First, read the Pacific Justice Institute's letter to churches on involvement in Proposition 73!

How you can help:

• Designate one or more persons from your organization to be a liaison between your group and the regional coordinator. Church and non-profit involvement is crucial to passing the initiative!

• Include informative inserts in your church bulletin!

• Print fliers to hang in and around your facilities!  

• Arrange for a pro-life speaker to come to a meeting and talk about abortion and parental notification!

THE CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS SUPPORTS PROP 73

IRS Guidelines on how your church or non-profit can help the campaign:

Many churches and non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations have questions regarding how much they can do to promote the Parental Notification Initiative without endangering their tax exempt status.

As long as a church or non-profit organization does not devote a substantial amount of their total resources (e.g. time, personnel, money and property) to support specific initiatives, propositions or legislation, they are not in danger of losing their non-profit 501(c)(3) status. In one case, the IRS concluded that a substantial amount meant 5% or more of total resources. Generally, bulletin inserts, making announcements from the pulpit, allowing signatures to be gathered on your facilities, etc., would not be considered a substantial amount of an organization’s resources.