Pray for an End to Abortion in 2010

According to the American Life League, Planned Parenthood released the following statistics on abortion in the United States (released October 5, 2005):
Total number of abortions since 1973: 48 million +
Abortions per year: 1,200,000
Abortions per day: 3,288
Abortions per hour: 137
Abortions per every 4 minutes: 9
Abortions per every 26 seconds: 1
Our land is shedding innocent blood daily. How long will God hold back His anger? Please pray that this new year will bring an end to legalized abortion in the United States.

Psalm 106:37-38~Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons, and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood. (ASV)

May God have mercy on our nation.
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Health Care Reform--What Happens Next?

In order for a bill to become a law, both chambers of Congress must pass the identical legislation. The House and Senate versions of health care legislation are markedly different, especially on the issue of abortion funding. Unless the House passes the Senate version, a conference committee will be formed to smooth out the differences. A conference committee traditionally includes the senior members of the standing committees (House and Senate) that worked on the legislation. If this tradition is followed, the health care reform conference committee will consist of abortion advocates. With the pressure from these pro-abortion lawmakers, coupled with the pressure from our pro-abortion President, Representative Bart Stupak (Michigan), who demanded a prohibition on public funding of elective abortion in the House legislation, is on the hot seat. Stupak told CNS News that top Congressional Democrats and the White House have asked him to be quiet on the issue until they have a chance to try to "sell him" the language of the Reid-Nelson Senate compromise on abortion funding. Stupak responded, “Well, I don't need anyone to sell me the language. I can read it. I've seen it. I've worked with it. I know what it says. I don't need to have a conference with the White House. I have the legislation in front of me here." Stupak added, “We're getting a lot of pressure not to say anything, to try to compromise this principle or belief. That’s just not us. We're not going to do that. Members who voted for the Stupak language in the House – especially the Democrats, 64 Democrats that voted for it – feel very strongly about it. It’s been part of who we are, part of our make up. It’s the principal belief that we have. We are not just going to abandon it in the name of health care." Please pray for Representative Stupak and the pro-life Democrats who agree with him in opposing government funding of elective abortion. Senator Ben Nelson (Nebraska), who had consistently supported the unborn, caved in to pressure and compromised on abortion funding. Please pray that Representative Stupak and those representatives who agree with him will continue to abide by their convictions that our government should not fund abortion.

May God have mercy on our nation.
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Abortion Funding and Health Care

The next step in health care reform will be merging the House health care bill (Affordable Health Care for America Act) and the Senate health care bill (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act). The two biggest differences in the bills involve (1) a public option (a government insurance plan) and (2) abortion funding. The House bill provides a public option; the Senate bill does not. The House bill prohibits federal subsidies from being used to pay for elective abortions; the Senate bill does not. Apart from the House passing the Senate's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a conference committee composed of representatives and senators will be formed to meld the two bills. Because of the deals Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nevada) hustled through in order to barely pass his bill, any revision, especially on abortion funding, will probably not be approved by the Senate. Representative Bart Stupak (Michigan) has said he will fight the abortion funding language of the Senate bill. Two questions remain: Can Representative Stupak get enough support from other representatives to stop abortion funding? Will Representative Stupak remain firm, in spite of intense pressure from the White House, in his stand against abortion funding? Please pray for Representative Stupak. May God grant him strength to remain committed to stopping abortion funding and may he gain enough votes to enforce his stand in coming negotiations.

May God have mercy on our nation.
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Pro-life Votes for Sale?

In a vote of 60-40, the Senate voted to invoke cloture and end the filibuster on the Reid amendments to the health care bill. Two more proceedural votes will be taken (a vote to close debate on whether to add the compromises to the bill, and a vote to close debate on the bill) before the anticipated Christmas Eve vote on the bill itself. Once the Senate health care bill passes, the House and Senate must agree on one version of a health care bill. Currently, public funding of elective abortions is prohibited in the House bill; it is allowed in the Senate bill. Democrat Senator Ben Nelson, who had a consistently pro-life voting record, sold his pro-life vote for a guarantee of permanent, 100% federal funding of Medicaid expansion in his state of Nebraska. Will the House pro-life Democrats sell their votes, too? God forbid that our leaders make it easier for Americans to get elective abortions by using our tax money to fund them! May our pro-life Democrat Representatives stand strong for the lives of the unborn!

