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Kevin Fischer is a veteran broadcaster, the recipient of over 150 major journalism awards from the Milwaukee Press Club, the Wisconsin Associated Press, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, the Wisconsin Bar Association, and others. He has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for over three decades. A longtime aide to state Senate Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature, Kevin can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, "InterCHANGE," on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10, and heard filling in on Newstalk 1130 WISN. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, and their lovely baby daughter, Kyla Audrey, in Franklin.

The latest from Pro-Life Wisconsin

Posted by Kevin Fischer on Jan. 31, 2011



 

 

January 31, 2011
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Reclaiming Wisconsin for Life: A Day at the Capitol
 

Join Pro-Life Wisconsin for
our 2011 Day at the Capitol!
Legislative leaders will address
the group followed by a session
on issues challenging the state
and what individuals can do to
advance the pro-life cause in
Wisconsin. At noon we will walk
to the Capitol and meet our
representatives to discuss issues favorable to life and the family.
Our legislative conference takes place at the beginning of every
two-year state legislative session.

Thursday, March 10, 2011 at the Monona Terrace in Madison
8-9 a.m. Registration
9 a.m. Breakfast
Noon Capitol visits

Keynote address by Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch

Also featuring Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald
Senate Assistant Majority Leader Glenn Grothman
Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald and Assembly Majority Leader
Scott Suder

Click here to register online or download a flier.

More pro-life billboards in Milwaukee

As we continue to offer pro-life, healthy, family-oriented alternatives to abortion, we will once again be running pro-life billboards in the city of Milwaukee. The billboards (left) connect women to a 24-hour crisis pregnancy counseling hotline.

Starting today, January 31, the above billboard can be found at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue & 27th Street and the intersection of North Avenue & 17th Street. The billboards will be at these locations for a month and will be in different spots in Milwaukee every month. Both billboards are intentionally located near Planned Parenthood facilities.

Last year, more than 400 women in Milwaukee called the hotline for crisis pregnancy help. Imagine that — 400 babies saved through a billboard! We’re excited for what this year will bring.

Donate to Pro-Life Wisconsin's True to Life media campaign and keep this effort going!

Another Wisconsin-based business supporting the abortion industry
 

Pro-lifers, we need your help again! This summer, Kohl’s was put on a boycott list due to its support of Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties [PPOSBC]. After a massive outcry from pro-lifers, Kohl’s stated, in early January of this year, that no support of Planned Parenthood will occur from any level of the company.

Unfortunately, we have discovered another Wisconsin-based company financially supporting the abortion industry. And we need your help in contacting this company! As we saw with Kohl’s, companies do respond to their customers. And remember, pro-lifers are in the majority now.

Copps Food Stores is a sponsor of NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin’s annual Roe v. Wade “celebration.” Copps is owned by Milwaukee-based Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc.; Roundy’s “owns and operates more than 155 retail grocery stores in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois under the Pick ‘n Save®, Copps Food Center, Rainbow Foods, and Metro Market banners.”

NARAL’s website lists the names of Madison-area businesses who donated items for their Roe v. Wade event. Some of them aren’t a surprise, such as the Room of One’s Own bookstore and the Rainbow Bookstore, which market themselves to the gay/lesbian community. NARAL also lists the names of individuals who contributed financially to sponsor the event. And again, some of the names aren’t a surprise, such as Nicole Safar, who is a lobbyist for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin. Also included are politicians who support NARAL’s agenda, such as current Madison mayor Dave Cieslewicz and former Madison mayor Paul Soglin.

Other businesses on the NARAL list are a reminder of where not to shop, whether you live in Madison or visit a couple times a year for Badger games. Put Milwaukee-based Copp’s grocery stores, Espresso Royale Cafe, Cardinal Bar, the Great Dane and the Glass Nickel Pizza Co. on THAT list.

There are plenty of stores in Wisconsin for pro-lifers to shop at that do not support the killing of innocent children. NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin, for the record, supports clandestine abortions for teenagers, aborting disabled babies, and laughably states that abortion is “much safer than childbirth.”

If you decide to stop shopping at Copps or any of the Roundy’s stores, LET THEM KNOW. Boycotts work when customers withhold their money, but companies have to be told why their customers are displeased. You can contact Copps through their online comment form here or you can call Copps Customer Service at 1-800-353-4357.

Message to send to Copps [please be civil but firm]:
It has been brought to my attention that Copps is a sponsor for NARAL Wisconsin in their annual Roe v. Wade celebration. Just in case you weren’t aware, NARAL is an acronym for National Abortion Rights Action League, founded by Dr. Bernard Nathanson, a once staunch abortion advocate who now dedicates his life to the pro-life cause. I take pride in shopping at a Wisconsin-based company, and I am saddened and disappointed by Copps’ decision to fund NARAL. As long as Copps continues to bankroll abortion, I will not be shopping at Copps.
 

