Setting the Record Straight on HB 896

Why HB896 For Texas?

Our desire is to protect all innocent life. HB 896 is a culmination of the work of many Christians across the state of Texas that share one desire – to repent of abortion and make it unthinkable in our state.  We believe that every life is made in the image of God and is precious, which is why we are calling on our elected officeholders to be the first in the nation to protect the unborn like they deserve and equal protection demands. Roe v. Wade began in Texas; it can and should end here. This legislation is supported by a myriad of individuals who believe that through peaceful civic engagement we can do what many deem impossible.

We hope the information below is helpful and equips you with a better understanding of this bill and the process.  We also hope that it inspires you to help us enlist more Texans in arguably the most important civic calling of our age: to give equal protection to the most innocent and vulnerable among us–the preborn children of Texas.

Q2

How would the bill be enforced if it passed?

A.    Ultimately, there should be little enforcement needed. All of the law-abiding citizens who currently get or do abortions would stop once it became illegal, and the bill does not apply to abortions done before the bill becomes law. The bill also would not apply to anyone who is forced into an abortion, to someone who had a reasonable mistaken belief about what they were doing, or to situations involving necessity, such as physicians trying to save the lives of both mother and child but prioritizing care based on triage.3

For the few abortions that might continue, the job of enforcing the law would be handled by our justice system, which would look something like this:

Law enforcement would decide whom to investigate and, if necessary, whom to arrest, if anyone.
If law enforcement arrested someone, prosecutors would decide whether or not to prosecute, whom to prosecute, whether to take the case to a grand jury, what to charge someone with, and whether or not to give someone immunity. For example, the bill would motivate a mother to testify against the abortionist and she would be given immunity for doing that.
If prosecutors did bring charges, judges and juries would then decide whether someone is guilty or not, what they are guilty of, if anything, and what the penalty should be.

From there, appellate courts would decide whether the law was applied correctly.

Finally, the governor of Texas would decide whether or not to grant a pardon, a reprieve, or to commute the sentence.

In this entire process, the idea that all of these members and institutions of our justice system would unite to unanimously agree to order the death penalty for an abortive mother is so unlikely as to be absurd. HB 896 certainly would not require that result. All that the bill would do is remove discriminatory provisions and apply the same equal protections to people before they are born as they get after they are born. If unborn children are equally valuable, they should receive equal protection. The bill does not single out mothers. It applies to anyone who promotes or assists with the abortion, including a boyfriend, husband, parent, or anyone else who solicits, encourages, directs, aids, or attempts to aid in committing the abortion.4 If abortion is wrong for anyone, it should be wrong for everyone.

3. Tex. Penal Code § 8.05; Tex. Penal Code § 8.02; Texas Penal Code § 9.22

4. Tex. Penal Code Chapter 7

Q1

What does the bill do?

A.    Life begins at conception. In fact, Texas law already defines an individual human person to include an unborn child from the moment of conception.1 HB 896 takes that fact to its logical conclusion to protect all unborn children.

As President Trump said in his State of the Union speech, “All children–born and unborn–are made in the holy image of God.” HB 896 would treat all human life, born and unborn, as equally valuable and sacred by ensuring equal protection for all.*

Our Republican party principles2 state, “We believe in the sanctity of innocent human life, created in the image of God, which should be protected from fertilization to natural death.” HB 896 would apply that principle and the Republican priority to abolish abortion by refusing to enforce Roe v. Wade because it deprives an unborn child of the right to life.

* A recent misconception and scare-tactic used by some is that the bill would “sentence women who have abortions to death,” but that is not true, as discussed below.

1. Tex. Penal Code 1.07(26) and (38)

2. https://www.texasgop.org/platform/

A.    No. The committee has until May 6 to vote to favorably report the bill to the Texas House of Representatives.6  Chairman Leach can call a vote and members can vote anytime the committee meets until after May 6.
Q4

Is the bill already dead?

6. Link to House Calendar.

Q3

I heard that if the bill author just changed the bill on one point that it could still pass. Is that true?

A.    Those who do not want the blame for stopping the bill that would stop abortion in Texas this year want everyone to believe that if the bill author just changed the bill on one point that it could still pass, but that’s not true.

