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END ABORTION NOW

EQUAL PROTECTION AND JUSTICE

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Equal Protection & justice

We’ve discussed the routes available to end abortion in Alaska several times.

We’ve identified the options available in part based on the key problems Alaskan babies waiting to be born are facing.

A Runaway Court

Alaska’s Courts decreed in 1997 that abortion is a constitutional right that they interpreted from our Article 1, Section 22 right to privacy.

This was clearly a violation of the Constitution for many reasons.  Most simply, we can point to Justice Alito’s controlling opinion in the case that overruled Roe v Wade when he made it abundantly clear that the constitution provides no provision for abortion whatsoever.

We can also point to the fact that the Alaska Supreme Court was trying to amend our constitution.  However, Article 13, Section 1 makes it clear that only the people and the Legislature have the authority to amend the Constitution.

So in a very simple and direct application of the Alaska Constitution, the Alaska Supreme Court cannot amend the constitution and their interpreted “abortion right” is null and void.

Alaska’s Judiciary exercised the Legislature’s authority once again in 2001 when they ordered the State to pay for abortions performed on Medicaid recipients, claiming yet another interpreted right to abortion and now, abortion funding.

However, Article 9 of Alaska’s Constitution prohibits spending except “by law,” meaning that every dollar spent by Alaska’s government must be appropriated by the legislature in a budget that is passed by a majority of both House and Senate and signed into law by the Governor.

Ordering the government to spend money that the Legislature has not appropriated is a violation of the constitution and is not enforceable.

Now that we’ve identified that Alaska’s Courts have violated the constitution by taking the people’s exclusive right to amend the constitution, exercising the legislature’s exclusive authority to appropriate and spend money, and the governor’s exclusive authority to direct the administration of the government, we can then get to the most despicable abuse of judicial power.

Missing in Action

The second major challenge facing Alaskans waiting to be born is an apathetic and indifferent legislature and governor. 

While this isn’t a new problem, our legislature has certainly become more indifferent over the past 20 years. 

Part of that problem is the dishonesty of Republican candidates who claim to be pro-life, but then haul off and form coalitions with pro-abortion Democrats. 

Another serious issue we’re facing is the prolific persecution of pro-life legislators in both House and Senate.  Think I’m wrong?  When’s the last time you saw a legislator rally the House or Senate for a pro-life bill?

We’ve seen the same thing in the Governor’s office as well.  Fifty years ago Governor Terry Miller vigorously opposed the pro-abortion efforts the activists in the State Senate pushed time and again. 

The insatiable desire to legalize killing babies made Alaska the only state where the Legislature overturned the Governor’s veto of their abortion legalizing bill in 1970.  Since 1970, we haven’t seen a governor rally the state to protect babies waiting to be born.

The problem is clear:  unless all three branches of government are willing to violate the constitutional rights of babies waiting to be born, the abortion proponents and activist judges can only voice their opinions; they have “neither authority nor force; only opinion.”

However, Alaska’s Governors and Legislatures have surrendered their authority to the Courts.

 

RESTORING EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY

FINDING YOUR REPRESENTATIVES

You can find your new House and Senate Districts HERE.

The interactive map will help you find who your current State Representatives.  Click

HERE to FIND YOUR POLITICIANS.  You can also verify your voter records and locations HERE.

Next, if you’re familiar with their voting record or have any questions for them, you can contact them by clicking the links below:

Call your State Senator
You can find your State Senator’s office and phone number HERE.

Call your House Representative
You can find your House Representative’s office and phone number HERE.

Call the Governor’s Office

Finally, finding information about your candidates running in this year’s Primary and General elections isn’t too difficult.  Simply go HERE at the Division of Elections to find Your Candidates.

Alaska Right to Life

As Alaskans committed to ending abortion for over 45 years, we’re just like you – we’re everyday Alaskans with jobs, and families, living the Alaskan dream, and we want abortion to end and all innocent human lives protected – especially the most innocent and vulnerable.

