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Send an advert to your local member - a message from the Australian Christian Lobby

Life Network Australia - Thursday, September 24, 2009

We’ve received terrific feedback from the abortion advertisement in The Weekend Australian. A number of pro-life politicians have also contacted us to say how much they appreciated it.

To make the most of this opportunity to influence politicians’ thinking on this issue, please (if you haven’t already) print this advertisement and ‘snail mail’ it to your local member of State and Federal Parliaments.

We believe a hard copy of this advertisement sent to MP’s will have maximum impact. This is especially important for Queensland and New South Wales where there is enormous pressure building to decriminalise abortion right up until birth, as tragically occurred in Victoria last year.

Some points you might like to make in a cover letter are:

That you oppose abortion 
That you would like your Member to work to find ways to support women with unplanned pregnancies, rather than offering abortion as the first choice 
That abortion’s frequency (100,000 per year Australia-wide) be reduced and that there be an immediate ban on late term and partial birth abortion 
That every abortion takes the life of an unborn baby
Contact details for State MPs are available from these websites.

TASMANIA - NEW SOUTH WALESACTNORTHERN TERRITORYSOUTH AUSTRALIAWESTERN AUSTRALIAQUEENSLANDVICTORIA

Federal Members can be contacted here.
 

Thanks for taking action at this strategic time. If you would like to contribute financially to our work in shifting political and public opinion on abortion, you can donate securely online here.
 

God bless,

Jim Wallace AM
Managing Director
Australian Christian Lobby

 

Lobby the Queensland Government

Life Network Australia - Saturday, May 09, 2009
(From Salt Shakers 8 May, 2009)

Queensland
Children by Choice, an activist group supporting abortion, has issued a Media Release calling for the decriminalisation of abortion in Queensland.

It says:  “Children by Choice says Queensland has more restrictive abortion laws than many developing countries, and is calling on the new State Government to act urgently to decriminalise abortion."  
 
The media release refers to the recent case in Cairns, where a young woman is being prosecuted for importing and using an abortion drug – they claim this means the government should decriminalise abortion to remove the ‘risk’ of prosecution.

NSW
The Greens are running a campaign to decriminalise/legalise abortion. NSW Greens MP Lee Rhiannon launched a campaign in early March and held a public forum on May 1, 2009 at the NSW Parliament.

They have called on the Premier, Nathan Rees to introduce legislation – they say that if the Labor government doesn’t do so, the Greens will introduce a private member’s bill to decriminalise abortion. 

Click here to read more about the Greens ‘abortion law’ campaign (their site).

Action
If you live in Queensland or NSW please write to your own MPs and ask them NOT to support the decriminalisation/legalisation of abortion. Even better – visit them to let them know your views! Also write to the Premier and the Leader of the Opposition.

For NSW contact details – click here.
NSW voters have ONE MP in the Legislative Assembly and ALL Members of the Legislative Council. Premier: Nathan Rees. Opposition Leader: Barry O’Farrell.

For Queensland MP contact details – click here.
Voters have ONE MP in the Legislative Council. Premier: Anna Bligh. Opposition Leader: Lawrence Springborg.