If the chairman and other committee members were truly committed to passing the bill except for one point, they have the power to submit amendments or even to adopt an entire committee substitute without the consent of the bill author.5 In other words, if the committee were interested in outlawing even most abortions this session, they could amend the bill to take out the part they do not like and then approve it. That kind of amendment could also happen on the House floor, where it would be expected to pass easily. The bill author is not preventing the committee or the rest of the House from doing any of that if their sincere desire were really to abolish most abortion in Texas this session, even without equal protection.

The real story is that Republican leadership does not want a bill that would end even most abortions to get a vote either in this committee or on the House floor.  If they did want that, the committee would have already just changed the bill themselves.

5. Tex. H.R. Rule 4, §§ 39 and 40, Tex. H.R. 4, 86th Leg., R.S., 2019 H.J. of Tex. 27, 153. See also Id. § 42.

Q5

What can we be doing?

A.    Spread the word. The only way that we can save lives and impact this legislation is to get our friends, family, churches, and neighbors involved. If Chairman Leach continues to lead the charge to block this bill from being voted on it will effectively be a death sentence for 110,000 preborn children in the State of Texas over the next two years.  Please encourage people to sign the petition and contact their elected officeholders. Thank you!

To Chairman Leach and committee members:

Please give HB 896 a vote and vote to approve it.

WHEREAS, abortion in Texas kills 150 children every day, a clear violation of God’s law and the moral foundations of Texas and all of America; and

WHEREAS, the abominable practice of abortion is directly contrary to the principles of both the Constitution of the State of Texas and the U.S. Constitution; and

WHEREAS, Texans can no longer stand by and allow the killing of babies for profit by such organizations as Planned Parenthood; and

WHEREAS, the most compassionate thing Texans can do is to end the slaughter, provide help for those hurting, and mend the evil of abortion.

THEREFORE, I urge you to publicly support HB 896, the bill to end abortion in Texas by scheduling a committee vote, publicly pledging to vote for the bill, and voting for it.

HB 896, the bill to end abortion in Texas, has had a hearing in the Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee.

But it will die soon unless Chairman Jeff Leach schedules the bill for a vote and the committee members vote to approve it.

Sign your petition now urging Chairman Leach to schedule the bill for a vote, and for all the committee members to vote to approve HB 896!

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HB 896, God’s Law and Evangelism

God’s law is holy, just and good (Romans 7:12). Love is the fulfillment of the law of God (Romans 13:10). It is God’s moral law that acts as a teacher, school master, and tutor to lead men and nations to Christ that they might be justified by faith (Galatians 3:24).

These Biblical truths are foundation to understand the importance of HB 896 and this bill’s treatment of abortion. This bill stands upon the self-evident truth that abortion is a crime called murder and should be criminalized by law.

This will serve 3 important Kingdom purposes. First, Texans will finally come into agreement with God on the nature of this crime and fulfill His demand for justice to be established. Second, Texans will be instructed by true law to not commit sexual immorality that leads to child sacrifice and the shedding of innocent blood.

Third, the law would be used by the Holy Spirit to convict men and nations of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8). in other words, passing HB 896 would have a powerful impact on evangelism. It would curb sexual immorality and without murder available to the sinner, it would be used by God to lead men to Christ.

Do not be deceived by those who say they are Christians and are “pro-life” and oppose this bill. They are not thinking and acting Biblically. They have a form of godliness, but deny its power (2 Timothy 3:5).

Out of all the pro-life bills that have been presented to the Texas legislators, only HB 896 stands foursquare upon God’s truth. And we must all be reminded that it is only truth that can liberate us from the curse of blood guiltiness that stains our polluted and defiled land.

#HB896
#jeffleach
#justiceforthepreborn
#OSA

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Is Seeking God’s Justice Unloving?

One of the troubling responses from the testimonies given at the HB 896 hearing is from post-abortive Christian women who believe treating abortion as murder that is to be penalized by law is cruel and unusual punishment. They believe it is not Christ like to treat a woman in such a manner. We are accused of not loving the woman, but are too condemning as Christians.

