"FIGHT FOCA Postcard Campaign"
January 24-25, 2009
With the approval of the U.S. Bishops at their November 2008 general meeting, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Committee for a Human Life Amendment are co-sponsoring the —"Fight FOCA Postcard Campaign." The target day for this event is the weekend of January 24-25, 2009, though your diocese or parish may set a different weekend.
The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) is a radical piece of legislation that creates a —fundamental right to abortion throughout the nine months of pregnancy. No governmental body at any level—federal, state, or local—would be able to —deny or interfere with this right, or to —discriminate against its exercise —in the regulation or provision of benefits, services, or information. For the first time, abortion would become an entitlement the government must fund and promote.
The postcard signing event gives parishioners, as individuals and as a body, an opportunity to give public witness to their belief in the sanctity of human life. People remember signing the cards, and public officials understand that the postcards represent concerned constituents.
For more information on FOCA, please visit:
http://www.nchla.org/datasource/idocuments/Flier.Eng.pdf
For more information on the campaign, please visit:
http://www.nchla.org/datasource/idocuments/Instructions.pdf
To order postcards, please visit:
http://www.nchla.org/datasource/idocuments/OrderFormlatest.08.pdf
For a digital version of the postcards, please visit:
http://www.nchla.org/datasource/idocuments/Postcards.Eng&Sp.pdf
