Can you hear me now?

An Update on the National Do-Not-Call Registry

In the last few months, millions of Americans, hoping to keep their dinner time peaceful and avoid telemarketers who just won't take "no" for an answer, have signed up on the National Do Not Call Registry. According to their web site the "National Do Not Call Registry will stop most, but not all, telemarketing calls. You may still receive calls from political organizations, charities, telephone surveyors or companies with which you have an existing business relationship."

The National Do Not Call Registry does not affect Right to Life of Michigan since non-profit organizations soliciting donations are not covered by the registry.

Employees from Right to Life of Michigan who call prospective donors will first identify themselves by name. They will also say that they are from Right to Life of Michigan and that they are calling on behalf of Barbara Listing, Right to Life of Michigan's president.

Families who receive calls from other organizations who are claiming to do prolife work but are not calling from Right to Life of Michigan should be wary. There are a few organizations who have little presence and influence in our state's or nation's capitol but who claim to be lobbying for important prolife legislation. Financial records for these organizations show that most of the donations that they receive from sincere people who want to help end up going to a telemarketing firm and not to actual prolife work.

If you receive a call from an organization claiming to be prolife and want to make sure that your donation is going to an organization that is really working to help the prolife cause, feel free to call the Right to Life of Michigan State Central Office at (616) 532-2300.

 

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