MDGOP PRO-LIFE REPORT (10.18.21)
MDGOP PRO-LIFE REPORT (10.18.21)
Katherine Adelaide, JD, Member, Carroll County Republican Central Committee (CCRCC)
My Dear Fellow Central Committee Members:
Yes, it's “Back to School” time for we Central Committee members as we gather at our Fall 2021Convention to represent our constituents and to conduct the business of the State MDGOP Party, including passing a Pro-Life Resolution. I SERIOUSLY CANNOT WAIT TO SEE ALL OF YOU AGAIN!
I am continuing to urge you to “FALL in Love” with the Maryland statewide 40 Days for Life Fall Campaign (see below) which ends on Sunday October 31st, Halloween. Nothing is more “Terrifying” than the deliberate termination of Pre-Born life in Maryland which is Planned Parenthood's Flagship State for abortion nationally.
UPCOMING PRO-LIFE EVENTS/ACTION ITEMS (Wednesday, October 20-Tuesday, October 27, 2021)
1.MDGOP ACTION ITEMS: *MDGOP FALL CONVENTION: Tuesday October 19th is the last day to register! See Corine's email dated October 9th. Yes, the MDGOP Fall Convention is a Pro-Life Event because the Resolutions’ Committee will be introducing a Pro-Life Resolution which I submitted.
*ELECTION INTEGRITY IS A PRO-LIFE ISSUE We cannot defeat “legalized” abortion in Maryland if we do not elect committed Pro-Life candidates to public office. Round Three public meetings for Redistricting will be held at 6 p.m. each Wednesday evening in October, including this Wednesday, October 20th 2021. This effort is being led by our wonderful Pro-Life 1st MDGOP Vice Chair, Nicole Bennett. SEE HER EMAIL DATED OCTOBER 4TH
2. 40 DAYS FOR LIFE: Praise God for record-setting numbers of saved babies reported. Today, we know of 366 babies saved from abortion through your prayers since September 22! Sign up below ASAP for a prayer slot online in the County closest to where you live, or some place new you would like to visit during Fall 2021. 40 Days for Life Sign-Up
3.MD RIGHT TO LIFE ACTION ITEM
Visit the link below ASAP to vote “NO” to Federal HR3755 the “Abortion-Without-Limits-Until Birth” Act (mdrtl). Defeat “Abortion without limits" bill
4.DEFEND LIFE ACTION ITEM: How and when to show the victims of abortion. Tap this link: https://prolifeaction.org/action/avp
MDGOP WEEKLY ‘SPOTLIGHT’ FEATURE: My “Back to School” series concludes this week with the upcoming 2021 MDGOP FALL CONVENTION'S Proposed Pro-Life Resolution, Revised. Your homework was to read the Revised Resolution which was just sent out with a final call to Register for the Convention by Corine by email dated 10.9.21. The Revised Resolution addresses comments made by the Resolutions' Committee which were timely resubmitted, but were not voted on until after the 30-day submission deadline for the transmission of Resolutions to the Committee members. Thankfully, our MDGOP Bylaws provide a procedure for introducing Resolutions from the Floor, namely to vote to open the floor, to introduce the Revised Resolution and to vote to pass same. The Resolutions' Committee also voted to pass the Revised Resolution below, as well as the original. Thank you Resolutions Committee for your comments and your vote for LIFE!
