July 2018 Volume 21, Number 7 Pre-Fair Party!

Life is for Everyone

Join us for a pre-fair party on Friday, July 13th at noon at our office! We will be attaching 10-12 week old fetal models to description cards which details the stages of development that baby has already undergone. The kiddos at the fair LOVE these! Being able to give these out can change hearts and save lives – once someone can hold that tiny baby in their hands and read the developmental facts, they can easily see that it is, indeed, a baby. The first step in building a greater respect for life in the womb is educating – and what better way than this! Join us for homemade lemonade, hotdogs, chips, and cookies as well as fellowship! Come hungry and excited to make a difference! Fair Booth Volunteers

Tuesday, 24th – Sunday, 29th July is an exciting time of the year because of the Dubuque County Fair! We are so eager to be able to promote LIFE at our educational booth to thousands of people with our different fetal models, stickers, pens, pencils, bags, suckers, and brochures. Our booth provides a great opportunity to engage others and to invite them into the pro-life mission. We are looking for volunteers to help man our booth – please consider giving a few hours to stand for LIFE. Your presence makes a difference. It’s a wonderful way to educate and it’s a great deal of fun! Please call Ashley (563-556-5960) to sign up. Shifts are 11am-2pm, 2pm-5pm, and 5pm-8pm. Let us know what best fits your schedule!

= Postage Stamps = Pre-Fair Party Participants = Fair Volunteers = Committee Involvement = Life Guardners

What will I find in the newsletter? = A note from Ashley Stackis, Executive Director = Volunteer Opportunities = Pro-Life News and Events July 2018

Oﬃce Personnel: Ashley Stackis Birdies for Charity! (DCRTL – Bird #1662) Execuve Director July No Membership Event This Month Erica Ward Secretary Wednesday, Happy Independence Day! (DCRTL office is 4th closed) Board of Directors: Sunday, 8th- Cassie Schetgen Sunday, 15th Biking for Babies 2018 National Ride Chairman Arthur F. Gilloon, Esq. Children’s Summer Reading Club, DCRTL Office, Vice-Chairman Monday, 9th 10am Sara Freund Secretary Pre-Fair Party, DCRTL Office, 12pm John Freund, Jr., Esq Friday, 13th Deadline for Final Pledges to be Sent to Treasurer Birdies for Charity

Board of Director’s Meeting Board Members: Thursday, 19th Marian Bourek Tuesday, 24th- DCRTL Educational Exhibit Booth at the Joyce Honkamp Sunday, 29th Dubuque County Fair Leon Jensen Newsletter Labeling Power Hour, DCRTL Office, Ellen Markham Thursday, 26th Fr. Andrew Marr 9am Jessica Pennington Mike Scherr August

Membership Picnic at Asbury Park, Wagner Thursday, 2nd Contact us: Pavilion, 6-8pm 2205 Carter Road

Dubuque, Iowa 52001 Thursday, 16th Board of Director’s Meeting (563) 556-5960 [email protected] www.dcrtl.org

Oﬃce Hours: Monday - Friday: 9 am—4 pm Weekends: Closed

Dyersville Oﬃce: 1657 15th Avenue S.E. DCRTL has many strong and well-functioning committees. Each Dyersville, Iowa 52040 person in the pro-life movement has a special gift they can offer (563) 875-9152 according to their time and talent. Would you like to join one of

our committees? Some require several meetings a year and some Dubuque County Right to require none. All that’s required is a pro-life heart and a Life, Inc. is a non-profit, willingness to serve. Please call Ashley if you have any non-sectarian, education questions about the different committees and what’s involved or if organization dedicated to you know exactly what interests you! 563-556-5960 preserving and fostering respect for human life from conception to natural death. Membership Committee We educate the public March for Life Committee about the dangers of Education Committee abortion, euthanasia and Newsletter Committee infanticide. Scholarship Committee LIFE Dinner Committee Office Committee

