Around Wisconsin
... Budget passes legislature
... Wisconsin Abstinence Coalition to hold training programs despite funding cancellation
Around the Nation
... Vote on ENDA pushed to next week
... Wisconsin Family Council signs onto letter to US Representatives urging ban on federal funding of Planned Parenthood
Around Wisconsin Family Council
... Did you know...?
... Passing the Torch
... Legislation
... Family Bulletin Board
Around Wisconsin
... Budget passes legislature
The legislature passed the compromise budget earlier this week, on a vote of 60 to 39 in the Assembly and 18 to 15 in the Senate. The compromise budget removed men and boys (more...) from the Medicaid Family Planning demonstration project; however, it increased access to the program by raising the eligibility from 185% to 200% of the federal poverty level (more...). (Read about other budget items here.) Healthy Wisconsin, the $15 billion state health care program, was not included in the compromise budget.
... Wisconsin Abstinence Coalition to hold training programs despite funding cancellation
Wisconsin Abstinence Coalition with Compel Them to Come is holding the first four sessions of a training entitled Youth Voices, Make Choices, Change Futures. The sessions challenge teens "to explore topics, personalize them, consider impact of choices
and empower them to make the best choice." Training session are scheduled Monday, October 29 or Saturday, November 3, at the
YWCA, 1915 N. Martin Luther King from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Organizers are looking for volunteers, sponsors and sites for future training sessions.
Around the Nation
... Vote on ENDA pushed to next week
A House of Representatives vote scheduled for yesterday on H.R. 3685, the "Employment Non-Discrimination Act," has been postponed until at least next week. An earlier version, H.R. 2015, made discrimination on the basis of "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" illegal. The religious community forcefully opposed this bill in light of its potential impact on religious liberty. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass), the author of H.R. 2015, allowed that bill to stay in committee and late last month quietly introduced two similar bills, H.R. 3685, that makes discrimination on the basis of "sexual orientation" illegal, and H.R. 3686, that prohibits discrimination on the basis of "gender identity." H.R. 3686 was referred last week to the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment,
Labor, and Pensions. (More...)
... Wisconsin Family Council signs onto letter to US Representatives urging ban on federal funding of Planned Parenthood
Wisconsin Family Council joined nearly 60 other pro-family organizations in a letter to US Representatives urging them to immediately suspend federal funding of Planned Parenthood until it can be determined whether that organization has violated state and federal laws. The letter refers to the pending Kansas criminal lawsuit against Planned Parenthood for illegally performing late-term abortions, falsifying documents to conceal that fact, and failing to comply with required medical reporting guidelines. A hearing in the case is set for Nov. 16.
Around Wisconsin Family Council
... Did you know...?
Wisconsin Family Council introduces another new web resource, a Did you know...? page with interesting facts from obscure and not-so-obscure sources.
... Passing the Torch
See Wisconsin Family Council's new web page, Passing the Torch, with ideas and resources to help parents instill in their children a love for the United States.
... Family Bulletin Board
- 40 Days for Life Campaign
Oct. 25 is Day 30 of the nationwide "40 Days for Life" campaign. People in 88 cities are gathering outside of abortion centers until November 4 to fast and peacefully pray for the end of abortion in America. (Update on campaign so far)
In Madison, people are gathering outside Planned Parenthood, 3706 Orin Road (off Stoughton Road near MATC) Details
Please contact Amy Hying at (608) 698-3877 or through email at 40daysforlifemadison@gmail.com. (Online calendar showing hours available.)
40 Days for Life vigils are also taking place in Milwaukee (read more), Grand Chute and Green Bay.
- Access Women's Center annual banquet on November 2
Access Women's Center, a non-profit pregnancy care center supported by Baptist churches and individuals, will hold its annual banquet on Friday, November 2, 2007 at the Bible Baptist Church or Utica at 6:30 p.m. Please bring your used Christian books to the banquet early for the used book sale to benefit the Center. Call 608-241-8153 for more information. (The Center has moved to 2805A E. Washington Ave., Madison, WI 53704; Mrs. Andrea Koenig recently joined Elaine Trow as co-director.)
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