If you feel comfortable sharing how much money, on average, you spend at Copps, do so. Money talks, especially when it will be spent elsewhere!

Planned Parenthood presence, Stations of the Cross create powerful witness
 

From the Madison Catholic Herald:
As the snow falls around her, a young woman walks from her car to the abortion clinic. No one came with her, and no doubt she will leave the same way. But she’s not alone.

On the sidewalk several yards away, there are people praying for her, for the doctor who will perform the abortion, and for the unborn child.

For a period of two hours every weekday, as the Planned Parenthood on Madison’s east side offers its abortion services, there will be a guaranteed presence this year to remind everyone who comes that there is a choice to choose life.

This prayerful witness is the work that can change hearts.

Those who pray ensure that those children do not die unloved.

Read more here.

Mississippi personhood amendment on November 2011 ballot
 

The state of Mississippi is set to amend its constitution this fall to protect all preborn children as “persons.” Last April, Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann notified Personhood Mississippi that they had collected the requisite number of voter signatures to ensure a spot on the November 2011 ballot. 

The Mississippi Personhood Amendment (Initiative Measure Number 26) reads, "The term 'person' or 'persons' shall include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or the functional equivalent thereof."

According to Les Riley, sponsor of the personhood amendment, "The Legislature of the State of Mississippi has passed just about every restriction on abortion that can be passed.  Still, about 3,000 preborn persons are murdered annually here. The churches and pro-life people of Mississippi are rising up to stop this slaughter, to recognize children as innocent persons, and to protect them by love and by law.” 

As reported by examiner.com, the certification of signatures then prompted a lawsuit by Planned Parenthood and the ACLU which argued that the personhood amendment, which seeks to define the term "human being", modifies the Mississippi Bill of Rights, which is expressly prohibited by Section 273(5). But attorney Steve Crampton of the Liberty Counsel countered that Section 273(5) does not prohibit the definition of an otherwise undefined term, such as "person". He explained that the personhood amendment complies with section 273(5)(a) because it does not establish any new right and does not modify or repeal any existing right guaranteed under the Mississippi Bill of Rights. Rather, the amendment simply defines the term "person" and does not, in any way, modify the Bill of Rights.

A Mississippi circuit court settled the matter last October in favor of Personhood Mississippi. The court decision read; "Initiative Measure No. 26 has received more than the required amount of signatures to be placed on the ballot and the Constitution recognizes the right of citizens to amend their Constitution."

Pro-Life Wisconsin strongly supports the Mississippi personhood initiative. To learn more about this amazing effort, click here for Personhood Mississippi.

400,000 turn out for March for Life; Wisconsin well-represented
 

Every year, the March for Life gets bigger and bigger. And Wisconsin continues to be well-represented! Pro-Life Wisconsin also held affiliate observances of Roe v. Wade around the state on January 22.

Approximately 16 buses from around Wisconsin traveled to Washington, DC for the March. Many carloads of people drove separately, and dozens of individuals and groups of students from several Wisconsin colleges and high schools flew out. Fr. Mark Carr led a group of Milwaukee students from Marquette University High School and Divine Saviour Holy Angels schools. Read an article about that here.

Read an article about the Vigil for Life Mass, held the night before the March, here.

Rep. Sean Duffy and Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner both spoke to a packed crowd in the National Mall before the March kicked off. Read an article about the March here.

After the rally, Rep. Duffy held a pro-life reception for people from Wisconsin at his office. Hundreds of people turned out to visit Duffy’s office.

Photo, left, l-r: Peggy Hamill, Virginia Zignego, Rep. Duffy and Bobby Hamill, Peggy’s son and a staffer in Duffy’s office.

Watch a minute-long time lapse video of the March for Life here.The National Review posted a collage of photos of pro-life groups from around the country at the March here.

Pro-life news wrap-up

- The New York Times profiles the pro-euthanasia HBO film "How to Die in Oregon," which chronicles the experiences of families and assisted suicide. Read here.

- Jill Stanek writes on the West Coast Walk for Life, held on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade in San Francisco, and attended by 50,000. Read here.

- Bishop Vasa of Oregon: Groups with affiliates that advocate abortion shouldn’t receive Catholic funding. Read more here.

- Gerard Nadal, PhD. wrote an excellent reflection on why the tide is turning and the abortion industry is seeing the beginning of the end. Read it here.


KF NOTE: I personally do not support or endorse the boycott of Wisconsin companies called for by Pro-Life Wisconsin in this newsletter. I have maintained a longtime view that boycotts don’t work. Keep in mind, there are plenty of pro-lifers and Christians that work in these stores, trying to make ends meet in a rough economy.

I do, however, support respectfully informing store management of your views on this issue.

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