- Page 02 - A Note From Ashley Stackis, Executive Director

It hit me like a ton of us? It’s hard to believe 2018 is half over bricks when I found out already – have we used the first half of the year one of my favorite to make a difference or has time gotten away professors from college from us? passed away, a very I get it, life is busy. Very, very busy. It seems sudden and unexpected every week goes by more and more quickly and death. He always put his there’s barely enough time in the day to get the students first, willing to go necessary things done. But I urge you, go out of completely out of his way for us, for as much your way to do something nice – whether that’s time as needed. With a very positive and for an individual, a family, a group, or an uplifting attitude, he was truly invested in our organization. Whatever it may be. Try to education to help us grow and succeed. All in emulate the person you’re most fond of – what all, he was the most selfless man. I learned so are they doing that you feel you should be much from him in microbiology, but I wish I doing as well? would have taken the opportunity to get to know him more, because I probably would Your life is a blessing considering 1 in 5 babies have been taught invaluable life lessons. I am are aborted. You’re here for a reason. What so fond of him it makes me stop to evaluate my difference will you make? How will you be life and how others will remember me after I’m remembered? gone, or let’s say even today the first thing one might think of when they hear my name. For me, it’s saving babies. Definitely not an everyday thought, but it’s one to ponder. Are we touching hearts, improving Yours in the service of LIFE, the lives of others, and helping those around Ash

Months of June & July Boycott List

Life Decisions International publishes a Boycott List every year listing the different corporations who directly support Planned Parenthood. If you are interested in the full list please contact our office, and if you would like to receive our weekly Boycott List emails, please contact Erica at [email protected]. Because of pro-lifers across the country participating in sending letters to corporations on the boycott list, at least 345 of them have ceased funding Planned Parenthood, which has cost the deadly behemoth tens of millions of dollars. Now that is something of which you can be proud! Please consider sending a letter to the following corporations who directly support Planned Parenthood: Clorox – Burt’s Bees products, Hidden Valley, KC Masterpiece, Kitchen Bouquet, Soy Vay, Kingsford charcoal, Glad, Press’n Seal, Gladware, Chux, Dispatch, Formula 409, Green Works, Javex products, Lestoil, Liquid-Plumr, Pine-Sol, S.O.S., Tilex, Brita, Norwe- gian Gold products, Renew Life products, Ever Clean, Fresh Step, Scoop Away Hilton – Conrad Canopy, Curio, Doubletree, Embassy Suites, Hampton Inns & Suites, Home2 Suites, Homewood Suites, Tapestry, Tru, Waldorf Astoria Wells Fargo – banking, Cornerstone Credit Services, credit cards, investing/planning, loans, Insurance Starbucks – coffee (Seattle’s Best), iced/frozen, juices, teas (Tazo), Teavana products, water (Ethos), baked goods, Evolution Fresh products, salads, sandwiches, snacks, soups Advance Publications – Computer, Entertainment, Internet, magazines: Architectural Digest, Allure, Backchannel, Bon Appétit, Brides, Classic Car, Condé Nast Traveler, Epi- curious, Glamour, Golf Digest, Golf World, GQ, GQStyle, Inside Lacrosse, Iris, Motor News, Muscle Machines, The New Yorker, Pitchfork, Self, Sporting News, Sports & Exotic Car, Teen Vogue, them., Vanity Fair, Vogue, W, Wired Wyndham – Baymont, Days, Dolce, Hawthorne, Howard Johnson, Knights, Microtel, Ramada, Super 8, Travelodge, Wingate, Rentals, Travel Clubs Arthur Murray – dance education, entertainment, personal care UnitedHealth – Insurance (UnitedHealthcare) Nike – Swoosh, Air Jordan, HyperVenom, Jordan, Kobe, backpacks, tote bags

- Page 03 - “A Bright Line” of Physical and Financial Separation in Title X

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced their proposed revisions to the Title X grant program which funds family planning services to low-income individuals. Nearly 4 million people receive these services, and in the past, they have been taken advantage of in clinics where abortion is a priority. Now, the rights of women, children, and families are strengthened under these new revisions.

