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Bill Includes a Gender and Disability Abortion Ban and Penalties Against Those Who Sell Aborted Baby Parts
INDIANAPOLIS - Today, the Indiana Senate passed House Bill 1337, pro-life legislation that includes a variety of life-affirming measures. Indiana State Senator and candidate for Indiana's Third Congressional District, Liz Brown, authored a portion of the language amended into the bill and was a bill sponsor of House Bill 1337 in the Indiana Senate.
House Bill 1337 will ban abortions on the basis of gender or an adverse prenatal diagnosis, such as Down syndrome. It prevents a Planned Parenthood-style of harvesting and trafficking scandal. It also increases informed consent for women and requires that aborted babies be cremated or buried instead of thrown out with medical waste.
"I am proud of our efforts to defend the sanctity of human life by passing House Bill 1337," said Brown. "I'm pleased this bill says we will not stand for discrimination against the unborn because the child is a girl or has an extra chromosome. Another important aspect in House Bill 1337 is that we will not tolerate the trafficking or sale of aborted babies like Planned Parenthood was involved in as revealed by the Center for Medical Progress videos. Every unborn child in Indiana deserves our full protection and this bill brings us one step closer to the day when every child receives a birthday."
House Bill 1337 passed the Indiana Senate by a vote of 37-13. It needs to pass the Indiana House before it will be eligible for the governor's signature.
Liz Brown, a Republican, seeks to represent Indiana's Third Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Brown currently serves Indiana Senate District 15 in the state legislature and is a former member of the Fort Wayne City Council. She has a long history of community involvement including roles with Boys and Girls Clubs, Cub Scouts, Parkview Hospital Ethics Committee, Notre Dame Club of Fort Wayne and various school boards. As a registered Civil and Domestic Mediator with her own mediation business, Liz maintains a number of associations in the legal field. Liz and her husband of 33 years, Steve, have seven children.
Samson and Lydia (Photo by Pitter Patter Photography)
Meet Lydia (2 years old) and Samson (now 6 weeks old).
Their mom, Becky, a staffer of mine, brought the idea of a bill on umbilical cord donation to my attention last fall while she was pregnant with Samson.
Back when she was pregnant with Lydia, she received solicitations from companies to bank her unborn baby's cord blood. If she had chosen this, she and her husband would have paid a cord blood bank thousands of dollars to store their child’s cord blood cells for a set number of years. Then, if a medical emergency arose in the family, such as a leukemia diagnosis, they would have the cells to use.
As a first-time mom, Becky set out to do a little research about banking. She spoke with stem cell research expert Dr. David Prentice, now of the Charlotte Lozier Institute, and author of this article: LifeNews - Save a Baby’s Life, Save Two Lives with Umbilical Cord Blood. Dr. Prentice shared how public cord blood donation offers an abundance of benefits. He explained if everyone donated, there would likely be a match every time cells are needed from the public bank. You see, cord cells don't need to be an exact match in transplants like adult stem cells must be. Additionally, cord cells offer an ethical alternative to embryonic stem cells and they are used in medical research for a whole host of diseases from diabetes to cancer. Learn more in Dr. Prentice's article here.
After hearing the benefits of donation, Becky talked to her doctor and her hospital before Lydia’s due date about her desire to donate her child’s cord blood. Unfortunately, she faced roadblocks because her hospital didn't participate in cord blood donation (even though participation is completely free for hospitals). She even spoke with the local public donation collection organization, Life Line Stem Cell, in New Haven, Ind., but there was no way to get her child's cord blood from the hospital to the bank. When Lydia came, her cord blood was thrown out.
As Becky and her husband approached their second child's due date, things were different. This time they were set to deliver at a different hospital. They were assured that upon hospital admittance they would be offered the option to donate. And Becky tells me, that's exactly what happened. The donation process was simple and completely free and harmless.
Cord blood donation box at hospital.
Now Samson's cord blood has been donated to a public bank where it could be used for a transplant, to save a patient with cancer, or in medical research to find cures.
My cord blood bill, Senate Bill 315, doesn't make cord blood donation mandatory by hospitals or mothers. Rather it raises awareness of this life-saving process by providing expectant mothers with information on cord donation. My bill passed two committees and the Senate and House chambers with all unanimous votes. It now awaits the Governor’s signature.
