Public Policy

What can I do?

-Register to vote
-Vote!
-Hold a voter drive in your parish
-Learn about the issues​​​​​​    
                                                                                                                                          

Current Action Alerts:
Visit Human Life Action's Action Alert page for a full list of current federal Action Alerts.                                                           

• Human Life Action Center general information 
• Human LIfe Action Issues topic-by-topic with action ideas
• Search/find a bill in Congress
• Find my US Representative & US Senators
• Write to the President of the US 

• Louisiana legislature news from the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops
• Louisiana Right to Life Federation’s Pro-Life Body of Laws
• Search/find a bill in the Louisiana State Legislature
• Create my your personalized Legislation to Watch list for the Louisiana State Legislature
• Find my Louisiana State Representative & Louisiana State Senator
• Write to the Governor of the State of Louisiana

• During election time it is essential to remember that when any of us are acting on behalf of the Church that there are guidelines set forth by the Archdiocese (adapted from the USCCB’s guidelines) for what is acceptable in our work: 
  “Church organizations may not at any time participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office…
  Parishes and Catholic institutions may not make statements (oral or written) supporting or opposing any candidate for public office in any manner, such as, sermons, parish bulletins, distribution of sample ballots, etc. Further, no statements may be made which label a certain candidate, such as referring to the candidate as pro-abortion or anti-peace, etc. Parish bulletins, parish publications, parish letterheads are never to be used to support or oppose a candidate for public office or to endorse or oppose a specific political party. The distribution of marked sample ballots or of posting of political signs or billboards must not be permitted on church property.
  Parishes may sponsor voter registration drives and encourage citizens to exercise their right to vote, provided no bias for or against any candidate or political party is evidenced in any way. Such drives cannot distribute any partisan political literature, register only voters supporting a particular candidate or be in conjunction with any political campaign effort…”
  For information about Church teaching & our call to participate in civic life, see the
• USCCB’s Faithful Citizenship document.
  Copies of Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship may be ordered through the USCCB.