Breaking Life News: Governor Jan Brewer signs 3 pro-life bills into Law!

On Monday, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed three life-saving bills into law: the “Abortion Consent Act” (HB 2564), the “Partial-Birth Abortion Ban” (HB 2400), and the “Prohibition of Abortions Performed by Non-Physicians” bill (SB 1175). According to Cathi Herrod, the President of the Center for Arizona Policy (CAP), “It is the most significant pro-life legislation to pass in Arizona.”

According to LifeNews.com the “‘Partial-Birth Abortion Ban’ creates a state ban on partial-birth abortions so that local prosecutors can make sure the federal partial-birth abortion ban can be better enforced.” This bill is of utmost importance if we are to make sure that this gruesome procedure is not carried out in Arizona.

Regarding the “Prohibition of Abortions Performed be Non-Physicians” bill, Arizona Right to Life states, “Clarifying that no person other than a licensed physician may perform a surgical abortion, SB1175 is extremely important since nurse practitioners and other non-doctors are not equipped to deal with complications arising from a surgical abortion. Women’s lives will be saved because of this clarification.”

Again, according to Cathi Herrod of the Center for Arizona Policy (one of the many, if not the central organization involved in pushing for this legislation), said, “The Abortion Consent Act establishes informed consent procedures for women considering abortion, fixes problems in Arizona’s parental consent law, and protects health care workers from being forced to participate in abortion against their moral and religious beliefs.” Thus, having this legislation pass in Arizona is no small occurence. Rather, by educating women who are considering abortions in this manner and by giving them time to think about their decision, women who otherwise would have proceeded to have abortions out of general ignorance or simply because of a rash decision, are enabled to make the right choice.

To find out more about these three bills, visit the Center for Arizona Policy website at www.azpolicy.org.

As many of you already know, many people throughout the state of Arizona (including our group) dedicated a significant amount of time in prayer for our Governor to sign these bills and, as is evident, God came through in a remarkable way. However with still thousands of abortions happening every year in the state of Arizona, there remains plenty of work to be done. And so, we must be greatly encouraged by these victories; that is, knowing that God truly does hear our prayers, we must be greatly encouraged to “continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving” (Col. 4:2). Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

“Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” ~Matthew 18:19-20