Cord blood donation recognizes that every life is a gift.
"It's time for new leadership in Washington, D.C. in order to get our country back on track"
WASHINGTON - Indiana Third Congressional District candidate and Indiana State Senator, Liz Brown, issued the following response to President Barack Obama's final State of the Union address:
"Eight years of Barack Obama have brought us eight years of failed leadership, and the American people have suffered as a result. The President would like us to believe, as he attempted to present in his final State of the Union, that he is leaving America in a better position than when he took office. He wants to focus on his pet projects of gun control, climate change and closing Guantanamo Bay.
"Unfortunately for the President and his Democratic Party, Americans are keenly aware of the real State of the Union. Millions remain out of work or underemployed. The national debt has nearly doubled, with future generations footing the bill. Obamacare has been a disaster. Our top status on the foreign policy stage has been diminished. And Obama continues to send our tax dollars to his friends in the abortion industry, despite Planned Parenthood's involvement in the harvesting and trafficking of baby parts.
"It's time for new leadership in Washington, D.C. in order to get our country back on track. I am ready to head to Washington and offer a desperately-needed new type of leadership. I won't be bound by special interests. Rather, I will fight every day for the good people of Indiana's Third Congressional District. I will advocate tirelessly for conservative principles that shrink the size of government and give control back to the people."
Liz Brown, a Republican, seeks to represent Indiana's Third Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Brown currently serves Indiana Senate District 15 in the state legislature and is a former member of the Fort Wayne City Council. She has a long history of community involvement including roles with Boys and Girls Clubs, Cub Scouts, Parkview Hospital Ethics Committee, Notre Dame Club of Fort Wayne and various school boards. As a registered Civil and Domestic Mediator with her own mediation business, Liz maintains a number of associations in the legal field. Liz and her husband of 33 years, Steve, have seven children.
FORT WAYNE, IND – State Senator and congressional candidate for Indiana’s Third Congressional District, Liz Brown, released the following statement on Speaker John Boehner’s resignation announcement:
“Speaker Boehner’s resignation decision clears the way for new, conservative leadership to step up in the U.S. House of Representatives. Our lawmakers who truly care about the Constitution need to seize this opportunity and elect a speaker who will fight for the unborn, defund Planned Parenthood, repeal Obamacare, return us to our Constitutional principles of limited government and restore states’ rights.
“When I am elected to Congress, I will fight for Constitutional conservative leadership that will listen to the American people. I am running for Congress to work for the people of this district, not to make a career of it. I’m ready to go to Washington to be your voice for conservative values. It’s past time that Washington has new leadership.”
Liz Brown, a Republican, seeks to represent Indiana’s Third Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Brown currently serves Indiana Senate District 15 in the state legislature and is a former member of the Fort Wayne City Council. She has a long history of community involvement including roles with Boys and Girls Clubs, Cub Scouts, Parkview Hospital Ethics Committee, Notre Dame Club of Fort Wayne and various school boards. As a registered Civil and Domestic Mediator with her own mediation business, Liz maintains a number of associations in the legal field. Liz and her husband of 33 years, Steve, have seven children.
“Planned Parenthood Doesn’t Deserve a Dime of Our Hard-earned Money”
WASHINGTON. – State Senator and congressional candidate for Indiana’s Third Congressional District, Liz Brown, released the following statement on Congress’s effort to defund Planned Parenthood:
“Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to defund Planned Parenthood of taxpayer funds for one year while it investigates the Planned Parenthood baby parts harvesting scandal. If I were in Congress today, I would have proudly supported this standalone measure to defund America’s largest abortion business. However, given veto threats from the White House, I believe Congress must act with additional courage to defund Planned Parenthood.
“Congress has an opportunity to strip Planned Parenthood of millions of taxpayer funds in a must-pass spending bill before the end of the month. I urge Congress to send President Obama a bill that defunds Planned Parenthood and redirects the funds to abortion-free health organizations for women.
“It is time for Congress to stand on principle. If we cannot stand for the weakest among us, even as we watch these horrific videos that detail how Planned Parenthood crushes a baby’s body to harvest an organ, then what can we stand for? Every day Planned Parenthood stops the beating hearts of nearly 900 unborn boys and girls. Congress must stop giving Planned Parenthood its blessing by funding the abortion business to the tune of a half a billion dollars. Planned Parenthood doesn’t deserve a dime of our hard-earned money.”