This distorted view does not appear out of thin air. It has been advocated by the pro-life movement for decades. Misguided pro-lifers promote a 2 victim ideology, which not only includes the true victim, the baby, but also includes the mother. Yes, the very one who climbs on the table, hires the assassin, and pays him or her blood money to murder her child is also a victim and not a perpetrator of a crime.

This is one of the major fallacies that jealousy guards the American holocaust and ensures the carnage will continue with pro-lifer’s best intentions in tow.

What they fail to do is to have a consistent Biblical worldview that fulfills the Micah Mandate, which is to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with thy God (Micah 6:8). The order is important in God’s economy. Justice must be served for mercy to be dispensed. This is the measure of those who seek to humble themselves before God.

The church must be consistent if our prophetic witness to end the American holocaust is to be considered credible. We cannot make truth claims like abortion is murder and then in the legal realm act like people committing the crime are victims instead of criminals. Our witness rings hollow.

This is where Christian abolitionists get accused of hatred for the sinner. Why is that? We simply desire to come into agreement with God on the nature of the crime of abortion and His demand for justice by penalizing it by law.

The state needs to do its duty under God by punishing the evildoer (Romans 13:1-4) and the church needs to do its duty by ministering the Gospel of the Kingdom to set the sinner free.

One is the ministry of justice (State) concerned about the physical welfare of men and nations and the other is the ministry of grace concerned about the spiritual welfare of men and nations.

These 2 aspects of God’s virtue, justice and mercy, are not in contradiction of each other, but in complete harmony with His character and will in the earth.

The challenge for the state is very similar. Committee Chariman, Jeff Leach, who oversees the committee that allowed the hearing for HB 896 determined the bill would have to change in order for him to vote it out of committee to get to the floor. What was the major change? There must be no civil or criminal penalties for the woman who hires a hitman to murder her baby.

Until the pro-life movement deals with that inconsistency that does not pass the Biblical truth test of God’s justice, the pro-life movement will remain an unwitting enabler rather than a capable advocate to end the suffering and injustice committed against the preborn.

Pastor Matt Trewhella explains the demonic opening that allowed this travesty of justice that inspired the murderous rampage that has defiled and polluted our land.

“Understand – the reason Roe was issued in part was precisely because Texas did NOT prosecute the mother for murder and the abortionist would only get a slap on the wrist.

This is from the Roe decision: “There are other inconsistencies between Fourteenth Amendment status and the typical abortion statute. It has already been pointed out, n. 49, supra, that, in Texas, the woman is not a principal or an accomplice with respect to an abortion upon her. If the fetus is a person, why is the woman not a principal or an accomplice? Further, the penalty for criminal abortion specified by Art. 1195 is significantly less than the maximum penalty for murder prescribed by Art. 1257 of the Texas Penal Code. If the fetus is a person, may the penalties be different?” [Endnote 54]

The Court was making clear – don’t say the preborn child is a person and abortion is murder if the woman is not culpable for prosecution.”

Until the church and the pro-life movement come into agreement with God on these self-evident truths, their motives may be well intentioned, but their worldview, faith, and the godly actions necessary to abolish abortion will be weighed in the balance and found wanting.

#abolishabortion
#biblicalconsistency
#HB896
#justiceforthepreborn

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HB 896 Hearing Statement

The following is the prepared statement for the historic HB 896 Hearing that took place to the wee hours of this morning.
 
The one following is the actual statement delivered due to time restraints and the volumes of testimony (Over 8 hours worth) in favor of completely abolishing abortion in the Lone Star State. HALLELUJAH!!!
 
HB 896 Hearing Statement
 
Recently, my wife and I had the honor to meet with Gov. Abbott’s staff to express our gratitude to him for taking time from his busy schedule to reach out to our dying son and grant his dying wish, which is to abolish abortion in the state of Texas.
 
Gov. Abbott declared, “Your wish is on the Republican Party platform positions, and it’s what we’re going to be pursuing this next legislative session. And that is to outlaw abortion altogether in the State of Texas, and so your wish is granted.” Our son lit up like a Christmas tree at hearing this precious promise given by our Governor.
 