Alaska Right To Life understands how hard it is to save a single life.  We continue to build coalitions with other ministries, churches, and other advocacy and political groups so that we can protect innocent human lives in any and every way possible.

Alaska Right to Life has helped Alaskans get involved, serve in ministry, influence elections and legislation and save babies’ lives since 1973.

Since Roe v Wade has been overruled, every effort to protect babies’ lives has become more urgently important than ever before.  

And because Roe has been overturned AND nothing in Alaskan abortion law has changed, everything in the battle for babies’ lives must.

Things have never been so certain, yet uncertain as they are today.  

Nothing in Alaska’s abortion law or court decrees changes with Roe overturned.  

EVERYTHING in Alaska’s abortion politics changes now that Roe is overruled.

Alaska’s abortion politics MUST change.

Now that Roe is gone, we know several things must change in Alaska: 

We must stop electing lawmakers who are indifferent to the killing of Alaskan babies. 

We must stop advocating for laws that conform to Roe v Wade or compromise on the humanity of babies waiting to be born.

We must surround every abortion facility in Alaska with ministries that help mothers struggling with unplanned and crisis pregnancies get the help and support they need to parent their babies.  

We must promote and support our Pregnancy Resource Centers – the need for their services must grow as access to abortion is restricted and eliminated.

With Roe v Wade overturned, Planned Parenthood and their Abortion Lobby in the Legislature are pulling out all the stops to protect what they have – abortion on demand from conception to birth, without exception, and paid for with your money and mine.

The battle for babies has never been more urgent than right now. 

If we are not successful in electing new legislators and a governor who will not compromise on the humanity of babies… 

If we are not successful in defining privacy in Alaska to exclude abortion…If we are not successful in prohibiting your money from paying for babies to be murdered…

If we are not successful in advancing legislation that provides for equal protection and equal justice for babies…

If we are not successful in surrounding every abortion facility in Alaska with ministries that serve mothers and protect their babies…

If we fail at protecting babies at the abortion center and in the halls of our Legislature, Alaska’s status as an ‘Abortion Safe State’ will be enshrined.

But just think about how this could turn out:

  • Babies are saved at every abortion facility
  • Activist judges removed from the bench
  • Equal protection and justice from conception are provided in our laws
  • Pregnancy Resource Centers provide care and help for mothers and their families
  • Babies are no longer murdered in Alaska

Wednesday’s What’s Happenings July 27, 2022

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We’ve all had some time to digest the Dobbs Opinion that overruled Roe v Wade, and it’s time I start sharing some of the key components of the opinion as we lean into election season and a new push to ban abortion in Alaska. 

In this email series – every week on Wednesdays – I’m going to introduce a new component from the Dobbs opinion with some light commentary and perhaps application to our challenges here in Alaska. 

You’ll see below there are also a few news updates from around Alaska and the Lower 48 to give you a sense of how things are going nationally.

Let me know what you think – you can drop your comments in the email links below.

 

OVERRULING  ROE    |    KEY  FINDINGS

Justice Alito wrote the Controlling Majority Opinion and comes right to the point:

“The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives.”

While there is great hope here – and what we’ll see in the coming weeks, there is a lot of work to be done, and I think you’ll find that even this huge move in the right direction is incomplete.

Justice Alito was joined in the opinion by Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett.

Chief Just Roberts concurred in judgment (more on that to follow). 

Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan dissented.

CONCURRING
Thomas
Gorsuch
Kavanaugh
Barrett

CONCURRING IN JUDGEMENT
Roberts

DISSENTING
Breyer
Sotomayor
Kagan

One question we must ask early and often is since there is no right to abortion in the US Constitution, then why are we acting like there is a right to abortion in the Alaska Constitution?

Let’s chew on two points briefly: 

1)  The Alaska Constitution is a derivative of the US Constitution, meaning, it must conform in large part to the US Constitution.  If there were no provisions in the US Constitution (the parent), then how could that so-called “right” be found or recognized in Alaska’s Constitution (the child)?

