OHIO, INDIANA─On Tuesday August 10, 2010 the Susan B. Anthony List’s Votes Have Consequences Bus Tour will make its first stops in Cincinnati, OH; Muncie, Fort Wayne, and Elkhart, Indiana, as part of a 23-city tour and national voter education effort in the home districts of Members of Congress with the message that “votes have consequences.” Each tour stop will feature local and state pro-life leaders and focus on educating voters that their representative voted for a health care bill that includes taxpayer-funded abortion and betrayed their pro-life constituents.
WHO:
Marilyn Musgrave, Project Director, Susan B. Anthony List’s “Votes Have Consequences”
Bobbi Radeck, Local Pro-life Activist (Cincinnati)
Paula Westwood, Executive Director, Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati (Cincinnati)
Don Bates, Jr., Former Republican U.S. Senate Candidate (Muncie)
Liz Brown, Councilwoman, Fort Wayne City (Fort Wayne and Elkhart)
Karla DiFilippo, Coordinator, 40 Days for Life (Fort Wayne)
Kathy Heuer, Candidate, Indiana House of Representatives, District 83 (Fort Wayne)
Paula Hughes, Allen County Councilwoman, Second District (Fort Wayne)
Cathie Humbarger, Executive Director, Allen County Right to Life (Fort Wayne)
Sharon Kuhn, The Liberty Coalition (Fort Wayne)
Emery McClendon, The Liberty Coalition (Fort Wayne)
Kris Opper, Coordinator, Northeast Indiana Silent No More (Fort Wayne)
Mary Akre, Campaign Director, 40 Days for Life (Elkhart)
Wes Culver, Indiana State Representative, District 49 (Elkhart)
Pastor Ron Johnson, Jr., Executive Director, Indiana Pastors Alliance (Elkhart)
Doug Moore, WFRN Radio (Elkhart)
Peter Recchio, Co-Founder TEA-MAC/Co-Organizer Michiana 9/12 (Elkhart)
WHERE / WHEN:
8:45 AM, Cincinnati, OH Fountain Square, 500 Vine St., Cincinnati, OH 45202
12:15 PM, Muncie, IN Heekin Park, Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial, E. Memorial Dr. at S. Monroe St., Muncie IN 47302
2:45 PM, Fort Wayne, IN Courthouse Plaza, 700 S. Clinton St., Fort Wayne, IN 46802
5:30 PM, Elkhart, IN Kardzhali Park, Directly Adjacent to Nibco Park, 303 Nibco Parkway, Elkhart, IN 46516
WHY:
Marilyn Musgrave states, “During the health care battle, the abortion issue was a pivot point for the passage or failure of the entire bill. So-called ‘pro-life’ Democrats chose a last-minute fig leaf over standing up for the pro-life American majority they claimed to represent. We promised then that their vote would have consequences and that we would work hard to inform voters of their betrayal. For not one minute have we let up on that promise and next week we will take this message on the road directly to the voters in a 23-city bus tour. Votes have consequences and, for these pro-life betrayers, it will be a quick downhill slide to defeat in November.”
The Susan B. Anthony List is focusing its efforts in the districts of so-called “pro-life” Democrats Steve Driehaus (OH-01), Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Brad Ellsworth (IN-Senate), Baron Hill (IN-09), Joe Donnelly (IN-02) and Kathy Dahlkemper (PA-03) as part of its $1.5 million voter education effort, which includes this 23-city “Votes Have Consequences” bus tour. During the health care battle, the SBA List spent over $3 million in the fight to keep taxpayer-funded abortion out of the health care bill. SBA List has committed another $1.5 million to defeat so-called “pro-life” Democrats who voted for the bill. The first two victories of this effort were Rep. Bart Stupak’s (MI-01) retirement and Rep. Alan Mollohan’s (WV-01) primary election defeat in May.
The Susan B. Anthony List is a nationwide network of Americans, over 280,000 residing in all 50 states, dedicated to mobilizing, advancing, and representing pro-life women in politics. Its connected Candidate Fund increases the percentage of pro-life women in the political process.
For further information, please contact Kerry Brown at 703-470-1926 or [email protected].
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