Hi Friend,
I wanted to reach out and update you on #GivingTuesdayNow. As you know, Giving Tuesday is happening today in light of all that’s happened in the last few months.
We’re so thankful to those who have given already today, and we hope many more will join us in defending the family. Your gift protects life—especially as the abortion industry attempts to skirt rules and expand “virtual abortion” during COVID-19, safeguards religious freedom, defends girls’ sports, and advances parental rights.
If you’ve already given today, thank you so much for your gift. We are thankful for your partnership in our shared vision of a nation where God is honored, religious freedom flourishes, families thrive and life is cherished. Please consider sharing this email with your friends and sharing our posts on Facebook and Twitter. #GivingTuesdayNow is only a 24-hour campaign, so please spread the word!
If you haven’t had the chance to give yet, there are only a few hours left to participate in #GivingTuesdayNow. Will you partner with us today with a generous gift?
Thank you again for your support. Together, we can make a difference in the lives of families and the future of our nation.
Joyfully,
Autumn Leva
Vice President of Strategy
Dear Friend,
#GivingTuesdayNow is here, and now LIVE on our website!
#GivingTuesdayNow is an opportunity for believers to come together, during a time of crisis, to support the causes and values you care about most in a response to the needs caused by COVID-19.
As you know, family is at the very heart of Family Policy Alliance. Right now, the threats to the family are very real—but so are the opportunities to protect life, equip families to take action, and advance religious freedom.
If family is your heart as well, please join with us on #GivingTuesdayNow! Your support exposes Planned Parenthood’s tactics to exploit the COVID-19 crisis to line their pockets, protects churches’ religious freedom during the shutdowns and reopenings, and equips parents to take action for their values—and the sake of their children—in their states.
Visit #GivingTuesdayNow to give and to learn more!
For the family,
Autumn Leva
Vice President of Strategy
Dear Friend,
It’s Giving Tuesday! This global day of giving normally occurs after Thanksgiving—but as we all know, this year has been far from “normal,” so Giving Tuesday is happening now.
#GivingTuesdayNow is an opportunity for believers to come together, during a time of crisis, to support the causes and values you care about most in a response to the needs caused by COVID-19.
COVID-19 shuttered family businesses and even barred children from going to school. But the push to expand abortions, threats to religious freedom, and the exploitation of the porn industry have not stopped. And, in many cases, the threats have taken on a viral-like quality themselves—becoming more virtual and creeping unseen into nearly every home.
The abortion industry is pushing for virtual abortions so that a woman never even has to enter a clinic to be examined—she can visit with an abortionist via webcam and receive abortion pills by mail from home. Churches are not meeting to help stop the spread of the virus, yet many are facing discrimination from state government officials using the virus as a convenient excuse to quarantine religious freedom. The porn industry is hoping to move into every home during the shutdown by increasing access to its content, and Planned Parenthood has even created a “chatbot” where teens can text their sex and relationship questions from home—and receive answers without a parent being involved.
In other words, Planned Parenthood and Big Pornography are working hard to quietly enter your home through every device—while church buildings mostly remain closed.
Family is at the very heart of Family Policy Alliance. That is why we stand ready to alert the family of believers when these threats arise—and equip them to take action!
But it is your voice, your prayers and your support that empower every action taken to protect life, families and your values.
Here’s a sample of what your support made possible just in the last few weeks, even in the midst of COVID-19:
- Standing against the abortion industry during COVID-19: While the abortion lobby has pushed to skirt the rules on telehealth abortions (“telabortions,” or abortions done without a woman ever even setting foot in a clinic), we’ve been fighting back. Family Policy Alliance has spearheaded multiple letters to federal officials that affirm important safeguards to protect women. We’ve also exposed Planned Parenthood for asking for donations of valuable medical supplies like masks and defying state shutdown orders
- Speaking out against pornography: The pornography industry has a track record of abuse, including illegal material that exploits children. We’ve gathered thousands of signatures on a petition to U.S. Attorney General Barr, asking him to investigate and prosecute obscenity.
- Defending religious freedom: We’ve supported churches in multiple states when government leaders have ignored or even harmed their religious freedom rights in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, equipping pastors and their congregations to work well with government leaders for the good of their communities—and calling out government leaders when they took actions that unfairly burdened churches.
