(The most dangerous part of Prop. 73? The definition of a fetus as an unborn child. Framing is key here. – promoted by SFBrianCL)

The OC register is running an article about whether Prop. 73 will alter the regulation of in-vitro fertilization:

Putting that language into the state Constitution could lay legal grounds for those wishing to ban stem-cell research and in-vitro fertilization, said Margaret Crosby, an attorney who helped get the state’s previous parental notification law thrown out. Because embryonic stem-cell research and in-vitro fertilization involve unused embryos, the practices could be vulnerable to the legal challenge that they are terminating human life, she said.

In particular, the text of Prop. 73 defines “abortion” as:

the use of any means to terminate the pregnancy of an unemancipated minor female known to be pregnant with knowledge that the termination with those means will, with reasonable likelihood, cause the death of the unborn child, a child conceived but not yet born. For purposes of this section, “abortion” shall not include the use of any contraceptive drug or device.

Anybody want to comment on whether this is a real risk, or some sort of straw man argument created by the OC register so that they don’t need to discuss issues about how much access to the courts minors who fear abuse at the hands of their parents really have?

(Lies are part of the game I suppose, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t point them out. – promoted by SFBrianCL)

Here is your chance to stop Schwarzenegger and his true lies.  Earlier today, the Governor’s campaign team began airing a new 15-second advertisement that says Prop 76 “will increase funding available to school districts.”

That claim is bogus: according to the nonpartisan Legislative Analysts Office, Prop 76 will slash education funding by $4 billion – and gives the Governor even more power to starve our schools of funding during a “budget emergency.” The California Budget Project came to the same conclusion yesterday.

This isn’t censorship. The Federal Communications Act demands that the truth be told in TV advertisements.

That’s why the Alliance for a Better California has already sent letters to more than 40 stations in California demanding that they take the ad off the air.

In the next 24 hours, TV stations will decide whether to act on our demand that the ad be modified or retracted. We need your help to demand that the stations force the Governor to be honest with California voters about the destructive impact of Prop 76 on our schools.

Call or email RIGHT NOW

Sacramento — KCRA
Elliott Troshinsky
916-325-3206
[email protected]

Fresno — KFSN
Charles Pfaff
559-255-2600
[email protected]

San Diego — KUSI
Michael McKinnon
858-505-5193
[email protected]

Los Angeles — KABC
Arnold Kleiner
818-863-7707
[email protected]

San Francisco — Comcast
Mark Clark
415-863-8500
[email protected]

Santa Barbara — KEYT
Robert Grissom
805-882-3920
[email protected]

You can watch the ad here.  For more information on this false ad see our press release.

P.S. The spokesperson in the ad is Sandra McBrayer. McBrayer was named “Teacher of the Year” more than a decade ago. According to a San Diego Union Tribune article (6/19/05), she earns about $100,000 a year and has lobbied in Sacramento for legislation on after-school programs.