(Click to contact your State Senator today and ask them to vote FOR the Human Life Non-Discrimination Act – HB453)

Greetings Friend,

We're excited to announce the Senate Health Care Committee will hear the Human Life Non-Discrimination Act (HB453) tomorrow at 10 am. 

Traveling from Indiana to testify at the hearing and our Legislative Day of Action will be Katie Shaw, a fierce national pro-life leader born with Down syndrome. Also joining in from Washington, DC will be Dr. Tara Sander Lee, Senior Fellow and Director of Life Sciences at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, and Sue Swayze Liebel, the State Policy Director for Susan B Anthony List. Several North Carolina families will join this panel of experts in Raleigh to share their personal stories and about their children with Down syndrome. 

The bill passed the House last month with bipartisan support. Now it's time to ask your Senators to support the bill! The bill prohibits abortions based on race and/or the prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.

“All babies−born and unborn− have intrinsic dignity and worth and should be protected from the practice of eugenic abortion in North Carolina,” according to Primary Bill Sponsor, Representative Pat McElraft.

In doctors’ offices across the state, parents are relying on noninvasive prenatal screening tests that can provide inaccurate results more than 50% of the time during the first trimester. According to a recent New England Journal of Medicine study, “A mother’s DNA can alter test results, leading parents — and even their doctors — to believe their babies have major disorders when they are, in fact, healthy. Women facing a positive result from a screen that promises 'accurate results, the first time' could have up to a 60% chance of a healthy baby."

“Children shouldn’t have to pass a genetic test to earn the right to be born” said bill co-sponsor Representative John Bradford. “Today, it is estimated that 70% of all babies with a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome are aborted.”

The North Carolina Values Coalition is backing this bill because every child should have the chance to live a full, happy life. We hope that North Carolina will join the leading edge of states enacting protections against the discrimination of unborn children. 

If you agree, would you consider clicking here to contact your State Senator and asking them to vote FOR the Human Life Non-Discrimination Act – HB453?

 

In gratitude,