Action Request on Unborn Victims of Violence Act

Please write to your two U.S. Senators, and ask them to support the Unborn Victims of Violence Act (H.R. 503) in the form passed by the House of Representatives on April 26 (see story, page 1). Also urge them to co-sponsor the Senate companion bill, S. 480, introduced by Senator Mike DeWine (R-Ohio). As of May 3, Senators Sam Brownback (R-Ks.), John Ensign (R-Nv.), Michael Enzi (R-Wy.), Peter Fitzgerald (R-Il.), Chuck Hagel (R-Ne.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Tim Hutchinson (R- Ar.), Jim Inhofe (R-Ok.), Don Nickles (R-Ok.), Rick Santorum (R- Pa.), and George Voinovich (R-Ohio) had co-sponsored the bill.

Urge your senators to oppose the "one-victim" substitute legislation being pushed by opponents of the bill, because the law should recognize that when a criminal injures a pregnant woman and her unborn child, he has claimed two victims, not just one.

The address for all U.S. senators is:

Senator ____________

U.S. Senate

Washington, D.C. 20510

You can greatly assist NRLC's lobbying efforts by sending a copy of any response from a senator, and any local press report or editorial dealing with this issue, to:

NRLC
Federal Legislative Office
419-Seventh Street, Northwest
Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20004
Phone: (202) 626-8820

Fax: (202) 347-3668

E-Mail: Legfederal@aol.com

Send a letter of 250-300 words to the letters column of your local newspaper(s), explaining the bill and encouraging citizens to contact their senators to urge support for the bill.

For the complete text of the bill and other important information on this issue, see the NRLC website at www.nrlc.org.