Doctors Forced To Perform Abortions?‏

As you know, tax dollars from the United States are now funding abortions throughout the world because President Obama overturned the Mexico City Policy which previously barred recipients of any U.S. foreign aid from performing or promoting abortion services, as a method of family planning in other countries.

As a follow-up, the Obama Administration is now proposing to rescind the Freedom of Conscience laws that protect health care providers of faith. In other words, nurses, doctors, pharmacists, and hospitals will now be forced to offer abortion services or they could lose their ability to practice in their chosen profession.

We should all be very concerned. Just imagine if you or a family member had trouble finding adequate health care because those who practice medicine in your area had to leave their profession because of these regulations. This could be particularly devastating to rural areas or states with a high concentration of medical practitioners of faith. Both could be severely impacted because of the lack of health care available due to these new laws. Healthcare providers may resign from their professions. Hospitals will be shut down. And future doctors and nurses will choose another profession rather than be forced to participate in the destruction of life.

Currently, Catholic hospitals account for 15-20% of the hospital services provided in this country. Those hospitals might have to cease operations if they had to succumb to new regulations requiring them to offer abortion services.

There is something you can do. The process the Administration is using requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to have a period of time to accept opinions from citizens. They are also required to review these opinions. We only have until April 9, 2009. Please take a moment and send a letter to the HHS asking them not to approve these discriminatory regulations.

From the halls of the United Nations to the hospitals where the newborn babies lay, the Obama Administration is attempting to force us all to accept that taking the life of the unborn is a necessary act. They would like us all to believe that this is the opinion of the majority. We need to tell them that is not true! Please let them know that we will not be a party to this destruction of life! Act now to inform them that families throughout the world care about this issue and will not accept this type of discrimination upon their healthcare providers.

ABORTION TRUMPS ETHICS

Freedom of Conscience is as American as apple pie. Americans have always had the freedom to do what they believe is right and moral. President Obama and his new administration are poised to take that right away from the medical community if we do not act today.

Freedom of conscience is defined by a group of federal laws that were created to protect health care providers (doctors, nurses, pharmacists, etc.) from being forced to participate in abortions and other procedures that they believe are unethical or immoral.

Unfortunately, the federal laws regarding freedom of conscience have been consistently ignored by those in favor of abortion. With this in mind, in December 2008 the Bush administration under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) established regulations to enforce the laws. To see this HHS rule click here: http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2008pres/08/20080821reg.pdf.

In early March, the Obama administration, under pressure from Planned Parenthood and other pro-abortion groups, started the process of rescinding the HHS rule. Click here to connect to the link: http://www.freedom2care.org/docLib/20090313_HHS_rescission_notice.pdf.

Part of the rule change process requires a public comment period, where the public has the ability to record its comments on the rule change. Such comments will be considered by HHS before the rule change is final. The deadline is Thursday, April 9, 2009.

TAKE ACTION

The deadline is fast approaching and your public comments are needed! Your comments are important for several reasons. Your show of opposition will be considered by HHS, the Obama administration and possibly the courts. By providing a permanent record of your concern, we may be able to protect the freedom of conscience.

Not only does the repeal of the HHS rule take away the freedom of choice for health care providers, it takes away the freedom of patients to choose pro-life health care providers.

Doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care providers will leave the profession if forced to act against their moral conscience.
Future pro-life individuals will not enter the health care field.
Religiously affiliated hospitals and clinics will stop providing services and close their doors.
Many individuals who are served by the faith-based community will lose access to health care.

WHAT YOU CAN DO BEFORE APRIL 9, 2009

E-mail your comments to the Department of Health and Human Services to WWW.proposedrescission@hhs.gov.

Visit http://www.freedom2care.org and sign the petition. United Families and our allies will use this petition to show legislators, media and others the strong support for the freedom of conscience.
Please forward this on to your family and your friends! The time is short, and the future of America's health care is at stake. Your help is appreciated!

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Taken from United Families International

Freedom of Abortion??

