The So-Called Freedom of Choice Act

When President Obama was campaigning, he said that he wanted to reduce the number of abortions. However, during his first week in office he signed an executive order overturning the Mexico City policy. The Mexico City policy, first enacted by then President Ronald Reagan, prohibited use of U.S. tax dollars to fund or promote abortions in foreign countries. This means that our tax dollars now are funding abortions in foreign countries. His order does not reduce the number of abortions but forces us to pay for the expansion of abortion around the world.

Throughout his political career, Mr. Obama has had a legacy of death. When making a campaign speech, he said, "if my daughters make a mistake then I wouldn't want them punished with a baby." As a senator in the Illinois Senate he voted against the Born Alive Act. When asked what decision he would do differently, he chose the Terri Schiavo vote where he actually did vote to give her a chance at life. When speaking to Planned Parenthood, he promised that if he were elected as president that he would sign the Freedom of Choice Act.

The Freedom of Choice Act would allow abortion to take place at any time during pregnancy, for any reason. According to NOW, this legislation would “sweep away hundreds of anti-abortion laws and policies.” These are laws and policies that elected officials and everyday people have voted on and passed. This act would negate the choice of the people to limit and reduce abortions. It would sweep away laws and policies protecting girls and women from an uninformed decision regarding a medical procedure that kills an innocent baby and often causes mental and/or physical harm or even death to the mothers. FOCA would override laws that require parental consent before an underage girl can be given an abortion. It would eradicate laws like The Partial Birth Abortion Ban that put a stop to stabbing the head of a late term baby before she is completely born and sucking her brains out. The Freedom of Choice act would not give hospitals and doctors the choice to refuse an abortion, regardless of their beliefs. Would Catholic hospitals have to close their doors as an alternative to sinning against their conscience? Pro-life doctors and nurses would have to choose between being forced to kill or quit their vocation. Where is the freedom of choice in that?

So far the public outcry against this legislation has been loud and clear. We must not stop fighting for what is right. Stand strong for our God-given rights of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Congress has not yet reintroduced FOCA. Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards told the Wall Street Journal: "We're going to be smart and strategic about our policy agenda to bring people together to make progress for women's health. The Freedom of Choice Act is very important . . . but we have a long list of things to get done that I think can address problems immediately that women are facing, that are really immediate concerns." If this legislation were to be introduced and passed piecemeal, it would still be just as devastating to our nation.

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You can contact your Representatives and tell them not to allow the taxpayer funding of abortions. You can sign a petition against the Freedom of Choice Act at http://www.fightfoca.com/ This is our nation, let's make our voices heard. Stand strong and choose life at every opportunity.