Gov. Abbott’s promise went viral and traversed the globe. National and international news agencies picked it up and our family heard from at least 35 nations on a personal level encouraged by the bravery of our son in the midst of intense suffering. Till his dying breath, he thought more of others than himself.
 
The bill before you, HB 896, represents the down payment, the surety of that precious promise given to our deceased son. With all that our family holds sacred, we desire to see HB 896 to become law in the state of Texas.
 
Not only will this ensure our son did not die in vain, not only will this affirm the integrity of Gov. Abbott’s promise, but more importantly, it will restore the true function of government to our Lone Star State, Texas. Thomas Jefferson stated, “The care of human life and not its destruction is the one and only object of good government.”
 
Roe vs. Wade revoked our national covenant of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness and replaced it with a covenant of death. It has produced a culture of death that has savaged our nation ever since.
 
In the midst of the American holocaust, and I say this to our national shame and disgrace, not one state has arisen to place the Constitutional chain on the Federal beast that has unleashed this blood lust and perversion upon our polluted and defiled land.
 
Nowhere in the Constitution are states called to make a suicide pact with the Supreme court, nor sit by while the Supreme Court creates malignant social transformation without Constitutional Representation. In the name of law, they unleashed lawlessness. In the name of the Constitution, they violated the Constitution. In the name of rights, they have convinced our nation to commit a grave wrong.
 
HB 896 is long overdue to rein in the tyranny of the Supreme Court, but, thanks be God, it is here now. I plead with you in the strongest terms possible as God
 told Joshua, “Be strong and of a good courage” and finally end this long night of wrong in the state of Texas.
 
The injustice and suffering committed against the preborn in Texas must end if we are to have a future and a hope. If other states can defy the Feds to murder b
abies even after they are born, then surely Texas can lead the way to tell the Feds no, when it comes to the two most important issues for our state’s survival, the defense of innocent life and preserving the God ordained institution of marriage.
 
Please make sure HB 896 sees the light of day and becomes law in our state. This duty is yours, the results belong to God. God bless you as you make this wise, just, and good decision and God bless Texas.
 
Actual Statement Delivered:
 
The law is not just punitive in nature, it is also a teacher. What has Roe vs. Wade taught an entire generation? If you have a problem, murder it. This gen
erations has learned this lesson very well.
 
It has also taught that the problem is the baby in the womb, who is made in the image of God, rather than the sexual immorality abortion enables. King David committed murder to cover his sexual sin of adultery. That public policy did not work for him and it has not worked for our nation.
 
Our nation has made a covenant with death, which
 has produced a culture of death savaging this generation.
 
HB 896 will end the holocaust in Texas. It will establish God’s justice that He demands and it will begin to cleanse our defiled state that has committed child sacrifice and the shedding of innocent blood.
 
I call upon this committee to fear God, rather than the Supreme Court. Do your duty. No longer carry the sword of justice in vain. Punish the evil doer as God defines evil and protect those who are good as God defines good.You must use your God given authority to protect life and stop the shedding of innocent blood.
 
PASS HB 896 IN JESUS’ NAME!!!
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Historic Gathering in Austin for HB 896

April 9th, 2019

Dear Friends of the Preborn,

Yesterday, I testified at the historic first-ever hearing for a bill of interposition/abolition in United States history. There was over 8 hours of a testimony as over 300 of us testified in support of the bill and hundreds more gathered in support.

The whole capitol was stunned by the gathering.

The GOP leadership at the behest of the establishment pro-life groups wants to remove the equal justice aspect of the bill that wherein all parties are prosecutable for the crime of murder including the mother. Those testifying held strong against their efforts.

Understand – the reason Roe was issued in part was precisely because Texas did NOT prosecute the mother for murder and the abortionist would only get a slap on the wrist.

This is from the Roe decision: “There are other inconsistencies between Fourteenth Amendment status and the typical abortion statute. It has already been pointed out, n. 49, supra, that, in Texas, the woman is not a principal or an accomplice with respect to an abortion upon her. If the fetus is a person, why is the woman not a principal or an accomplice? Further, the penalty for criminal abortion specified by Art. 1195 is significantly less than the maximum penalty for murder prescribed by Art. 1257 of the Texas Penal Code. If the fetus is a person, may the penalties be different?” [Endnote 54]

The Court was making clear – don’t say the preborn child is a person and abortion is murder if the woman is not culpable for prosecution.