2)  In order for there to be a constitutional right to abortion in Alaska’s Constitution, how must that “right” be balanced against other rights?

Article 1, Section 1 of Alaska’s Constitution is labeled as, “Inherent Rights.”
First of the Inherent Rights is the right to life:

“This constitution is dedicated to the principles that all persons have a natural right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness…” and “…all persons are equal and entitled to equal rights, opportunities, and protection under the law…”

Since that is true, how many rights must babies lose in Article 1, Section 1 of Alaska’s Constitution in order for abortion to be a constitutional right – let alone legal?

Finally, if babies are persons, then in order to withhold their constitutional rights, it seems to follow that the constitution must have been amended at some point, right?  But that has not happened.

So on this simple logical conclusion, that there is no abortion right in the US Constitution, and there is no abortion right in Alaska’s Constitution, but there IS an inherent right to life, equal rights, and protections under the law, then killing children must necessarily be, and have been illegal.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on these concepts.  Email me HERE.

 

ALASKA  PRO-LIFE  NEWS
KENAI  PERSONHOOD  INITIATIVE

Alaska Right to Life is initiating a grassroots campaign to recognize babies waiting to be born as legal persons and call for equal protection and equal justice by city and borough level resolutions, beginning with the Kenai Peninsula Borough.

Read more and sign the petition HERE

ABORTIONS  ARE  NEVER  MEDICALLY  NECESSARY

It seems that even among pro-lifers the lie that abortions are somehow “medically necessary” is being adopted as the end of abortion becomes more and more of a reality.

Once we peel back the camouflage, this argument is almost always rooted in pro-abortion beliefs, and it comes up as a final stall tactic when every other argument for abortion is dismantled.

The people that raise this argument are rarely sincere – you can tell immediately when you ask them to defend the concept:

Pro-Abortion Challenge:  “Yeah, but what about when the mother’s life is at risk… when she and the fetus will die if she doesn’t terminate the pregnancy?”

Pro-Life Response:  “Are you talking about ectopic pregnancies?  If so, then the procedure that ends the baby’s life shows the limitations of our medical technology, since we cannot reliably remove the baby from the fallopian tubes and implant him in his mother’s uterus.  The intent is to save them both, but medical technology makes that essentially impossible.”

“Is there some other scenario you’re thinking of?”

Pro-Abortion Challenge:  “Yeah, what about when she has cancer, or when she, the baby, or both will die in a complicated delivery?” 

Pro-Life Response:  “How did you come to the conclusion that killing the baby will save the mother’s life?” 

Pro-Abortion Response:  “It happens all the time!”

Pro-Life Response:  “If the mother’s life is at risk, how long would it take to perform the abortion? 

Pro-Abortion Response:  Blank stare.

Pro-Life Response:  “Would the mother survive the 12 to 72 hours it would take to perform a high-risk or late-term abortion on a seriously sick or injured mother?”

Pro-Abortion Response:ANGER…  “So you’re saying the mother has to risk her life for her fetus?  What if she was raped?”

Pro-Life Response:  “Let’s focus on the original question about a mother dying if she isn’t able to have an abortion…  What procedure would the doctors use in the case of a complicated delivery to kill the baby and preserve the mother’s life? 

Pro-Abortion Response:ANGER…  “You don’t know the circumstances she’s facing.  What about…”

Pro-Life Response:  “It sounds like you’re more interested in protecting the legality of killing babies through abortion than you are in solving the problems that lead to, and follow unplanned – and even difficult pregnancies.  Am I getting that right?”

Pro-Abortion Response:ANGER…

I went through this challenge this past weekend at a gun show, of all places.  The fella I was talking to was sincere in his questions, but his underlying – probably unknown to him – motives were exposed when I asked him how the doctors would kill the baby in a complicated delivery.  Of course, that simply does not happen and his argument instantly fell apart.

Finally, please understand the questions are used to challenge the pro-abortion logic and do not in any way insinuate or justify any kind of medical necessity for killing babies.

