ALL PRO-LIFE TODAY REPORT: HHS Mandate Insulting and Dangerous

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

HHS Mandate Insulting and Dangerous  By American Life League                   Read today's guest commentary for an important and timely message from Archbishop Charles Chaput.  [Click here to read more.]                                               HEADLINES 12 state attorneys general: We will file lawsuit against Obama mandate 'in weeks, not months' Life Site News On Friday, ten state attorneys general addressed a scathing letter to President Obama, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. "Not only is the proposed contraceptive coverage mandate for religious employers bad policy, it is unconstitutional," they wrote. "We believe it represents an impermissible violation of the Constitution's First Amendment virtually unparalleled in American history" and "conflicts with the most basic elements of the freedoms of religion, speech, and association, as provided under the First Amendment." They feared the president's policy would force faithful religious institutions "to cease activities of incalculable value to their employees, constituents, and, indeed, society as a whole." Deadly health risks for women: The unspoken side of the Obama birth control mandate Renew America The Birth Control Mandate has forced the issue of contraception to move from being the elephant in the room to center stage. Perhaps in time we will see that it was a hidden blessing for our country. For years pro-life organizations refused to discuss or take on this topic despite the fact that free access to birth control increases the number of surgical abortions[1][2]. Most people repeat over and over that birth control decreases the number of abortions. Nothing could be farther from the truth. In fact, today for every child born in the US, there are an estimated 2 children killed in the womb from both surgical and chemical, abortifacient drug abortions [3]. What isn't being talked about is that the new mandate also pre-disposes women to serious long term and permanent health problems. In conjunction with the defense of both religious liberty and the spiritual well-being of women, we must also refute the absurd and deceptive statement that "women are healthier on birth control." Wrongful birth and wrongful life lawsuits just plain wrong Life News These lawsuits are pernicious for many reasons, the first is the assumption that the sick and disabled are better off dead. The second is that in states where this kind of lawsuit is allowed, it puts tremendous pressure on doctors to conduct a seek-and-destroy mission against fetuses with disease or disability. Otherwise, the doctor may be sued for doing his or her job: bringing a live child into the world.