The Abortion Mandate

While everyone has been busy since February wringing their hands over the government's attack on religion, the HHS quietly slipped in another mandate--free abortions.

Here's how it works. Beginning on January 1, 2014, families who earn up to 400% of the federal poverty level (i.e., less than $92,000 per year for a typical family of four) will be eligible for federal subsidies of our health care coverage, whether purchased through an employer or in the new state health exchanges. Since most middle-class families earn far less than $92,000 per year, our health insurance will almost certainly be subsidized under Obamacare, and we will be required to pay a monthly surcharge to cover abortions, or rather, "abortion services," as our benevolent HHS prefers to describe them. No one will be allowed to opt out, and to make matters worse, the surcharge amount will not be listed separately on the monthly bill. The only time people might find out about it will be during open enrollment, provided we take the time to read the fine print in the enrollment plan.

This new rule also dances around the state opt-out laws. Even if states have enacted laws to avoid subsidizing abortions in the insurance exchanges, the premiums will still be collected and given to states that don't have such laws.

The best article I've found to explain this new abortion mandate is from National Right to Life News:

http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2012/03/hhs-issues-new-rule-on-obamacare-scheme-to-fund-abortion-insurance/

This is the largest expansion of abortion since Roe vs. Wade, and Obama and Sebelius have put it over on us while we were busy worrying about their efforts to drive the Catholic church out of the healthcare business.

Obamacare is all about control, and it seems the only "service" they will always provide--and make sure we pay for--is abortion.

Dear United Way,

After reading your position statements on abortion and funding for Planned Parenthood, I am amazed at and disgusted by your evasive answer.   You are not being intellectually honest by suggesting that your local agencies can give to Planned Parenthood, the world's largest abortion-committing group, yet claim that you are not supporting the murder of unborn children in the womb.

If you took this attitude of "we don't support abortion but some local UW agencies do," and applied it to other controversial subjects such as pedophilia or human trafficking, society would rightly judge you to be criminals.  By the way, remember that earlier this year, Planned Parenthood affiliates in numerous states were caught aiding and abetting pimps and pedophiles engaged in just such crimes.

I have never given money to United Way, no matter how great the pressure in the workplace, and I will go out of my way to discourage others from wasting their donations on you as well.

I pray that you'll wise up and end your association with Planned Parenthood right now.  God is watching.

I wrote the above letter in response to United Way's word-twisting with regard to supporting Planned Parenthood while claiming not to support them.  To read their gobbledy-gook, click here. The more words they use, the more they know they can't justify their actions morally.  So far, I haven't heard back from them, but when I do, I'll post it here.  I'm dying to read their response, aren't you?

Company Matching Gifts to Planned Parenthood

We have been boycotting Levi's Strauss (including PiperLime, Banana Republic, Gap and Old Navy stores) for the last several years because they give grants to Planned Parenthood.  About two days ago, we heard an announcement on a pro-life news service that Levi's had stopped donating to PP, so we wrote them a quick thank you note. 

Today's reply:  "Levi's doesn't give them grants any more, but we do still match donations from our employees."  In other words, we pretend not to support PP and abortion unless someone really wants us to keep doing it. 

We're still boycotting Levi's.

Before you resume shopping at a store that says they've stopped supporting abortion, write them a thank you note or ask if they make matching gifts to PP.  If you think this sounds too strict and we should reward companies that only give small amounts, you've missed the point.  It's not the amount that matters.  Any amount given, even a dollar, means that Planned Parenthood can claim they have community support.  Don't let them get by with  it.

If you want to join the prolife boycott of companies who give money to support abortion and the culture of death, please visit the website of Life Decisions International at http://www.fightpp.org and purchase their boycott list. 

Keep praying and fighting!

LifeLetters
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Open Letter to Groups that Give to Planned Parenthood

Dear CEO,

I have been a regular and loyal customer of your business for the last several years. In fact, I preferred you over the competition because of your employees’ helpful attitude and knowledge of the products you sell. Unfortunately, however, I will no longer continue to do business with you and your corporation.

Let me explain further. I subscribe to a newsletter from a group who does research into the donation practices of businesses throughout the US, and they informed me that you have recently donated to Planned Parenthood. The group who gave me this information is Life Decisions International (http://www.fightpp.org).

So that you know where your money is going, here are a few facts about Planned Parenthood.

1. PP commits more abortions than any other single entity in the United States.

2. 99% of all abortions involve dismembering a fully formed baby. Don't believe me? Read this description of abortion given in court testimony by the abortionists themselves:

First Trimester Suction Abortion
The physician will usually first notice a quantity of amniotic fluid, followed by placenta and fetal parts, which may be more or less identifiable." (From the medical textbook Abortion Practice – Dr. Warren Hern, p.114, in section on First Trimester Abortion).
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“When we do a suction curettage abortion, you know, roughly one of three things is going to happen during the abortion. One would be that the catheter as it approaches the fetus, you know, tears it and kills it at that instant inside the uterus. The second would be that the fetus is small enough and the catheter is large enough that the fetus passes through the catheter and either dies in transit as it’s passing through the catheter or dies in the suction bottle after it’s actually all the way out.” (Sworn testimony given in US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (Madison, WI, May 27, 1999, Case No. 98-C-0305-S), by Dr. Martin Haskell, an abortionist. He describes legal activity.)
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Question: Can the heart of a fetus or embryo still be beating during a suction curettage abortion as the fetus or embryo comes down the cannula? Answer: For a few seconds to a minute, yes.
(Sworn testimony given in US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (Madison, WI, May 27, 1999, Case No. 98-C-0305-S), by Dr. Harlan Raymond Giles, an abortionist. He describes legal activity.)