For expert testimony and examples, please see Live Action’s conversation with a former abortionist:

“In cases where a pregnancy places a woman in danger of death or grave physical injury, a doctor more often than not doesn’t have 36 hours, much less 72 hours, to resolve the problem. Let me illustrate with a real-life case that I managed while at the Albany Medical Center. A patient arrived one night at 28 weeks gestation with severe pre-eclampsia or toxemia. Her blood pressure on admission was 220/160. A normal blood pressure is approximately 120/80. This patient’s pregnancy was a threat to her life and the life of her unborn child. She could very well be minutes or hours away from a major stroke.

This case was managed successfully by rapidly stabilizing the patient’s blood pressure and “terminating” her pregnancy by Cesarean section. She and her baby did well.

This is a typical case in the world of high-risk obstetrics. In most such cases, any attempt to perform an abortion “to save the mother’s life” would entail undue and dangerous delay in providing appropriate, truly life-saving care. During my time at Albany Medical Center, I managed hundreds of such cases by “terminating” pregnancies to save mothers’ lives. In all those cases, the number of unborn children that I had to deliberately kill was zero.”You can read more HERE.

You can watch the interview HERE.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on these concepts.  Email me HERE.

https://youtu.be/ysl1tRnk-ig
https://youtu.be/5TmomK2RB2A

PRO-LIFE  HOOSIERS 
CONDEMN  “PRO-LIFE”  SB1

Pro-Life Hoosiers filled the Indiana capital condemning SB1, a 20-week abortion ban that even Indiana Right to Life (often supports compromised bills, opposes total abortion bans) condemned as 

IRTL claims the bill “…goes through the motions on paper, but lacks any teeth to actually reduce abortions in Indiana by holding those who perform abortions or would intentionally skirt the law accountable with criminal consequences. As the bill reads now, the 8,000-plus abortions that take place annually in Indiana would continue unabated…”

Read more HERE and HERE.

Photo credit: Indiana Right to Life

We’ve heard from several friends in Indiana, all of them are condemning the Indiana Republicans for choosing SB1 over other legislation that would protect babies according to current law, “That human physical life begins when a human ovum is fertilized by a human sperm.”  IC 16-34-2-1.1.

It’s also worth noting that within just a couple days, thousands of pro-life Indianans filled the capital demanding SB1 be withdrawn in favor of truly pro-life legislation.  That is simply not possible in Alaska with our capital in Juneau.  Setting the cost of travel, lodging, food, and transportation aside, the travel and lodging industry simply could not handle such an influx of people coming to the capital.

Finally, similar legislation has been entertained here in Alaska – our republican legislators continue to flirt with bills that “go through the motions on paper, but lack any real teeth” to eliminate abortions.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on what’s happening in Indiana.  Email me HERE.

PRO-LIFE  GOVERNOR  CANDIDATE
ATTACKED  IN  NEW  YORK

“His words as he tried to stab me a few hours ago were, ‘You’re done,’ but several attendees, including @EspositoforNY, quickly jumped into action & tackled the guy,” Zeldin tweeted.

The good news, Republican and pro-life governor candidate Zeldin was not seriously hurt and was able to continue his campaign rally.

The bad news, is we’re likely to see more of this behavior against those the secular left and the abortion lobby see as threats to their secular humanist religion.

Read more HERE and HERE

Photo credit: Lee Zeldin on Twitter

ABOUT  ALASKA  RIGHT  TO  LIFE

As Alaskans committed to ending abortion for over 45 years, we’re just like you – we’re everyday Alaskans with jobs, and families, living the Alaskan dream, and we want abortion to end and all innocent human lives protected – especially the most innocent and vulnerable.

Alaska Right To Life understands how hard it is to save a single life.  We continue to build coalitions with other ministries, churches, and other advocacy and political groups so that we can protect innocent human lives in any and every way possible.

We have helped tens of thousands of Alaskans get involved, serve in ministry, save babies, influence elections and legislation and save lives since 1973.

