We Need Your Support in Opposing Motion 312! Thank you for signing our online petition opposing Motion 312 – a misguided move by MP Stephen Woodward to bestow legal personhood on foetuses in order to re-criminalize abortion. To date we have received more than 13,500 signatures – a clear sign that Canadians are willing to speak up to stop this motion in its tracks. The motion is scheduled for another hour of debate in the House in early June or early fall.
May we ask you to please also print out and sign our new paper petition? This can be presented officially in Parliament as a further effective tool against the motion. Find details and blank petitions here: http://www.arcc-cdac.ca/m312.html .
Motion 312 is just one of many recent tactics employed by religious right and anti-choice groups intent on pushing abortion rights back into the dark ages. ARCC’s job is to do everything possible to inform the public, the media, and pro-choice politicians of the real intent behind these actions. The work is extensive and the costs are substantial. We need your help to keep it going.
Please consider joining ARCC to help us protect our reproductive rights, and in particular, abortion rights. Your membership contribution supports our work and helps us: • Prepare background information and talking points for supportive politicians, union leaders, pro-choice groups, and other allies. (These tools are widely cited and used in almost everything you see about M-312 on the web and often in the media. We often see our information quoted in the official record of Parliament, Hansard).
• Create sample letters for you and our allies to send to your local federal and/or provincial representatives.
• Research and write background documents.
• Lobby MPs and MLAs, federally and provincially.
• Coordinate actions with other pro-choice groups and activists and organizers.
• Pay administrative costs for our petitions and other campaigns.
• Allow us to translate our campaign material, newsletters, and press releases so that all Canadians can access our work in French and English.
ARCC is not a charity. It is a political advocacy organization. In Canada, charities are limited in their capacity for advocacy. No more than 10% of their work can go to advocacy, and recent changes in the Harper budget indicate this will be more closely monitored and audited than ever before. As a result, ARCC cannot offer you a charitable receipt for your donation. However, this leaves us free to do our work without interference and say what needs to be said on your behalf.
ARCC members receive our biannual newsletter, updates on ARCC activities, the opportunity to provide feedback to us, and the satisfaction of knowing that you are part of a pro-choice movement whose main purpose is to protect women’s rights. If you can, please consider our easy monthly donation option. This helps us plan a stable budget for the future. We welcome your participation and look forward to hearing from you.
Of course, we also welcome one-time donations from allies and non-members, if you’d rather not join right now.
To join or become a monthly donor, simply complete and mail our Membership & Donation Form: http://www.arcc-cdac.ca/docs/Membership-form-English.pdf. Alternatively, you can pay via PayPal by clicking on the 'Make a Donation' button on our homepage: http://www.arcc-cdac.ca/home.html , or become a monthly donor by using the PayPal monthly donation feature on our home page (bottom left).
Thank you again for signing the petition and for the contribution you have already made to protecting reproductive rights in Canada. We can’t do our work without you.
PS: You will not receive further emails from us, as this is a one-time mailing. If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hit Reply – please email us at info@arcc-cdac.ca Thank you!
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April 2012 Canada’s only national political pro-choice advocacy group
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