Press Room

Contact: Peggy Hamill, State Director, 414-416-0489 (cell)
Katherine Ribnek, Communications Director, 262-796-1111 or info@prolifewisconsin.org

Buses to leave Wisconsin on Friday
Over 200 Pro-Life Wisconsinites to
March for Life in Washington, D.C.

Pro-Life Wisconsin (PLW) is sponsoring two busloads of pro-life advocates for the 32nd annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. Pro-lifers from across the state will be departing on Friday, January 21 to join hundreds of thousands of Americans who will be participating in the annual march and rally on Monday, January 24 – commemorating the deadly Supreme Court Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing the crime of abortion.

While in Washington, D.C., Pro-Life Wisconsinites will be challenging the Bush administration on two important issues affecting the physical and moral well-being of families across the nation.

“We implore President Bush to direct the FDA to revoke approval of the morning-after-pill altogether,” said Peggy Hamill, state director of Pro-Life Wisconsin. “This drug regimen is lethal to embryonic persons, harmful to women, and it aggravates the STD epidemic (among other health risks).

PLW is also concerned about the recent proliferation of Medicaid family planning waiver programs, especially here in Wisconsin. Because of federal waivers granted by the Bush Administration, taxpayers across the country are now being forced to subsidize birth control more than ever before.

“We are calling on President Bush to cancel Medicaid family planning waivers that line Planned Parenthood’s pockets and expand the provision of “contraceptive” drugs and devices to our children, even as young as 15,” said Hamill. “To make matters even worse, federal law prohibits parents from being notified that their minor children are receiving free birth control under this program. This undermines parental authority and increases underage pregnancy, abortion, and STDs by encouraging sexual promiscuity.”

PLW contends that the current debate over the morning-after-pill and so-called family planning has focused much needed attention on the personhood of every preborn baby, from the first moment of fertilization. “We can’t be satisfied with simply regulating surgical abortion,” continued Hamill. “We must be about restoring legal protection for every human life, without exception – including our tiny, embryonic brothers and sisters.”

On Friday, January 21, PLW buses will depart from St. Francis Church in Necedah at 10:00 a.m. and St. Mary’s Church in Elm Grove at 1:30 p.m. Many additional pro-lifers will be traveling to D.C. from our state. At home, thousands of Pro-Life Wisconsinites will gather at various affiliate events throughout the state. To arrange D.C. interviews contact state director Peggy Hamill, 414-416-0489. For local interviews please contact communications director Katherine Ribnek at the Pro-Life Wisconsin State Office, 262-796-1111.

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