<<First Name>>, since Roe v Wade has been overruled, the Life at Conception Act becomes more urgently important than ever before.  Moving forward, we need your help protecting babies from being murdered in Alaska.

And because Roe has been overturned and nothing in Alaskan abortion law has changed, everything in the battle for babies’ lives must.

The first step in taking action to protect babies’ lives is signing the Life At Conception Act Petition.

Sign the petition

LIFE AT CONCEPTION ACT

Sign the Life at Conception Act Petition

PETITION

If you don’t know who your representatives are, click the link below to find your House and Senate Districts.

Find your Elected Representatives HERE

FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES

Calling your elected representatives is the next step.  

Call your State Senator
You can find your State Senator’s office and phone number HERE.

Call your House Representative
You can find your House Representative’s office and phone number HERE.

Call the Governor’s Office

 

FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES

Finally, if you can, chip in $35, $50, $100 or any amount you can afford.

CHIP IN
Things have never been so certain, yet uncertain as they are today.Nothing in Alaska’s abortion law or court decrees changes with Roe overturned.EVERYTHING in Alaska’s abortion politics changes now that Roe is overruled.

Alaska’s abortion politics MUST change.

Now that Roe is gone, we know several things must change in Alaska: 

We must stop electing lawmakers who are indifferent to the killing of Alaskan babies. 

We must stop advocating for laws that conform to Roe v Wade or compromise on the humanity of babies waiting to be born.

We must surround every abortion facility in Alaska with ministries that help mothers struggling with unplanned and crisis pregnancies get the help and support they need to parent their babies.We must promote and support our Pregnancy Resource Centers – the need for their services must grow as access to abortion is restricted and eliminated.
<<First Name>>, with Roe v Wade overturned, Planned Parenthood and their Abortion Lobby in the Legislature are pulling out all the stops to protect what they have – abortion on demand from conception to birth, without exception, and paid for with your money and mine.

The battle for babies has never been more urgent than right now. 

If we are not successful in electing new legislators and a governor who will not compromise on the humanity of babies… 

If we are not successful in defining privacy in Alaska to exclude abortion…If we are not successful in prohibiting your money from paying for babies to be murdered…If we are not successful in advancing legislation that provides for equal protection and equal justice for babies…If we are not successful in surrounding every abortion facility in Alaska with ministries that serve mothers and protect their babies…

If we fail at protecting babies at the abortion center and in the halls of our Legislature, Alaska’s status as an ‘Abortion Safe State’ will be enshrined.

But just think about how this could turn out:

  • Babies are saved at every abortion facility
  • Activist judges removed from the bench
  • Equal protection and justice from conception are provided in our laws
  • Pregnancy Resource Centers provide care and help for mothers and their families
  • Babies are no longer murdered in Alaska

 

Patrick Martin

Alaska Right to Life

(907) 276-1912

PatMartin@AlaskaRightToLife.org

 

 

PS:  It’s time to end abortion in Alaska.  Your donation today makes the LIFE At Conception Act a reality.
Please DONATE and help us make the LIFE At Conception Act the law and forever end abortion in Alaska.

LIFE AFTER ROE RALLY

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GOSPEL OPPORTUNITY

JULY 9TH AT 1 PM

DELANEY PARK STRIP

GOSPEL OPPORTUNITY

JULY 9TH AT 1 PM

DELANEY PARK STRIP

ABORTION ADVOCATES NEED TO HEAR THE GOSPEL AND TRUTH ABOUT ABORTION

ABORTION ADVOCATES NEED TO HEAR THE GOSPEL AND TRUTH ABOUT ABORTION

We all know that faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ, and few people need the word of Christ more than those who advocate for abortion.  

The Lord is graciously gathering as many as 200 abortion activists on Saturday July 9th from 1 to 3 PM at Delaney Park Strip in Anchorage and we’re assembling a team to share the gospel and truth about abortion as they lament the loss of Roe v Wade.  

If we do not go, how then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed, or heard without a preacher? 