Hence, the attempted move by the GOP and the pro-life groups is incredibly foolish. Therefore, PLEASE take time to contact Chairman Jeff Leach – he is the Representative who heads up the committee that heard the bill, and…tell him to keep the bill HB896 as it was introduced by Rep. Tony Tinderholt and NOT take out the provision for equal justice – that all parties to the crime are prosecutable – including the mother.  Here is the link to write or call him: https://jeffleach.com/contact/

Below is the text of my submitted testimony. I was not able to give it all verbally as we only had one minute each to speak.

Good afternoon. I came all the way from Wisconsin because I did not want to miss this historic day. The preborn have been waiting for the interposition of the lesser magistrates for 46 years now. May you do right by Christ and move this bill out of committee for a vote.

I am a pastor and I am the author of the book – the Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates.

The doctrine teaches that when the superior-ranking civil authority makes unjust or immoral law, policy, or court opinion – it is the God-given right and duty of the lesser-ranking civil authority NOT to obey the superior authority. And if necessary, to actively resist the superior authority.

Our founders established a true federalism wherein there are multiple levels of government and multiple branches in each level. They did this because they held a Christian view of man – that he is desperately wicked. They did not want power to reside in one man or a small group of men. They expected that if one branch began to play the tyrant – all other branches would resist that branch – even if that branch was the Supreme Court itself.

The Supreme Court must be defied. Your duty in the face of murder – is interposition gentlemen. Our founders did not throw off a monarchy for us to replace it with an oligarchy.

Article 6 of our Constitution does not declare that the Supreme Court has the supremacy. In fact, neither the federal judiciary nor the SC is even mentioned in the supremacy clause. What has the supremacy is the Constitution itself. Which each of you took an oath to uphold. You did not take an oath of subservience to the federal government. You did not take an oath to uphold unjust/immoral court opinions by SCOTUS.

SCOTUS has decided to impose social transformation without representation. You make laws as representatives of the people. But then SCOTUS and the federal judiciary trample those laws. SCOTUS must be defied. Nothing less will do.

You also have duty to establish justice – not behave as lapdogs for the pro-life movement. All parties to a crime of murder should be prosecuted. Women are not victims. The only part of the Roe opinion where the Court spoke properly was where they stated “In Texas, the woman is not a principal or an accomplice with respect to an abortion upon her. If the fetus is a person, why is the woman not a principal or an accomplice?” The Court was making clear – don’t say the preborn child is a person and abortion is murder if the woman is not culpable for prosecution.

This bill really only makes all the laws that apply to born people – apply to preborn people.

Your duty is to interpose against a lawless Supreme Court opinion and establish justice for the preborn. Innocent blood cries out from the ground and demands justice. Your interposition may abate the just judgment of God upon Texas. Your failure to interpose will ensure the demise of Texas.

Ezekiel 22 talks about the evil in the land and the failure of the magistrates to interpose. The Lord says of this: So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one. 31 Therefore I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; and I have recompensed their deeds on their own heads,” says the Lord God.

May you tremble and do right by Christ.

Pastor Matthew Trewhella

This is historic. May Christ be honored and praised!

Please forward this to others.

May Christ be glorified in the earth!

Understand – all previous bills of interposition/abolition [bills which would declare abortion murder; prosecuting all parties to the crime; no exceptions where certain babies can still be murdered; and which defies the federal judiciary] have all been killed prior to this before getting a committee hearing by the pro-life/pro-family groups and the GOP leadership. Finally the public gets to speak.

 

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Message Delivered to the City Council in Phoenix

Men of God Getting Ready to Address the City Council

Brethren, you never know what a day serving in God’s Kingdom will bring. In God’s Providence, I happened to be at the right place at the right time. Apologia Church and End Abortion Now had just happened to have scheduled addressing the city council of Phoenix today to demand they do their duty before God and make Phoenix a sanctuary city for the preborn.

They invited me to join with them to address the city council. It was a blessed privilege and honor. Please keep them in your prayers. They are doing a great kingdom work, not only in Phoenix, but reaching far beyond.