Looks like the U.S. abortion proponents are at it again. This time they have created what appears to be a new, updated version of the U.S. Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights was carefully enacted over time and with the ratification of a super-majority of all the states. It recognizes in a legitimate way the basic rights of individual citizens and gives a guarantee that the federal government will not overstep its authority over individual citizens; giving credibility to government and protection to its citizens. However, when congressional action sets a new precedence for the creation of a fundamental right, it is time to take note...and take action. The United States of America defined the fundamental rights of its citizens through the state ratification process in 1791. These fundamental rights became known as the first 10 amendments to the Bill of Rights. They include: the right of religion and speech, the right to keep and bear arms, the right of private property, fair treatment of those accused of crimes, protection from unreasonable search and seizure, freedom from self-incrimination, a speedy and impartial jury trial, and representation by counsel. The federal government is also prohibited from depriving any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law. Additional rights are granted to those accused of crimes as well. Other rights followed, although the first 10 are recognized as the fundamental rights of citizens. The Freedom of Choice Act introduced in April of 2007 creates a new fundamental right. If passed into law, this legislation will protect the right to abortion just as if ratified as an amendment to the Bill of Rights. Practically speaking, this legislation if passed will pre-empt all state and federal law, and case law including the recent Gonzales vs. Carhart ruling that upholds the federal partial birth abortion ban. It will also supersede any and all law defining the viability of the "fetus". Parental notification laws will be void and taxpayers will be expected to pay for all government funded abortions, including late-term abortions.In essence, any female of any age will be guaranteed an abortion on demand through and up to the birth of the baby. FOCA also creates a new "right" to sue, ensuring abortion services from every hospital and health care provider no matter their religious views or right of conscience.No other piece of legislation has the potential to force widespread abortion access to so many women than FOCA. The harmful negative effects of a coercive federal government will have the founding fathers rolling in their graves. Email your Congressmen and US Senators today. Tell them that FOCA is anti-life, anti-family and anti-American. You can also join the fight against FOCA by signing up here: http://www.fightfoca.com/ or http://www.badchange.com/

US President-Elect Plans to Revoke All Anti-Abortion Laws

A new year has begun and in a short time the United States will have a new president. As all new years bring changes, this New Year may bring devastating changes that will affect our families.
One of those devastating changes may be a new abortion law. The Freedom of Choice Act has been introduced in Congress over and over again since 1989. Obama has stated, "The first thing I'd do as President is sign the Freedom of Choice Act. That's the first thing I'd do."
The purpose of this law is to revoke every other anti-abortion law which has been passed by state and local governments. It seeks to make abortion a "fundamental right". Does this language sound familiar? It should. This is the same agenda that is being promoted at the United Nations. The attempts at the UN to reinterpret the Universal Declaration of Human Rights go hand-in-hand with the Freedom of Choice Act.
The agenda of the abortion activists is to make abortion a fundamental right of all women regardless of age. It includes removing restrictions such as parental consent, and age of the woman. It requires all doctors to perform abortions whether or not it violates their religious beliefs. It removes barriers such as partial-birth abortion laws and requires that all hospitals, religious or not, allow abortions to be performed.
This law violates most of the tenets that United Families International stands for. It takes away parental rights, revokes laws protecting the sanctity of life, denies individuals the right to religious liberty, and seeks to destroy families by permitting women to make choices that affect all families.
The words, Freedom and Choice are very powerful words. Freedom is a word that evokes powerful feelings in people throughout the world. It is a word that can bring people to the defense of country, homes and families while also bringing tears at the thought of the sacrifices made in defense of freedom. Choice is also a powerful word. It brings to mind the agency we have all been given by our Creator to make decisions in this life that will benefit ourselves, our families and our country.
The Freedom of Choice Act, however, is disingenuous in the use of those two words. This Act does not bring freedom to a doctor who chooses not to perform abortions. It does not give choice to fathers of unborn children. It does not promote freedom for the millions of unborn children who will be sacrificed on its altar. It destroys freedom and choice for millions of people around the world who do not support its destructive agenda.

Those at the United Nations will be watching closely to see if they have been successful in achieving their agenda in the United States. We do not want them to find success. Please join us in this battle. Help us defend Freedom and Choice.