Not only will taxpayer funded abortions be mandatory, significantly increasing the number of lives lost, but it will be practically impossible to protect babies even in the last three months of pregnancy. Not even the Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act, with its very modest protections for unborn children and their mothers, will not survive. The Abortion Control Act, in force since the 1990s, ensures that women are informed about the biological development of the baby and the availability of alternatives to abortion. It also gives the woman 24 hours to process the information. The Act also ensures that at least one parent is involved in a minor daughter's abortion decision or that a judge determines that the minor is mature enough to opt for abortion without a parent's involvement. Even the ability of state health regulators to conduct inspections of abortion facilities will be compromised.

If or when the state Supreme Court rules in favor of the abortion providers, the only thing that will protect the people of Pennsylvania from unlimited, unregulated, and taxpayer-funded abortion through all nine months of pregnancy will a Constitutional amendment to explicitly affirm that nothing in the Constitution indicates that abortion has to be treated in all cases as routine health care or a fundamental right. The Constitution is silent on abortion and has been so since it was originally written. This amendment merely ensures that the state Supreme Court cannot tie the hands of our legislators and completely disregard the will of the people by unilaterally imposing an imaginary, non-existent "constitutional right."

This amendment only maintains the status quo; it makes no changes to the current abortion policies of the state. IT DOES NOTHING TO "BAN ABORTION" but only prevents the abortion extremists from becoming unstoppable, able to impose their entire extremist agenda with impunity.

Amending the Pennsylvania Constitution is a not a simple process. The amendment must be approved by majorities in the state House and state Senate, not once but twice, in two consecutive legislative sessions. Then, it must be placed on the ballot in a general election and approved by a majority of the voters. Although it is a challenging procedure, there is a strong likelihood that the effort will succeed, given that there are pro-life majorities in both the House and Senate. (A constitutional amendment is not subject to a governor's veto.)

The amendment already received its first approval from the PA House and PA Senate, on July 8, 2022 (Joint Resolution 106). The state House and Senate must now approve the measure in the next session of the General Assembly, which will begin in January. After the expected second approval, the final decision will be placed in the hands of the people. The process will be completed when the voters go to the polls in the general election on November 7, 2023.

CONTINUED ATTENTION NEEDED
Please send an e-mail or letter to your legislators and for good measure please consider making a phone call as well. Contact information for state legislators who serve northwestern Pennsylvania is provided below. Your basic message should be as follows.

"Please support the pro-life constitutional amendment to keep our state Constitution abortion-neutral. There is no right to abortion in our state Constitution, and it must not be interpreted in any other way. The people of Pennsylvania deserve a chance to participate in the lawmaking process. Making important decisions that affect the lives of so many of Pennsylvania's unborn children should not be the sole prerogative of the seven individuals on our Supreme Court."