The following are my comments. I was not able to complete the entire message, but got most of it in before the 3 minute time limit ran out.

City Council Statement:

Thou shall not murder!” God’s commandments are binding upon all men, at all times, and in all nations. He did not say, “Thou shall not murder,” unless, the Supreme Court of the United States rules otherwise.

The Supreme Court is not the Supreme Being. Divine law trumps human law and any human law that violate God’s Law is no law at all, so says 1800 years of recorded history.

Next quote:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Our nation sinned when we denied the right to liberty to our black brethren. For 75 years, our Lord warned our nation, “Let them go free.” We hardened our hearts and stiffened our necks, until a bloody civil war finally ended the scourge of slavery.

Abraham Lincoln pinpointed the cause of this travesty. He stated, “until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said “the judgments of the Lord, are true and righteous altogether.” he was citing the doctrine of blood guiltiness.

If that was true then, how much more today? At least, most of the slaves lived. But now, our nation has crushed 60 million babies, torn their limbs from their torsos, decapitated their heads, poisoned them, and shed volumes of innocent blood.

Can we possible conceive the wrath that is pent up against our nation? And know this for a certainty, that all the blood that has been shed, this nation will give an account for every single drop.

Next quote:

No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. Let me ask a rhetorical question? What capital crime has the preborn committed that they deserve capital punishment?

Whatever happened to equal justice under the law? We were all preborn children made in the image of God. We were all welcomed in life and protected by law. How can we partake these precious gifts and yet deny them to our own sons and daughters? Have we forgotten the golden rule?

Abraham Lincoln stated, “God did not send any human being to this earth stamped with his divine image to be stomped on.” Well, we have been stomping for over 46 years and that stomping needs to end in Phoenix right here and right now.

Jesus warned, “And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell” (Matthew 10:28).

I would call upon this city council to fear God, rather then the Supreme Court. No longer carry the sword of justice in vain. Punish the real murderers and protect the true victims. Rise up to do your duty and ignore Roe, establish justice, and abolish all abortion now in Jesus’ name!

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Hearing for HB 896 at Texas State Capital

All hands on deck announcement:

 

It looks like the hearing for HB 896, which would abolish abortion is taking place on Monday, April 8th, at the Texas State Capital.

With all dispatch fervently pray, for the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. If you can make it, we need hundreds and hundreds of Christian abolitionists to fill that room.

This is an historic opportunity. In the just cause to abolish abortion, this is the first time a bill a true abolition has made it to a committee that is holding a hearing and this committee needs to hear from us loud and clear.

I fly back from Indianapolis serving on the battlefront there on the 7th. The next morning, our family is heading to Austin. Please pass this message on in your sphere of influence. We need to rally the Body of Christ to come and be a voice for thee voiceless at the State Capital of Texas. Hope to see you there in Jesus’ name!

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Hotel Info for National Event

Important Announcement: We have secured our major hotel for the national event. Please start booking now as to avoid future problems. There may be an overflow hotel that has suites for larger families. We should have more details coming soon. PM Jason Storms if you have need of housing.
 
I believe we have also secured our host church/building for our rallies etc. It is where Mercy Seat Church meets at the Zoofari Conference Center, 9715 W. Bluemound Rd. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
 
We will have one rally in the afternoon outside for the Sunday Solemn Assembly and we may have off one rally night on Tuesday due to a booking conflict. We shall see.
 
The following is the hotel info. We set apart 75 rooms. Act now!
 
Hotel:
 
QUALITY INN
Brookfield, WI 53045
20150 West Bluemound Road
(262) 785-0500
(262) 785-1966
 
Group Name: OSA
Arrival Date: Saturday, July 13, 2019
 
Please make reservations prior to the cut off date May 31, 2019
 
The King rooms and Double Queen rooms that are $5.00 more are on the third floor with an inside corridor.
 
The other rooms have doors that open to the outside.
 
King (inside corridor)- $85.00
Double Queen (inside corridor)-$90.00
 
King-$80.00
Double Queen-$85.00
 
Please mark your calendars, rally the youth, and make plans to come to Milwaukee, WI to Complete the Work.
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Bill of Abolition Filed in Washington State

This is what many good men and women have been working on behind the scenes for many months to see accomplished in Washington State. It is so good to have this finally see the light of day. God’s truth is marching on!

