04/27/2026
The Day of Judgment: Stopping Big Pork’s "Save Our Bacon Act"
The day of judgment has arrived. This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the "Save Our Bacon Act"—the pork industry’s latest and most desperate attempt to destroy state-level animal protection laws. Tucked into the "skinny farm bill," this legislation is a direct assault on mercy, state sovereignty, and the basic decency of our food system.
TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY: CALL YOUR CONGRESSPERSON
Call 202 224-3121 - This Congressional Switchboard will connect you with your congressperson. If you don’t know who it is, they will ask you for your zip code and still connect you with him or her. CALL NOW! Say SUPPORT THE LUNA AMENDMENT!
The Torture Behind the Bill
The primary target of this bill is California’s Proposition 12, a landmark law that effectively banned the use of gestation crates. To understand the stakes of this vote, one must understand the horror of the crate: a metal cage so small that a mother pig cannot even turn around, stretch her limbs, or scratch herself for nearly her entire life.
Pigs are sentient, social, and highly intelligent beings—often considered more intelligent than dogs. Under the psychological torture of being pinned in a space the size of their own bodies, these animals go mad. They exhibit heartbreaking signs of distress, such as incessantly chomping on metal bars until their mouths bleed. This is not "farming"; it is extreme, systematic cruelty.
A War on Animals and the Environment
Beyond the physical torture of animals, the intensive confinement model pushed by "Big Pork" is a disaster for our planet. These industrial operations consume massive amounts of water and are leading drivers of land degradation and water pollution.
The "Save Our Bacon Act" (the current vehicle for the disastrous Food Security and Farm Protection Act) seeks to reward this destructive, regressive industry by stripping away the rights of states to demand better. If passed, it could ultimately nullify Prop 12 and jeopardize over a thousand other state laws governing everything from environmental protection to child labor.
The Final Stand: Support the Luna Amendment
We have a chance to stop this nightmare. As this bill comes to the House floor, our primary defense is the Luna Amendment. This amendment is designed to thwart Big Pork’s attempts to undo state protections. It acts as a shield for the animals, ensuring that federal overreach cannot force cruelty back into states that have explicitly voted against it.
TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY: CALL YOUR CONGRESSPERSON
Call 202 224-3121 - This Congressional Switchboard will connect you with your congressperson. If you don’t know who it is, they will ask you for your zip code and still connect you with him or her. CALL NOW!
The vote is happening THIS WEEK. This is the moment to send a pointed message that the American people will not tolerate intensive confinement or federal overreach at the behest of lobbyists.
Call your U.S. Representative NOW: Tell them the "Save Our Bacon Act" is an act of cruelty and a violation of states' rights.
Demand a "NO" vote on the Save Our Bacon Act in the Skinny Farm Bill.
Urge them to support the Luna Amendment: This is the only way to preserve the progress we have made for animal welfare and public health.
Now, UnchainedTV’s Jane Velez-Mitchell gets the latest from Matthew Dominguez, the U.S. Director for Compassion in World Farming.
