Take a moment or two this week to reach out to those men and women you know (or those you don't) that protect and serve your community.
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Sen. Whitney Westerfield spoke with cn|2 on the effects of the 2011 prison reform bill. Watch his comments below:
Corrections officials testified that preliminary numbers showed the cost of Kentucky’s prison system did drop slightly. But the new Senate Judiciary Chairman Whitney Westerfield, R-Hopkinsville, said he believes more time is needed to fully weigh how effective the law is.
“I’d like to see more of a, more of a reliable pattern in the data that we got showing that 463 was doing what it was intended to do,” said Westerfield, a former assistant prosecutor.
Read the full article on cn|2 Pure Politics at http://mycn2.com/politics/lawmakers-say-it-s-too-early-to-tell-if-prison-reform-is-reaching-goals
See this brief reminder from The Family Foundation:
Today, we recognize the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. On this day in 1973, nine unelected judges made the decision that an unborn child did not have the same constitutional right as a child that is born alive. According to section 1 of the 14th Amendment, no state shall “deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” Since 1973, over 55 million children have been denied life and protection.
Call Representatives John Tilley (D, Hopkinsville, Martha Jane King (D, Todd & Logan Counties), and Brent Yonts (D, Greenville), all Majority Party members of the House who cover parts of my 3rd Senate District, to insist that the Kentucky House hold a vote on pro-life legislation this year. Call any legislator at 800-372-7181 to leave a message.
40 years is 40 years too many.
During Sanctity of Human Life Sunday on January 20th, the guest pastor at our church in Hopkinsville made a statement that was as stunning as it was obvious. But in all the time I've talked or campaigned about ending abortion, the idea had never been stated so simply as it was today. In the wake of the Newtown Connecticut shooting, the entire nation has been arguing over gun rights. One side vehemently claims there should be enhanced restrictions on gun ownership. The other side, equally inflamed, claims the Second Amendment "shall not be abridged." There has been no shortage of argument, political posturing, media spin and policy wielding over this dichotomy.
And yet, amongst the rancor, you'll find no one on any side who believes the murder of those children was good, or even remotely desirable.
A few years earlier and the murder of those children would've been protected by law. The intentional termination of those lives would have been protected as the mother's right to choose.
I pray that our Nation turns from this wickedness, and soon.