BTW, OSA has secured this dear brother as one of our rally speakers for our Complete the Work national event in Milwaukee, WI. We have also secured Senator Joseph Silk from Oklahoma who introduced SB13 to abolish abortion in Oklahoma.

For more information on the national event go here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/974245266120018/

More info on host church/meeting place and lodging coming soon.

Mark your calendars, July 13-20th, 2019, rally the youth, begin to pray, and plan to come to WI to Complete the Work in Jesus’ name!

Republican Lawmaker Files Bill to Abolish Abortion in Washington State

By Heather Clark 

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OLYMPIA, Wash. — A Republican lawmaker in Washington has introduced a bill that would outlaw abortion in the state, and asserts the right to do so under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, filed House Bill 2154, also known as the “Abolition of Abortion in Washington Act,” which had its first reading on Thursday. It has now been referred to the House Health Care & Wellness Committee for consideration.

Co-sponsors currently include Reps. Vicki Kraft, R-Vancouver; Brad Klipper, R-Kennewick; and Jesse Young, R-Gig Harbor.

“Homicide includes the killing of a natural person by abortion, which is the act of using or prescribing an instrument, drug, medicine, or any other substance, device, or means to intentionally cause the death of an unborn child,” the bill would add to current criminal statutes.

It defines a person as “including an unborn child at every stage of gestation from fertilization upon the fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum, or in the case of asexual reproduction, at the equivalent stage of development, until birth.”

Shea’s legislation further directs the state attorney general to ensure that the law prohibiting abortion is enforced by local prosecutors “regardless of any contrary or conflicting federal acts, laws, treaties, decisions, orders, or regulations.”

It derives its power to do so from the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which states, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

“Any act, law, treaty, order, or regulation of the United States government that denies or prohibits protection of a human person’s inalienable right to life is null, void, and unenforceable in this state,” the Abolition of Abortion Act reads.

“The courts of the United States have no jurisdiction to interfere with this state’s interest in protecting human physical life from the moment that human physical life begins.”

Read the bill in full here. 

Washington now joins several other states that have introduced legislation this year to outlaw abortion.

As previously reported, lawmakers in Idaho, Texas, South Carolina, Oklahoma and Indiana all presented bills this legislative season to prohibit abortion altogether in their state. However, in Oklahoma, Indiana and Idaho, Republican committee chairs have expressed opposition to the proposals, opining that they will be struck down by the courts as unconstitutional and will thus be ineffective.

Last month, the Oklahoma Baptist Convention released a statement as to why it does not support Sen. Joseph Silk’s “Abolition of Abortion in Oklahoma Act,” opining that it “unnecessarily and purposely repeals hard-earned pro-life laws” in the state, such as parental notification requirements and bans on partial birth and dismemberment abortions. The Convention additionally expressed objection that the measure “even goes so far” as to repeal laws allowing exceptions for the life of the mother.

However, a coalition of Baptist pastors pushed back against the reasoning, stating that the only biblical position is abolishment, not merely the regulation of abortion.

“[The argument from the Convention] doesn’t convey faith in our God to me,” remarked Josh King of Meridian Church in a video posted to social media. “I think of Wilberforce laboring for four decades, and his legislation defeated 11 times before he saw the abolition of the slave trade. … If we don’t win, we don’t win, but it’s time to go for it.”

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Mission to the Magistrates (Illinois)

Join Operation Save Chicago in reaching the Magistrates of Illinois with a strategy that would completely end abortion in the state of Illinois.

Here’s the days schedule.

9:00 – 11:00 am – Rally and ministry at Planned Parenthood of Springfield.
601 Bruns Ln, Springfield, IL

11:00 – 12:30 pm – Break for lunch.

12:45 pm – Meet in the Capitol rotunda.

1:00 – 3:00 pm – Deliver the message and strategy to the Illinois legislators.

3:10 – 5:00 pm – Abortion Truth Tour (Location TBD)

Click here to visit the event page. 

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