One of the biggest issues that Title X has allowed is the co-location of grantees and abortion services in the same facility. This co-location blurs the lines of where the grant money actually goes. Because of current federal law, taxpayer money is banned from paying for abortion services. The new revisions reinforce that federal statute and goes a step further by requiring a clear physical and financial distinction between the two parties. This distinction will pull the funds from many Planned Parenthood clinics who are in violation of this regulation.

Families and children should have been the focal point of Title X all along. However, previous requirements were lax in supporting them. The new revisions require the reporting of any woman or child who is experiencing abuse, violence, or trafficking, something that facilities like Planned Parenthood have not done in the past. The regulations will also encourage families to be involved in their child's family planning decisions. Currently, 37 states have a similar statute in place but 36 of those states allows a judge to bypass the law. Twenty-six states allow a minor to independently receive birth control at the age of 12. The Trump Administration realized that the sexual indoctrination of our children has continued behind the backs of parents for far too long.

Other revisions uphold the conscience rights of individuals and employers. The previous regulation that required all Title X grantees to refer for abortion is completely eliminated. The referral of abortion services is now prohibited when counseling on family planning methods. This places the focus on more positive and safe actions, rather than killing an unborn child which can have life-long effects on the mother.

For every PP “clinic” there are 20 that provide legitimate family planning services. Dubuque County Right to Life, Inc. applauds President Trump and HHS for their diligence in upholding pro-life values and allowing families to flourish.

Continue Defending LIFE – Our Fight Isn’t Over

Perhaps you've heard the news that the president of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland is stepping down, and Minnesota is taking over Iowa's branch of Planned Parenthood.

The media is also reporting that Planned Parenthood of the Heartland's revenue had dropped by over $4 million recently – and that was before Iowa reduced public funding for abortion providers last year.

There's no doubt this is welcome news. You are making a major difference in the fight for life, and Iowa is winning the war for protecting the unborn!

But these same news reports have a hidden warning.

In them, Planned Parenthood hints that while they've been losing on Capitol Hill and closing clinics in Iowa, they're working on other ways to promote abortion, especially in rural areas. Through the "Tele-Med" abortions and mail-order abortion pills, Planned Parenthood isn't going away; they're just going underground.

This is all the more reason we need to keep up the winning momentum. To make sure Iowa remains a state where the people stand up and let their voices and their votes be heard, that we will defend life.

- Page 04 - Forced to Lie About Assisted Suicide, by Wesley J. Smith (Wesley J. Smith is an author and a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism)

The assisted-suicide movement often lies, prevaricates, spins, word engineers, and obfuscates in its advocacy memes.

Lying in debates is one thing. But legally forcing doctors and public officials to participate in these tactics in their official capacities is quite another. Yet, that is what many assisted-suicide laws and legislative proposals do.

Take for example, lying on death certificates. Several state laws legalizing assisted suicide force MDs who assist suicides to falsify death certificates — an important public document needed for the accrual of accurate vital statistics — that the cause of death was the underlying disease and not a self-administered drug overdose.

Now, a Minnesota legalization proposal goes there. From SF 1572:

Subd. 17. Death certificate.

Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the attending physician may sign the qualified patient’s death certificate. The qualified patient’s underlying terminal illness shall be listed as the cause of death.

Think about this: MDs compelled by law to lie in order to prevent transparency, inhibit oversight, and thwart accurate independent scientific studies of the deadly practice.

It gets worse. The bill would specifically legalize assisted suicide — doctors prescribing drugs for the purpose of a patient taking them to cause an overdose death — but claims mendaciously it isn’t legalizing assisted suicide:

Subd. 16. Medical aid in dying.

(a) Nothing in this section authorizes a physician or any other person to end a patient’s life by lethal injection, mercy killing, assisting a suicide, or any other active euthanasia. (b) Any action taken according to this section does not constitute causing or assisting another person to commit suicide. But that is exactly what it does!

And to make sure the mendacity sticks, the term “assisted suicide” is banned from use in public communications, documents, and pronouncement:

c) No report of a public agency may refer to the practice of obtaining and self-administering life-ending medication to end a qualified patient’s life as suicide or assisted suicide, and shall refer to the practice as medical aid in dying.

