Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) – On the heels of a national postcard campaign that saw millions of pro-life Americans contact members of Congress in opposition to the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), the nation’s Catholic bishops are now urging an e-mail campaign to ask elected offi cials to oppose that bill and to keep current pro-life laws on abortion in place. 

    The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) says it wants Congress “to maintain widely-supported pro-life policies and to oppose the federal funding and promotion of abortion.” Deirdre McQuade, a pro-life spokeswoman for the bishops, explained the goal of the new supplemental email campaign. “To guard against the erosion of current prolife measures – and to keep abortion from becoming a federal entitlement – our voice is needed now more than ever,” she told LifeNews.com.

Ms. McQuade said that for the Fight FOCA Postcard Campaign tens of millions of cards have been distributed in parishes, schools, non-Catholic churches, and civic organizations across the country.  More than 50,000 postcards were sent to Congress from faithful in the Diocese of Scranton.  “The e-mail campaign will give even more citizens the chance to participate,” she noted.  The e-mails urge a constituent’s senators and representative to “please oppose FOCA or any similar measure” and “retain existing laws against funding and promotion of abortion.” They also state: “It is especially important that Congress retain these laws in the various appropriations bills, e.g., the Hyde Amendment in the Labor/Health and Human Services appropriations bill.” All faithful are asked to contact their U.S.  senators and urge strong support for the pro-life amendments.

Contact information for any senator and representative can be found at: 

U.S. Senate:

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

U.S. House of Representatives:

http://www.house.gov/