MID-WEEK ACTION ALERT!

PLEASE HELP

Dear Friends,

We have an important issue that needs action right now.  Can't wait for the Friday Message. Here's what's happening.

HB2197, Brent Money's bill to provide equal protection to unborn babies has been referred to the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, chaired by Rep. John Smithee.  We have been told that the bill would be in public hearing NEXT WEEK, and we've been planning and preparing for that.

Now we are receiving mixed signals about the hearing.  But time is running short for the House to consider and pass House bills, and it really can't wait.  So we need to press Chair Smithee to schedule HB2197 for a public hearing as soon as possible.

Here's how YOU can help:

Call/Email/Write (or all 3) to Rep. Smithee's office asking him to keep HB2197 on the hearing schedule for Tuesday 4/22, or schedule it as soon as possible.

• Phone:   (512) 463-0702. 
  
• Email:  [email protected]
• Mailing Address:  PO Box 2910, Austin, TX 78768

Calls or written notes are best. Emails are read but may take a few days.

The message is simple: state that you’re requesting a hearing for House Bill 2197 relating to the protection of an unborn child's rights and criminal liability and justification for prohibited conduct, in the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. Put it in your own words, but that's the intent of the bill.

Current laws acknowledge that unborn babies are considered "persons", but they provide loopholes for mothers who kill their babies through elective abortions. HB2197 would close those loopholes.

Please help us convince Chair Smithee to schedule HB2197 for a public hearing. This bill is an important step toward protecting the unborn and completely abolishing abortion in Texas. It is one of our TTP priorities and we support it.

I've already asked you to prepare to support and testify on this bill next Tuesday. Let's start calling and convince Rep. Smithee to keep it on the schedule.

Thanks for being engaged!

Fran Rhodes, President

Our weekly visits to the Capitol focus on legislation, but the primary work is training up people to continuously be engaged in government.  Every week, we have new people who have never done it before and are happy to learn.  We are training up an army of grassroots activists, but we need your help to do it.  Can you chip in?