To the members of the House of Representatives who voted for the Pence Amendment to H.R. 1:

How could you?

How could you betray millions of women — and men, and teens — who rely on Planned Parenthood for basic health care?

How could you condemn countless women in this country to undiagnosed cancer, unintended pregnancies, and untreated illnesses?

Your vote was not only against those who seek care at Planned Parenthood health centers, but against every one of us who has ever sought care there, and against every one of us who knows that when we are healthy, when we are in charge of our lives, we thrive.

It was a vote against me.

To every senator who will soon consider this legislation:

I stand with Planned Parenthood to say to you: STOP THIS.

I stand with Planned Parenthood and the hundreds of thousands of people from every walk of life and every corner of this country who join me in signing this letter to tell you that we will fight this bill and we expect you to do the same.

I stand with and for the millions of women, men, and teens who rely on Planned Parenthood, and I expect you to do the same.

To every member of Congress, know that we stand together today against this outrageous assault, and together we will not lose.

A Norbu Childrens Fund has been set up in support of Jigme-la’s children. All donation checks should be made out to “ Norbu Children’s Fund “  & mailed to  Norbu Children’s Fund ,c/o Daniel F. Scrone ,BBVA Compass ,155 Corridor Rd. ,  Ponte Vedra , Florida 32082   . The routing # is 063013924 .   The account # is2523012889 .

Jigme Norbu, an Ambassador for World Peace, following in the footsteps of his father, Taktser Rimpoche, the late Professor Thubten J. Norbu of Indiana University, another walker/marcher for world peace, was killed on a dark Florida highway as he was completing the first day of a Walk for Tibet along the coast of southeast Florida.

From the website: WalkforTibetFlorida.

“Offers to help- please continue to spread the news Jigme wote about on www.AmbassadorsforWorldPeace.org , donations made through the donate button on that site and www.WalkforTibetFlorida.com go directly to Ambassadors for World Peace, a 501c3 organization. In time, the family, His Holiness and interested others will decide how to proceed. Jigme had intended to set up Center for World Peace in honor of his father, Dr. Thubten J Norbu. While the Tibetan cause is central to their lifelong work and efforts, both Dr. Norbu and Jigme had dreams for the wider spread of World Peace, Human Compassion and Human Freedom of Expression and Dignity, as espoused so elegantly by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.”

Back in the 1990’s, when my son Jim was a student at Indiana University and studying the Tibetan language, he often invited me to attend teachings and activities at the Tibetan Cultural Center. I had the honor of meeting both Professor and Mrs. Norbu, as well as their family. I have a dim memory of meeting Jigme when he was a young man. Occasionally, while Jim was a student at IU, or visiting there later, we ate at the Snow Lion, the Norbu family restaurant. My heart is very heavy for the entire Norbu family, including His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. May Jigme Norbu’s work for world peace and for Tibet continue through those who love and admire him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thubten_Jigme_Norbu