Write a Letter
Submissions closed March 10th 2023.
Now it is time to lobby your state Senators in support of the Babies Born Alive bill.
Three steps to writing a letter
1
Feel
Tell them how you feel about babies being born alive and left to die.
Feelings are very powerful in our culture at the moment, maybe even the most powerful method of communication that opens other people’s minds to new ideas.
2
Lived
Tell them what you have lived (If you have seen a:
Baby born alive, or have heard someone sharing about it, mention this!
Your story is powerful and can not be so easily argued against.
3
Know
Tell them what you know - you can mention the statistics, that you have actually read the part of the reports listing the number of babies born alive and left to die (if you have read it), or other information that might be relevant (see links at the bottom for more ideas).
A Midwife Story
“When I began photographing the baby, the flash stimulated this little boy to breath. I was horrified, how could he have possibly survived the termination? We didn’t know what to do, there was no policy for this situation. I picked up this perfectly formed baby wrapped him is a blanket and put him under a heater in the storeroom. It was so distressing.”