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The "Common Declaration Newsletter" is an e-mail update sent out to parties interested in the project described in " Abortion: Have We Done Our Homework?".
(Technical Note: I use the "Blind C.C." feature of Microsoft Outlook to hide the e-mail addresses in the Newsletter's "TO" list, in order to help protect the privacy of recipients.)
Things To Do:
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Things Done:
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1) Sent some e-mails to pro-choice groups:
CARAL; Canadian Abortion Rights Action League (www.caral.ca)
IPPF; International Planned Parenthood Federation (www.ippf.org)
NARAL (www.naral.org)
Things To Do:
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1) Send a dozen or so e-mails to the "other side" (pro-choice groups), to ask for their initial feedback and get a few contacts.
2) Physically visit the local offices of the major federal political parties, to ask for their feedback, and see if they would support such a project.
3) Continue discussions with "our side", to get some sort of tentative approval of a list of statements that we consider OK, and that the "other side" might consider OK too.
Things Done:
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1) Sent about 20 e-mails to pro-life associations asking for their opinion. Got 4 positive replies (which I consider good, given the circumstances):
Canadian Physicians for Life (physiciansforlife.ca)
Catholics Against Contraception (catholicsagainstcontraception.com)
Focus on the Family (www.family.org)
Life Canada (www.lifecanada.org)
LifeSite (www.lifesite.net)
National Campus Life Network (www.ncln.ca)
Pharmacists for Life Canada (www.geocities.com/pflic/news.html)
Priests For Life (www.priest.com)
Pro-Vie Montréal Pro-Life (www.mtlprolife.org)
REAL Women (www.realwomenca.com)
2) Sent e-mails to all major federal political parties (Liberal, Conservatives, Bloc, NDP). No replies yet.
3) Sent snail-mail to local Catholic Bishop to see if he would support this project. No reply yet.
4) Wrote the FAQ for the Common Ground Declaration, as well as a first shot at a method to proceed with the search for common ground (Concedo, Nego, Distinguo).