agenda
To All U.S. Senators and U.S. House Members: We urge you to reject Barack Obama’s radical abortion agenda. Barack Obama and his allies in the pro-abortion Democratic leadership in Congress are taking aim at unborn children and their mothers with a radical pro-abortion agenda, including: requiring taxpayers to fund abortion for any reason, forcing hospitals and health care professionals to provide abortions, funding organizations that perform and promote abortions, forcing employer health insurance plans to cover abortion, enacting a bill (the "Freedom of Choice Act") that would invalidate virtually all state and federal laws limiting abortion, including parental notification laws, and make partial-birth abortion legal again. Click here to download the letter size petition or click here to download the legal size petition..

West Virginians for Life Condemns Killing of Dr. George Tiller
The pro-life movement works to protect the right to life and increase respect for human life. The unlawful use of violence is directly contrary to that goal. To read more click here.

Behind Obama's Decision to Require The Killing of Human Embryos
 "Regarding Obama's instructions to NIH to develop 'strict guidelines' to govern embryonic stem cell research, National Right to Life Committee Legislative Director Douglas Johnson commented, 'These so-called ethical safeguards are really merely procedural requirements, an attempt to cloak the fundamentally unethical act of sacrificing living members of our species, homo sapiens, in order to provide raw material for research.' Click here to read more.

Obama Administration, New Congress to Push Pro-Abortion Agenda
 WASHINGTON -- The pro-life movement is bracing for battle as a new Congress convenes with pro-abortion Democrats in majority control in both houses, poised to work with incoming President Barack Obama to push an expansive pro-abortion agenda. To read more click here.

Roe v. Wade: 36 Years of Death and Destruction
 From coast to coast, pro-lifers are marking the 36th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions, which legalized abortion for any reason, even as a method of birth control. Since 1973, these decisions have resulted in the death of more than 50 million unborn children. To read more click here.

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Upheld
 The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the federal ban on partial-birth abortion in a narrow 5-4 decision. It is the first time the court has upheld a ban on a specific abortion procedure. Click here to read more. Click here to see animation of the procedure (Warning: Graphic image).

WVU Sends Doctors Letter of Apology
 Pro-lifers, outraged by a West Virginia University letter distributed in March to doctors statewide, will want to read the August letter of apology the university promised these same doctors (click here). To read the first letter click here, the subsequent WVFL press release and an RU486 fact sheet, click here.

WRTK Booklet Available for Download
A copy of the Women's Right to Know booklet complete with fetal development pictures is available in pdf format by clicking here. The booklet is produced by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources as required by Women's Right to Know Act.

Clinton Era Memo Reveals Abortionists' Extreme Eugenics Agenda
 The recent release of appalling evidence that pro-abortion leaders want the unborn babies of poor women killed has sent shockwaves through the media and the general public. In a letter to Bill Clinton in 1993, Ron Weddington, co-counsel in the Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion on demand in the United States, strongly urged the soon-to-be U.S. president to do everything he could to abort the unborn babies of the poor. He laid the foundational arguments for Pres. Clinton’s crusade to expand the methods and use of abortion, now disproportionately performed on poor and minority women. To see a copy of the letter, click here.

Shocking Tape Reveals Abuses at WV Planned Parenthood
 West Virginians for Life has obtained an audio recording of a call made to the Planned Parenthood clinic near Parkersburg. In the audio, the female caller represents herself as a 13 year-old girl who was impregnated by a 22 year-old man. The call revealed possible violations of West Virginia law. Most shocking however, is the lack of action on the part of Planned Parenthood to intervene in an illegal and abusive relationship. Click Here to listen. (3.3 Mb WMA file)

Planned Parenthood Hurts Girls
 According to Planned Parenthood, Morgantown needs an abortion clinic. You and I don’t agree. But what can we do? Click here for details.

Don’t Let Terri’s Fate Happen to Your Family
Sign a Will to Live NOW
 Because of the Terri Schindler-Schiavo case, there has been a definite increase in the number of people requesting "living wills." The National Right to Life Committee has prepared a legal document superior to the "living will." It is called the "Will to Live."

Pro-Life Communications Lowers Rates
 Donate 20-30% of your long-distance phone bill to WVFL! Click here for details.

Pro-Life Vanity Plate Available
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