Pennsylvania Legislators

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Sen. Michele Brooks (R) Senatorial District 50 mbrooks@pasen.gov District Office 100 Hadley Road, Suite 9 Greenville, PA 16125 Phone: (724) 588-8911 Fax: (724) 588-5464 Meadville Office 16678 McMath Avenue Meadville, PA 16335 Phone: (814) 337-8132 Fax: (814) 337-5055 Meadville Office Chamber Building 908 Diamond Park Square Meadville, PA 16335 Phone: (800) 457-2040 Edinboro Office 99 Erie Street, Suite 1 Edinboro, PA 16412 Phone: (814) 734-2783 Fax: (814) 734-2789 Capitol Office 168 Main Capitol Building Senate Box 203050 Harrisburg, PA 17120-3050 Phone: (717) 787-1322 Fax: (717) 772-0577	Sen. Scott E. Hutchinson (R) Senatorial District 21 shutchinson@pasen.gov District Office 229 Elm Street Oil City, PA 16301 Phone: (814) 677-6345 Fax: (814) 677-6331 Butler Office 110 E. Diamond Street Butler, PA 16001-5999 Phone: (724) 282-1234 Fax: (724) 282-6852 Warren Office 22045 Route 6 Warren, PA 16365-7952 Phone: (814) 728-2100 Fax: (814) 728-2102 Capitol Office 170 Main Capitol Building Senate Box 203021 Harrisburg, PA 17120-3021 Phone: (717) 787-9684 Fax: (717) 787-6088
Sen. Cris Dush (R) Senatorial District 25 cdush@pasen.gov District Office 5 Main Street Wellsboro, PA 16901 Phone: (570) 724-5231 Fax: (570) 723-5119 Brookville Office 73 South White Street Suite 5 Brookville, PA 15825 (814) 646-7272 Fax: (814) 646-7275 Capitol Office Room 16 East Wing Senate Box 203025 Harrisburg, PA 17120-3025 Phone: (717) 787-7084	Sen. Dan Laughlin (R) Senatorial District 49 dlaughlin@pasen.gov District Office 1314 Griswold Plaza, Ste. 101 Erie, PA 16501 Phone: (814) 453-2515 Capitol Office 169 Main Capitol Senate Box 203049 Harrisburg, PA 17120-3049 Phone: (717) 787-8927
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Rep. Ryan A. Bizzarro (D) District 3 | Erie County repbizzarro@pahouse.net District Office Peninsula Plaza 1101 Peninsula Drive Suite 213 Erie, PA 16505 Phone: (814) 835-2880 Fax: (814) 835-2885 Capitol Office 414 Main Capitol Building PO Box 202003 Harrisburg, PA 17120-2003 Phone: (717) 772-2297 Fax: (717) 780-4767	Rep. Robert E. Merski (D) District 2 rmerski@pahouse.net District Office 3901 Liberty Street Erie, PA 16509 Phone: (814) 455-6319 Fax: (814) 455-6593 Capitol Office 103A East Wing PO Box 202002 Harrisburg, PA 17120-2002 Phone: (717) 787-4358 Fax: (717) 780-4774
Rep. Patrick J. Harkins (D) District 1 | Erie County pharkins@pahouse.net District Office 460 East 26th Street. Erie, PA 16504 Phone: (814) 459-1949 Fax: (814) 871-4854 Capitol Office 331 Irvis Office Building P.O. Box 202001 Harrisburg, PA 17120-2001 Phone: (717) 787-7406 Fax: (717) 780-4775	Rep. Lee James (R) District 64 | Venango County rljames@pahousegop.com District Office 3220 State Route 257, Suite 8 P.O. Box 547 Seneca, PA 16346 Phone: (814) 677-6413 Capitol Office 145A East Wing PO Box 202064 Harrisburg, PA 17120-2064 Phone: (717) 783-8188
Rep. Mark Longietti (D) District 7 | Mercer County mlongietti@pahouse.net District Office Unit 2-E 2213 Shenago Valley Fwy. Hermitage, PA 16148 Phone: (724) 981-4655 Fax: (724) 981-6528 Greenville Office Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce Building 182 Main St. Greenville, PA 16125 Phone: (724) 588-1005 Fax: (724) 588-1023 Capitol Office 202 Irvis Office Building PO Box 202007 Harrisburg, PA 17120-2007 Phone: (717) 772-4035 Fax: (717) 780-4785	Rep. Timothy R. Bonner (R) District 8 | Mercer County Web Form District Office Unit 1 234 West Pine Street Grove City, PA 16127 Phone: (724) 458-4911 Capitol Office 150A East Wing PO Box 202008 Harrisburg, PA 17120-2008 Phone: (717) 783-6438 Fax: (717) 782-2943
Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R) District 65 | Warren County klrapp@pahousegop.com District Offices 404 Market Street Warren, PA 16365 Phone: (814) 723-5203 Fax: (814) 728-3564 Titusville Office 109 S. Washington Street Park Building Titusville, PA 16354 Phone: (814) 827-6054 Fax: (814) 878-5778 Capitol Office Rep. Kathy L. Rapp 150 Main Capitol Building PO Box 202065 Harrisburg, PA 17120-2065 Phone: (717) 787-1367 Fax: (717) 787-5854	Rep. Brad Roae (R) District 6 | Crawford County broae@pahousegop.com District Office 900 Water Street Downtown Mall Meadville, PA 16335 Phone: (814) 336-1136 Fax: (814) 337-7680 Fairview Office Fairview Township Building 7471 McCray Rd. Fairview, PA (800) 770-2377 Cranesville Office Cranesville Borough Office 10195 John Williams Ave. Cranesville, PA 16410 (800) 770-2377 Capitol Office 151 East Wing P.O. Box 202006 Harrisburg, PA 17120-2006 Phone: (717) 787-2353 Fax: (717) 260-6505
Rep. Curt Sonney (R) District 4 | Erie County csonney@pahousegop.com District Offices 4457 Buffalo Road Erie, PA 16510 Phone: (814) 897-2080 Fax: (814) 897-2083 Corry Office 434 North Center Street Corry, PA 16407 Phone: (814) 664-9126 Fax: (814) 664-5857 Capitol Office 214 Ryan Office Building P.O. Box 202004 Harrisburg, PA 17120-2004 Phone: (717) 783-9087 Fax: (717) 787-2005	Rep. Parke Wentling (R) District 17 | Mercer County pwentling@pahousegop.com District Offices 142 Main Street Suite 1W Girard, PA 16417 Phone: (814) 774-3105 Fax: (814) 774-3108 Conneaut Lake Office 395 High Street #105 PO Box 17 Conneaut Lake, PA 16316 Phone: (814) 382-7200 Fax: (814) 382-7203 Capitol Office 106 Ryan Office Building PO Box 202017 Harrisburg, PA 17120-2081 Phone: (717) 783-5008 Toll Free: (855) 249-2427 Fax: (717) 705-1948

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