Apostle Paul proclaimed the Truth of Jesus Christ at every opportunity and so should we.  That’s why we’re assembling a team to bring the gospel to abortion proponents to tell them there is life after Roe…

To learn more contact Pat Martin, (907) 276-1912

We all know that faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ, and few people need the word of Christ more than those who advocate for abortion.  

The Lord is graciously gathering as many as 200 abortion activists on Saturday July 9th from 1 to 3 PM at Delaney Park Strip in Anchorage and we’re assembling a team to share the gospel and truth about abortion as they lament the loss of Roe v Wade.  

If we do not go, how then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed, or heard without a preacher? 

Apostle Paul proclaimed the Truth of Jesus Christ at every opportunity and so should we.  That’s why we’re assembling a team to bring the gospel to abortion proponents to tell them there is life after Roe…

 

To learn more contact Pat Martin, (907) 276-1912

 

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The Buck Stops with The Governor

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THIS BUCK STOPS WITH GOVERNOR DUNLEAVY.

THIS BUCK STOPS WITH GOVERNOR DUNLEAVY.

On April 6th, the House voted overwhelmingly to prohibit abortion funding in next year’s budget not once, but twice!

The budget that passed the House had a chance of prohibiting abortion funding and also offered a very small PFD payment.

However, the budget passed by the Senate Republicans offers $5,500 Dividend payments to every eligible Alaskan, while guaranteeing that every abortion invoice Planned Parenthood submits will be paid by you and me, the Alaska taxpayers.

So what’s it going to be?  A full PFD and guaranteed abortion funding for yet another year?

Imagine if you had that choice.  Imagine if you were the one out of nearly 60 legislators that will not vote for a budget that pays both a full Dividend AND for babies to be murdered.

No legislator should be in that position.

And if Governor Dunleavy makes good on his campaign promises from 2016, they won’t have to.

Everybody knows which legislators will NOT vote for a budget that pays for babies to be killed – Eastman and Kurka.  How the others vote, well, we’re just not so sure.

But no legislator should have to make that call on their own, either.

So click the links below and let your elected representatives know that you expect them to do the right thing.  If paying a full PFD requires they sacrifice babies’ lives, then their votes on our behalf should not support such a sacrifice.

So please let your legislators know – right now – that killing babies is never okay, especially with taxpayer money.

On April 6th, the House voted overwhelmingly to prohibit abortion funding in next year’s budget not once, but twice!

The budget that passed the House had a chance of prohibiting abortion funding and also offered a very small PFD payment.

However, the budget passed by the Senate Republicans offers $5,500 Dividend payments to every eligible Alaskan, while guaranteeing that every abortion invoice Planned Parenthood submits will be paid by you and me, the Alaska taxpayers.

So what’s it going to be?  A full PFD and guaranteed abortion funding for yet another year?

Imagine if you had that choice.  Imagine if you were the one out of nearly 60 legislators that will not vote for a budget that pays both a full Dividend AND for babies to be murdered.

No legislator should be in that position.

And if Governor Dunleavy makes good on his campaign promises from 2016, they won’t have to.

Everybody knows which legislators will NOT vote for a budget that pays for babies to be killed – Eastman and Kurka.  How the others vote, well, we’re just not so sure.

But no legislator should have to make that call on their own, either.

So click the links below and let your elected representatives know that you expect them to do the right thing.  If paying a full PFD requires they sacrifice babies’ lives, then their votes on our behalf should not support such a sacrifice.

So please let your legislators know – right now – that killing babies is never okay, especially with taxpayer money.

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A BIRD’S EYE ON ABORTION PROTESTS

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Bob Bird is a long time friend of Alaska Right to Life, a Constitutional Scholar and Pro-Life leader.  Bob has influenced pro-life ministry, activism, and legislation in Alaska for decades.

In this article, you’ll see why Bob is so respected:  it takes a kind heart, wisdom, and a gentle answer to make friends with folks who oppose us on an issue as difficult as our mission to end abortion in Alaska.