- Protecting girls’ sports: In Idaho, we helped pass a groundbreaking law that protects fairness in girls’ sports by ensuring only biological girls play in sports meant for girls. The ACLU has challenged the requirement, and we’re working to ensure the state robustly defends this important law—so that other states can follow Idaho’s lead.
- Empowering parents to take action: We’re rallying New Jersey parents to take action against curriculum that promotes a radical sexual ideology to children. We’re sharing materials and opportunities for these parents to make a difference in their communities.
- Promoting parental rights: In some states, hospitals can order the end of life-sustaining treatment for minors without parental knowledge or consent. We wrote a law that prevents this tragedy in Idaho, and we’re working toward similar laws in other states.
None of this would be possible without your partnership. Here at Family Policy Alliance, we rely on the sacrificial gifts and prayers of our ministry partners. That’s why I hope you’ll give a generous gift on #GivingTuesdayNow today – to protect your family and your faith from the increased threats caused by COVID-19.
Will you partner with us to defend the family?
Gratefully,
Autumn Leva
Vice President of Strategy
Good morning, Robert!
#GivingTuesdayNow is only one day away, and I wanted to give you an update!
As I mentioned last week, #GivingTuesdayNow is a special time where we can all come together in generosity to support the values we share because of the great needs caused by COVID-19.
#GivingTuesdayNow starts tomorrow and lasts for 24 hours. We’ll be sure to send you the link to our #GivingTuesdayNow page when it goes live at midnight tonight!
In the meantime, your support continues to advance our shared vision of a nation where God is honored, religious freedom flourishes, families thrive, and life is cherished.
More to come at midnight…
For the family,
Autumn Leva
Vice President for Strategy
Imagine if you could go back and prepare your future self for what was to come in March 2020 and the COVID-19 crisis. You probably would have advised yourself to stock up on household goods, invested in a higher speed internet service, and possibly sought advice from experienced homeschooling families.
But most of us would probably not have imagined how Planned Parenthood and the porn industry would pounce on the opportunity to gain virtual access to our homes. We probably wouldn’t have thought to prepare for a time when America’s churches were physically closed (though still very much doing Kingdom work in new ways).
Yet, here we all are in the midst of COVID-19, separated in our homes, yet facing the same—though increased—threats to our families, life and religious freedom.
The abortion industry increased its demand for virtual abortions so that a woman never even has to enter a clinic to be examined—she can visit with an abortionist via webcam and receive abortion pills by mail from home.
Churches are not meeting to help stop the spread of the virus, yet many are facing discrimination from state government officials using the virus as a convenient excuse to quarantine religious freedom.
The porn industry is hoping to move into every home during the shutdown by increasing access to its content, and Planned Parenthood has even created a “chatbot” where teens can text their sex and relationship questions from home—and receive answers without a parent ever being involved.
In other words, Planned Parenthood and Big Pornography are working hard to quietly enter your home through every device—while church buildings mostly remain closed.
These threats to the family are very real—but the closed doors of the churches don’t prevent the family of believers from joining together to advance godly values. Not even during a pandemic.
#GivingTuesdayNow offers an opportunity for us all to come together in response to the great needs caused by the pandemic. This day of global generosity will take place on Tuesday, May 5th. Together, we can stand strong against these new threats to the family.
Family is at the very heart of Family Policy Alliance. That is why we stand ready to alert the family of believers when these threats arise—and equip them to take action!
Just this week, we rallied prolife state lawmakers and likeminded family policy organizations—and joined with other national prolife allies in unity—to call on federal officials to prevent the abortion industry from skirting rules and expanding “virtual abortion” during our current crisis.
In the past month, we’ve supported churches in multiples states when government leaders have ignored or even harmed their religious freedom rights in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. We did this by equipping pastors and their congregations to work well with government leaders for the good of their communities—and calling out government leaders when they took actions that unfairly burdened churches.
None of this is possible without you. Your prayers and support for families, and family values, is felt even more deeply during a time of crisis.
Next week, on #GivingTuesdayNow, will you take a stand for life, for families, and for religious freedom?
#GivingTuesdayNow is only 4 days away—please prayerfully consider a generous gift to support the family, and we’ll make sure you have the opportunity to do so next Tuesday!
For the family,
Autumn Leva
Vice President for Strategy