Here is the Revised Resolution again for your convenience:
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF EQUAL PROTECTION FOR THE PREBORN, ENFORCEMENT OF PRO-LIFE REGULATIONS AND AGAINST ABORTION FUNDING
(2021 MDGOP Fall Convention)
WHEREAS, The Declaration of Independence states, “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 . . . That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,” and government has a duty to protect and defend the Right to Life that is the natural right of all human beings;
WHEREAS, the right to Equal Protection under the Law, which is guaranteed to all human persons by the United States Constitution in the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause which requires the United States government to practice Equal Protection and the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause which requires states to practice Equal Protection, applies to all human beings in Maryland born and Pre-Born;
WHEREAS, Article 24 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights states, “That no man ought to be ...deprived of his life (emphasis added), liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or by the Law of the land;”
WHEREAS, the Republican National Committee (RNC) Platform, Section 3, The Fifth Amendment: Protecting Human Life, 2nd paragraph on page 13 (Ratified 2016; re-enacted in 2020 at the RNC convention) specifically states,
"We assert the sanctity of life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental right to life which cannot be infringed... and that the 14th Amendment protections apply to children before birth...We oppose the use of public funds to perform or promote abortion or to fund organizations, like Planned Parenthood, so long as they provide or refer for elective abortions or sell fetal body parts rather than provide healthcare (p13)”
WHEREAS, in 2012 the Maryland Department of Health established Regulations requiring abortion facilities to be licensed and meet minimum health and safety standards (Md. Health Article, Section 20-209(c); Therefore, the State of Maryland retains the authority and has a duty to regulate the provision of abortion in the interest of protecting both women and the Pre-Born;
WHEREAS, the full extent of the potentially serious health and safety violations at abortion facilities and clinics within Maryland, and abortion-related incidents of maternal injury and mortality, is unknown because of the failure of the State to require and enforce regular and comprehensive abortion reporting and facility inspections;
WHEREAS, Maryland is one of few states that have failed to enact restrictions on late-term abortion, partial-birth abortion and abortion-related Infanticide, making Maryland a safe harbor for late-term abortionists who commit dangerous abortion procedures resulting in the maiming and death of women;
WHEREAS, a 2016 investigative report issued by Americans United for Life (AUL) detailed hundreds of incidents in which abortion clinics or facilities and individual abortion providers from across the nation, including Maryland, were cited by state officials for violating health and safety standards and other abortion-related laws, been sued for deficient care, or otherwise been investigated for substandard practices.
WHEREAS, abortion clinics are circumventing Maryland health and safety requirements and state law (Health Article, Section 208), which allows only licensed physicians to perform abortions, through the dangerous practice of telabortion, or the remote distribution and sale of chemical abortion pills without a physician’s exam;
WHEREAS, radical Pro-Abortion Democrats, specifically the Chair of the HGO Committee, target Pro-Life bills and refuse to call for a vote, thus silencing the voice of Republican legislators and denying due process to their constituents;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MARYLAND REPUBLICAN PARTY:
Section 1. (Equal Protection)
Strongly supports Equal Protection for Preborn Human Beings and;
Seeks the repeal of the Maryland Freedom of Choice Act and the abolition of abortion as an act of violence and a grievous crime against humanity;
Section 2. (Enforcement of Pro-Life Regulations)
Condemns the substandard abortion practices and dangerous conditions in abortion clinics and facilities in Maryland
Recognizes that it is the right and the responsibility of the Maryland General Assembly to enact and ENFORCE medically appropriate health and safety standards for same, including mandatory annual abortion reporting and inspection of abortion clinics by the State of Maryland;
Section 3. (Abortion Funding)
Strongly opposes the use of taxpayer dollars to fund abortion and encourages following the Federal Hyde Amendment;
Seeks stronger legal protections for conscientious objectors to abortion;
Recognizes that it is the right of the Maryland General Assembly to withhold any public funding for abortion or reimbursement to abortion providers or clinics that fails to comply with appropriate health and safety standards;
Section 4: (Election Integrity)
Recognizes that in order to promote Equal Protection for the Preborn, to enforce Pro-Life regulations and to end taxpayer supported Abortion Funding it is the right and the responsibility of the Republican Caucus to demand Election Integrity in the Legislature, including Due Process for all proposed Pro-Life legislation, specifically ensuring that all Pro-Life bills are duly voted on in the HGO Committee;
Section 5. (Transmission)
Authorizes the Secretary of the Maryland Republican Party transmit a copy of this Resolution to the Governor, the President of the Maryland Senate, the Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, the legislative minority leaders in both the Maryland Senate and House of Delegates and all other Republican Senators and Delegates, and further transmit this Resolution as a Press Release to all Maryland media outlets.
The undersigned hereby certifies that I am the duly elected and qualified Secretary and the Custodian of the books, records and seal of the MDGOP and that the foregoing is a true record of a Resolution duly adopted at a meeting of the State Central Committee members and that said meeting was held in accordance with state law and Bylaws of the MDGOP on October 23, 2021 and that this said Resolution is now in full force and effect as MDGOP policy consistent with the RNC platform adopted in 2020.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
I have executed my name as Secretary of the MDGOP this 23rd Day of October 2021
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SIGNATURE
NAME: Mark Uncapher
TITLE: Secretary, MDGOP
*Drafting Credits:
Americans United for Life 2017
Maryland Right to Life 2021
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NEXT WEEK: Halloween Special Report: Don't get “SPOOKED” by Liberal “SCARE” tactics to keep late term abortion legal in Maryland for any reason and to use your tax dollars to pay for it!
In Christ and For Life,
Katherine Adelaide, JD, Member, Carroll County Republican Central Committee (CCRCC) 301-575-4889
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