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UPDATED TIME: FRC's Tony Perkins to Hold News Conference Call Following House Vote on Stupak/Pitts Amendment

Saturday 7th of November 2009 11:43

*** Please Note Conference Call Time Change***

Washington, D.C. - Today, Saturday, November 7, 2009, Family Research Council (FRC) President Tony Perkins will host a media conference call responding to the House vote on the Stupak-Pitts-Dahlkemper-Lipinski-Kaptur-Smith amendment which will determine whether abortion funding will remain in the health care overhaul bill. The conference call will take place one half hour after the vote on the abortion funding amendment. Perkins will detail the next steps in the fight to ensure the health care bill does not force taxpayers to pay for abortions for the first time in over three decades.

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi's health care bill currently authorizes the government run "public option" to fund elective abortion and would subsidize private plans that cover elective abortion.

Who: Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council

Tom McClusky, Senior Vice President for FRC Action

Cathy Ruse, Senior Fellow for Legal Studies at the Family Research Council

What: Media Conference Call on House Vote on Stupak/Pitts Abortion Funding Amendment

When: 30 Minutes Following the House Vote on the Stupak/Pitts Amendment

Saturday, November 7, 2009 (or Sunday should the vote be postponed)

How: 1-866-939-8416

Participant Code 147917#

CONTACT: J.P. Duffy, +1-202-468-5265

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