This is utterly nonsensical. As a recent AMA Ethics report on the issue noted (my emphasis): “The term ‘physician assisted suicide’ describes the practice with the greatest precision.”

Forcing MDs and public employees to lie and use euphemistic language isn’t just a matter of semantics. It destroys integrity in governance and undermines trust in public institutions. And, it disrespects democratic deliberation.

Assisted-suicide legalization turns thousands of years of medical ethics on its head. It has the potential to shatter family life. By definition, it results in the premature deaths of thousands of people — some of whom might not have died from their diagnosed illness, which sometimes happens. And, it gives the imprimatur of the state to some suicides, which has the potential to increase suicide ideation as it makes suicide prevention more equivocal.

If it is so important to do all that, then call a thing what it is! If you can’t, stop pushing the agenda.

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- Page 07 - Thank You!

Thank you Al Schroeder for assisting us in the IT field!

Thank you Nancy Heiring for donating roll of stamps for the Red Envelope Campaign!

Thank you Jim & Marita Theisen for your donation of popcorn to our June membership event!

Thank you Mt. Olivet Cemetery and Steve & Connie Hardie for your hard work in keeping the Memorial to the Unborn beautiful!

Thank you Julia Terwilleger for the case of copy paper!

Thank you Evelyn Averkamp, Jackie Crimmins, Jerry Digmann, Joyce Honkamp, Kim Moore, Sara Freund and Sue Thome, for your help with cleaning the DCRTL office! Memorials & Honorariums In Memory Of: Alan Vanostrand, given by Bill & Mary Mormann Anna Mae Reiff, given by Angie Kruse, Ann Meloy, Ann Streif, Ellen LaPage, Janet Betts, Janet Clemen, Karen Hunt and Mary O’Connell Dr. Richard Cowart Jr., given by Ashley Stackis Gavin Myers, given by Ashley Stackis and Dr. Virgil & Marian Bourek Mike Blazk, given by Jerry & Monie Anstoetter Richard Rokusek, given by Mark J. Rokusek

In Honor Of: Catherine Wilhelm’s 90th Birthday, given by Dennis & Diane Their, Dr. Earl & Carol Goerdt, and William & Elizabeth Rediger Fr. Paul Lippstock’s 40th Anniversary of Ordination, given by Dr. Virgil & Marian Bourek and Eric & Christy Marchand Fr. Richard Schaefer’s 50th Anniversary of Ordination, given by Dr. Virgil & Marian Bourek Gene & Jan Hayertz’s 50th Wedding Anniversary, given by Jim & Kathy Conlon and Linda Van Natta Maryann Boever’s Birthday, given by Keith Boever & Jenny Nilles

When a gift is given in memory or in honor of a loved one, an acknowledgement card is sent to the person or family you designate. With gifts of $250 or greater, their name is engraved on our memorial plaque which is displayed in our office. Simply send us, along with your gift, the name of the person you are honoring and the name and address of the family

Another Pro-Life Success! Planned Parenthood has been forced to cancel abortion appointments in Arkansas days after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to block a law regulating chemical abortions from taking effect, which threatens to shutter two of the state’s three abortion clinics. The appeal was from Planned Parenthood, who was seeking to challenge an Arkansas law requiring chemical abortionists to have hospital admitting privileges or have a formal contract with a physician who has admitting privileges at a nearby hospital and “who would agree,” notes Fox News Channel’s Bret Baier, “to handle all complications…”

Supporters of the law say it is necessary to ensure women can follow-up quickly with medical treatment for any dangerous medical complications that result from their abortions. The abortionists claim obstetricians will not agree to the requirement, forcing their facilities to close down. They also complain about forcing women to travel greater distances to obtain abortions. But pro-lifers say such complaints are more examples of the abortion industry putting business convenience above patient safety. They have warned that chemical abortions, which have grown nearly as common as surgical abortions in recent years, are dangerous to mothers as well as to their babies.