Bob reminds us that we don’t war against flesh and blood, but for the souls and lives of real people – just like the one we see here with Bob.

 

Prolifers met at the Y in Soldotna May 21 to have a counter-presence for the nation-wide support for abortion. Not knowing what to expect, and fearful of ranting and screaming abortion promoters, I wanted to keep myself a good distance away.
I did not show up at the Y but instead posted myself outside the Planned Parenthood clinic, about six blocks away. It was quiet, warm and sunny and while I was there, only myself and another prolifer prayed quietly on the sidewalk.
I learned that at the Y both sides were about equally represented. When my replacement arrived in front of PP I went to the Y to join the others. Both sides had made an implicit agreement to occupy two of the four corners. We were hoping to avoid any nasty confrontations and were met with the pleasant surprise of a very well-spoken and courteous abortion supporter.
“What might we have in common?” was her first question.
“Please tell everyone on your side that they need not fear that we will be in their face, intend any harm or will verbally berate them.”
“I think we can agree on that.”
When she found out that two of our prolifers were world-class ornithologists, she was most excited and engaged in a friendly conversation about bird watching. She asked me about the questionable constitutional issues regarding Roe v. Wade and was surprised that I was a states’ rights advocate, not a Human Life Amendment promoter.
I said, “These United States were never meant to have coast-to-coast uniformity. The 19th century physicians, who outlawed abortion, knew that they needed to go to each state to enact prolife laws. This tissue of protection would have maintained itself were it not for the overthrow of the Constitution that Roe represents. Similarly, I think if the federal government got into the business of defending pre-born babies, they would do a selective and very bad job of it, like just about everything else.
“There are libertarians who favor abortion but want Roe overturned, since it is an overthrow of the Constitution. And there are prolifers who believe a federal amendment is not only impossible, but would lead to an unpopular tyranny. Imagine ‘pregnancy officers’ posted in offices and factories, checking to see why women missed their last period. Not much different than China.”
This pleasant exchange was marred when we learned later that a reporter from KSRM Radio was hit by an egg or eggs hurled by a cowardly passing motorist while she was interviewing an abortion supporter. Few people saw it, but the reporter suffered serious welts to her head and neck. How this story will play out is anyone’s guess at this time. No description of the vehicle or the occupants has been available. The motives are, of course, left to guesswork.
– Bob Bird, Soldotna
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“The basic fact is simple:

life begins… at conception.”

Ashley Montague, Geneticist and Professor at Harvard and Rutgers Universities

 

The LIFE At Conception Act is a comprehensive bill that eliminates legalized child killing in Alaska from the moment of conception without exception to the child’s age, level of development, disability, sex, nature of conception, or any other distinguishing characteristic.

The LIFE At Conception Act protects all innocent human life from the moment of conception to natural death by addressing several points in Alaska’s Constitutional and Statutory Laws:

  • Eliminates abortion access from the right to privacy, as found in Article 1, Section 22 of the Alaska State Constitution.
  • Defines children in the womb from the moment of conception as ‘natural persons.’
  • Defines conception as the beginning of the biological development of a human organism, when the sperm and egg fuse.
  • Defines abortion as the action taken before or during the birth of a child with the intent to kill the child.
  • Repeals Alaska’s abortion laws and statutes, primarily Alaska Statute 18.16.
  • Creates criminal penalties for any intentional killing of a child at any age equivalent to negligent homicide, murder, or any other intentional killing of a person.

 

It took years to find and develop partnerships all across America and Alaska to bring The Life At Conception Act to the Alaska Legislature in 2017 for the first time.

Today, the Life At Conception Act has been introduced for the second time by David Eastman, Representative of District 10 in the Mat-Su Valley.  David was joined by Sharon Jackson, Representative of District 13 in Eagle River.

We’re grateful to both Mr. Eastman and Mrs. Jackson and look forward to working closely with them to make abortion in Alaska illegal and unthinkable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://alaskarighttolife.org/life-at-conception-act-2019-sponsors/