Liz Brown, a Republican, seeks to represent Indiana’s Third Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Brown currently serves Indiana Senate District 15 in the state legislature and is a former member of the Fort Wayne City Council. She has a long history of community involvement including roles with Boys and Girls Clubs, Cub Scouts, Parkview Hospital Ethics Committee, Notre Dame Club of Fort Wayne and various school boards. As a registered Civil and Domestic Mediator with her own mediation business, Liz maintains a number of associations in the legal field. Liz and her husband of 33 years, Steve, have seven children.
More than 300 Protests Are Occurring Nationwide in Response to Planned Parenthood Scandal
FORT WAYNE, IND. – Today, thousands of Americans are gathering at more than 300 Planned Parenthood locations to peacefully protest the business’s participation in the harvesting and sale of aborted babies’ bodies. Indiana State Senator and congressional candidate, Liz Brown, released the following statement:
“I’m grateful for the Center for Medical Progress and for the countless Americans working to expose Planned Parenthood for what it really is. Planned Parenthood is a business and its business is abortion. They care more about profiting from the organs of aborted babies that they carefully preserve for sale to research companies than they do about the women they are supposed to serve or treating the aborted babies’ bodies with dignity.
“This spring, the Indiana General Assembly passed my bill establishing respectful rules for disposing of aborted remains. Now Indiana abortion facilities like Planned Parenthood must allow women to at least bury their dead babies with dignity, if they so choose. Aborted babies are not garbage and they are not an additional source of revenue for abortion businesses. This bill is a small step in the effort to recognize the humanity of the unborn and end abortion.
“Today thousands of Americans are protesting outside of Planned Parenthood facilities in more than 300 cities. I join their calls to expose, defund and investigate Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood’s horrific practice of dismembering babies for profit has to stop.”
The protests are organized by more than 50 pro-life groups. Of the more than 300 protests, eight are occurring in Indiana. More information is available at www.protestpp.com.
Liz Brown, a Republican, seeks to represent Indiana’s Third Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Brown currently serves Indiana Senate District 15 in the state legislature and is a former member of the Fort Wayne City Council. She has a long history of community involvement including roles with Boys and Girls Clubs, Cub Scouts, Parkview Hospital Ethics Committee, Notre Dame Club of Fort Wayne and various school boards. As a registered Civil and Domestic Mediator with her own mediation business, Liz maintains a number of associations in the legal field. Liz and her husband of 33 years, Steve, have seven children.
Liz Brown at Women Betrayed Rally in Fort Wayne, Indiana
FORT WAYNE, IND. – Today, Indiana District 15 State Senator and Congressional candidate, Liz Brown, spoke at the Fort Wayne Women Betrayed Rally. The rally, organized in response to the undercover video exposing Planned Parenthood’s practices, called for defunding the investigating the organization.
In remarks prepared for delivery, Brown said:
“Planned Parenthood is a business and its business is abortion. They abort more than 170 babies for every baby they refer to adoption. Planned Parenthood’s claim of providing women access to health care is a farce; it is about providing a profitable service, and now they have finally been exposed. Providing an abortion, carefully cutting up a baby in order to preserve its organs for research, is not giving women access to health care. We need to continue to press all our elected officials in Washington, D.C. to stop funding this profit center of death.”
Click here for a photo of Brown at the rally.
Brown has been a longtime advocate for the unborn and their mothers. Just this spring she sponsored legislation that establishes rules for disposing of fetal remains that brings dignity to the aborted baby, the women and the abortion staff involved. Emergency rules in her legislation took effect on July 1.
Liz Brown, a Republican, seeks to represent Indiana’s Third Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Brown currently serves Indiana Senate District 15 in the state legislature and is a former member of the Fort Wayne City Council. She has a long history of community involvement including roles with Boys and Girls Clubs, Cub Scouts, Parkview Hospital Ethics Committee, Notre Dame Club of Fort Wayne and various school boards. As a registered Civil and Domestic Mediator with her own mediation business, Liz maintains a number of associations in the legal field. Liz and her husband of 32 years, Steve, have seven children.