Jerry Cox, president of the Little Rock-based social conservative group Family Council, expressed skepticism that “in the whole state of Arkansas, no one doctor out of 6,000 doctors would contract." He added that the law was necessary because a “woman bleeding shouldn’t have to check herself into an emergency room and have a doctor figure out what the problem is — her records should follow her.”

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FROM OUR LIBRARY…

Love Unleashes Life by Stephanie Gray

Love Unleashes Life offers a fresh approach to pro-life apologetics. It is designed to equip people of good will to reach peoples’ minds and, especially, their hearts on the controversial topic of abortion. “Stephanie Gray has got it right…This book teaches the loving attitude, respectful disposition and communication techniques needed to succeed in this vital work of tough love.”

-Bishop Thomas Olmsted, Diocese of Phoenix “Stephanie Gray is incredible. She combines a razor sharp mind with a winsome apologetic that is truly engaging, even to critics.”

-Scott Klusendorf, Life Training Institute “This book is a must-read for anyone interested in reaching hearts and minds about the greatest human rights issue of our day. With clarity and compassion, Stephanie makes an air-tight case for life, and masterfully equips us to do the same.”

-Lila Rose, Live Action

Children’s Summer Reading Club

We are bringing back the Children’s Summer Reading Club (yes, from five years ago – time flies when you’re having fun)! All ages are welcome to join us in listening to a couple of stories, eating snacks and enjoying fun activities at our office from 10am - 11am on July 9th. All children will receive a pro-life pencil and a coloring book from DCRTL to take home with them as well! PLEASE PATRONIZE OUR SPONSORS MARY’S INN MATERNITY HOME Pat & Jerry (563) 552-6288 Email: [email protected] R Cullen Website: Proud parents of 13 www.marysinnmaternityhome.org

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Animal Health Clinic Dr. Virgil Bourek, DVM John & Ellie Freund Dyersville, IA 563-875-6083

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Birdies for Charity

A friendly reminder that Dubuque County Right to Life is participating in Birdies for Charity! Please consider sending in your pledge card that you received with May’s newsletter, or if you need a new one we have plenty at the office and can mail you one! You can also make your donation or pledge through the Birdies for Charity website (https://www.birdiesforcharity.com/ partner-program/partner-program-donate/). When you send in your pledge, DCRTL will receive 100% of the funds raised PLUS an additional 5-10% bonus match! Simply make a one-time flat donation OR pledge one cent or more per birdie. After the tournament, you’ll be mailed a notice of your pledge amount due. As well, guess the birdies & win a two year lease on a 2018 Lexus NX! To enter the contest, guess the number of birdies that will actually be made by Tour Pros during the tournament.

The deadline for final pledges to be sent to Birdies for Charity is Friday, July 13th. We hope that you will participate! Please give the DCRTL office a call (563-556-5960) if you have any questions.

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Heartbeat Law Update

Attorneys representing the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and Iowa City’s Emma Goldman Clinic claim the law violates both Roe v. Wade and the Iowa Constitution. They requested the temporary injunction to resolve the “uncertainty” of women seeking abortions.

Attorneys representing the State of Iowa in the lawsuit over the Heartbeat Law have agreed – or “stipulated” – to a temporary injunction prohibiting the law from going into effect on July 1 as scheduled until the full case can be heard in court.

Martin Cannon of the Thomas More Society will represent the State of Iowa in the place of Democratic state Attorney General Tom Miller, and will defend the Heartbeat Law at the anticipated full hearing some months away. He explained in a statement why attorneys consented to the temporary halt in the law’s enforcement:

“I very much appreciate your prayers and support in this challenge before us. After much discussion, considerable thought, and a lot of our own prayers, we have agreed to place the heartbeat bill on hold until the challenge to it can be heard on its merits instead of in the shortened hearing that precedes a temporary injunction.” Choosing this path, Cannon explained, “We’ll get to a proper hearing sooner, and our prospects for ultimate success are better.”

“There would be no First Amendment without the pro-life movement. No one uses it more than we do. And if we go away, it will too.”

– Eric Scheidler, pro-life leader

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