Sample Letter on a Current Issue
Oppose the "Freedom of Choice Act" (FOCA)
Asking Obama to Oppose FOCA and Protect Adolescent Girls from Sexual Abuse

Using the below letter or the other sample letters on this issue and the other resources related to it, please put a letter in your own words (or use a sample letter as is), and mail it to your federal House representative, your two federal senators, President Obama, and sponsors of the bill in the previous Congress -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA). It's much better to send a form letter than not to send a letter at all. Note: no bill number is necessary until a new one is assigned. If you live in Minnesota, also see Minnesota's version of FOCA.

Before the November 2009 election, Americans United For Life placed the below source letter as an ad in targeted swing states to bring attention to Barack Obama's extreme position on abortion.

Source: http://www.fightfoca.com/Dear_Sen_Obama.pdf (The below letter has been edited.)

John Doe
12345 Main St
Minneapolis MN 55418-3209

Date

President Barack Obama
The President of the United States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington DC 20500

Dear Mr. President:

Subject: Please oppose the Freedom of Choice Act

I urge you not to oppose but rather support parental notification laws for adolescents seeking abortion and to oppose the "Freedom of Choice Act."

In addition to the obvious reason that parents need to be involved when their child undergoes a medical procedure, these laws also protect young girls from sexual abuse. Research shows that the majority of young girls who are sexually active are having sex with adult men.

I'd like to remind you of the following case: In 2004, a 14-year-old girl walked into a Planned Parenthood clinic in Cincinnati, accompanied by her soccer coach, John Haller. He was 21 years old and had initiated sexual activity with the girl when she was 13. Now that she was pregnant, Haller wanted her to have an abortion. Rather than calling the parents as required under Ohio law, Planned Parenthood called the soccer coach's cell phone and failed to verify whether he was the parent. Planned Parenthood turned a blind eye and performed the abortion. Afterward, they provided the girl with a bag of condoms and a Depo-Provera shot. Despite Planned Parenthood's actions, the parents of the Cincinnati teenager found out about her abortion and the sexual abuse perpetrated by her soccer coach. Eventually John Haller was convicted of seven counts of sexual battery and served three years in prison.

Thirty-six states across the country require some form of parental notification or consent prior to an abortion involving a minor child. And these laws are supported by 80% of the American people.

Even though have you told Planned Parenthood that the first piece of legislation you would pass is the Freedom of Choice Act, please reconsider and lead our country in the protection of our children from sexual abuse and in the protection of the most fundamental of all human rights -- the right to life of children in their mother's womb.

Thank you for your consideration of my position on this important issue.

I would appreciate a response to my letter.

Sincerely,

[Signature]
John Doe

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Sample Letters on Current Issues
Oppose the "Freedom of Choice Act" (FOCA)