Second Trimester D&E Abortion
"The procedure changes significantly at 21 weeks because the fetal tissues become much more cohesive and difficult to dismember. This problem is accentuated by the fact that the fetal pelvis may be as much as 5cm in width. The calvaria [head] is no longer the principal problem; it can be collapsed. Other structures, such as the pelvis, present more difficulty….A long curved Mayo scissors may be necessary to decapitate and dismember the fetus…" (From the medical textbook Abortion Practice – Dr. Warren Hern, p.154).
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“The doctor grips a fetal part with the forceps and pulls it back through the cervix and vagina, continuing to pull even after meeting resistance from the cervix. The friction causes the fetus to tear apart. For example, a leg might be ripped off the fetus as it is pulled through the cervix and out of the woman. The process of evacuating the fetus piece by piece continues until it has been completely re-moved.” (US Supreme Court, Gonzales vs. Carhart, April 18, 2007, describing the D&E procedure).

In addition to doing more abortions than any other organization, PP opposes banning abortion for any reason, including late-term abortions and those committed for "birth control" or "convenience." They insist on the "right" to commit an abortion on your minor daughter and/or give her birth control, even via invasive means such as injections, without your knowledge. And they fight all legislation that would require parental consent or notification.

Planned Parenthood would like you to think they are helping women and teenage girls in particular. But the truth is, their “services” are about only one thing--more and more abortion. As you may have heard on the news, in January 2011, Planned Parenthood was caught on video at least six times advising a pimp on how to cover up human trafficking of girls as young as fourteen. You can view the video footage of Planned Parenthood employees aiding and abetting child prostitution at: http://www.liveaction.org/traffick.

For Planned Parenthood, this kind of cover-up for pimps and pedophiles is nothing new. As far back as 2002, Life Dynamics, Inc., caught over 800 Planned Parenthood clinics across the country advising a 13-year-old caller and her 22-year-old “boyfriend” about how to obtain illegal abortions to cover up the abusive relationship. You can read more details on Planned Parenthood’s willingness to aid and abet pedophiles at http://www.markcrutcherblog.com/index.cfm/2011/2/10/Pedophiles-Incorporated.

In light of these revelations, aren’t you and your fellow executives embarrassed to be Planned Parenthood donors?

Please take the time to learn more about what Planned Parenthood is doing with your donations. After you do, I urge you to re-consider your decision to give any money, no matter how small the amount, to Planned Parenthood.

Until you withdraw your support of the world’s largest abortion business, my fellow pro-lifers and I will not do business with your company.

If you would like to respond, I would appreciate the opportunity to discuss Planned Parenthood’s actions further, and I will be happy to answer questions. I may be contacted at email address.

Regretfully,
Lifeletters

Please join me in writing to companies and asking them not to donate to Planned Parenthood. For a current list, go to http://www.fightpp.org.           

Who is doing embryonic stem cell research?

To my pro-life brothers and sisters,

I belong to a large church, and every few months, I see advertisements in our bulletin placed by families raising money to help cure diseases such as diabetes or cancer.  Although the intent of such fund raising is admirable, many people do not realize that too often, the money you raise is not being spent on legitimate medical research.  Rather, many of the largest and most well-known non-profit organizations are actually wasting your donations on human embryonic stem cell research.

So-called embryonic stem cell research is not research at all.  It is gravely evil because it always kills a living human embryo.  Scientists who promote embryo destruction claim that since some of the embryos created for use in fertility treatments and then frozen may never be implanted, they should be considered “left over.”  This convenient label is used to justify killing the tiniest babies to obtain their stem cells. 

In order to avoid funding the destruction of innocent human life, it is critical that before you begin a fund raising project, you learn as much as possible about how your donations will be spent.  Fortunately, this task is not difficult, thanks to the extensive investigations carried out by pro-life groups such as Life Decisions International.  LDI publishes a free report entitled “Organization Watch,” which lists the names of groups who are on record as supporting the destruction of human embryos.  To download a copy, visit LDI’s website at www.fightpp.org.  

If you want to support truly life-saving research, you may also wish to consider donating to the John Paul II Stem Cell Research Institute.  Their mission is to conduct medical research that respects the dignity of all human life.  You can learn more about them by visiting their website at http://www.jp2sri.org.

Destroying even one embryo for the sake of medical research can never be justified.  There is no such thing as a left over human being.

Respectfully,

LifeLetters
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