May God have mercy on our nation.
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1:00 AM Cloture Vote

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's health care bill with his manager's amendment (the compromises Reid has added to get the 60 votes necessary to end the Republican filibuster) has been introduced to the Senate floor. Yesterday Republicans, using a delaying tactic, requested that the entire 383-page amendment be read on the Senate floor. The Senate will convene at 1:00 PM today to continue debating the bill. At 11:30 PM, the Senate will take a 30-minute break. A cloture vote (the only procedure the Senate has to place a time limit on consideration of a bill and thus break a filibuster) will be taken at 1:00 AM Monday morning on the manager's amendment. The cloture vote requires 60 votes to pass and, with the sell-out of Senator Nelson (Nebraska) on abortion funding, Reid says he has the 60 votes.

Our nation stands in danger of changing our long-standing principle of not using public funds to pay for elective abortions. I pray that our Senators will be sobered by the realization they will one day have to stand before Almighty God and give account for their votes. May God convict them that abortion is the taking of human life. There is still time for Senators to change their minds on this issue and block the abortion-funding legislation. May God have mercy on our nation.

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Senator Ben Nelson Gives In

Senator Ben Nelson (Nebraska) announced at a press conference this morning that he will support the Senate health care bill, stating that he reached an acceptable compromise with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nebraska) on abortion and other issues. The compromise Senator Nelson has agreed to does not prohibit federal funding of abortion. According to Reverend Patrick J. Mahoney, director of Christian Defense Coalition, the Nelson-Reid compromise will allow for public funding of abortion. He added that it looks like Senator Nelson "has sold out his pro-life principles and America's children for millions in subsidies to help Nebraska pay its Medicare and Medicaid costs." In a statement to LifeNews, Senator John Cornyn (Texas) said, "Make no mistake about it, the Reid bill will allow federal tax dollars to be used to fund abortions." Senator Tom Coburn (Oklahoma) agrees that the Nelson-Reid compromise does not ban abortion funding. With Senator Nelson on board to vote in favor of the Senate health care bill, Reid says he now has the 60 votes necessary. Reid has filed cloture to pave the way to a Senate vote on the bill. Please pray that Senators will rethink the abortion-funding issue. May our nation not pass health care legislation that uses public funds to pay for abortions.

May God have mercy on our nation.
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Nelson Rejects Abortion Compromise Language

The Associated Press reported today that Senator Ben Nelson (Nebraska) has rejected the abortion compromise language designed to win his support for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's health care reform bill. In an interview with Nebraska radio station KLIN, Nelson said he agrees with the Stupak language in the House bill (which explicitly prohibits federal funding of abortion). A report by newsmax.com states that Senator Nelson is being "ardently tracked by fellow Democrats who believe he represents the 60th vote they need to pass health care reform." Please continue to pray that Senator Nelson will not back down in his stand against government funding of abortion.

May God have mercy on our nation.
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Pressure on Senator Ben Nelson

In trying to obtain 60 votes to invoke cloture on the Senate health care bill (H.R.3590), Democrat leadership in the Senate has agreed to remove the public option and any expanded government insurance coverage from the bill. This move has put Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson, who will not vote for the health care bill with the current abortion-funding provisions, as the possible deciding vote. According to Michael Goldfarb of "The Weekly Standard", a Senate aide reported that the White House is threatening to put Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base on the BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) list if Senator Nelson doesn't fall in line. The closing of this base, the home of the U.S. Strategic Command, would be a big economic hardship to Nebraska. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nevada) is currently working with Senator Bob Casey (Pennsylvania) to come up with abortion language that Senator Nelson and pro-abortion Senators will both accept. Please continue to pray for Senator Nelson as the pressure on him to fall in line with his party intensifies.

Acts 5:29--Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. (KJV)

May God have mercy on our nation.
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Democrats Called to the White House

President Obama has invited all Senate Democrats to the White House this afternoon to discuss party unity. House Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nevada) needs all 58 Senate Democrats, along with the 2 Independents, to vote in favor of H.R.3590 (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) in order to defeat a promised filibuster from the Republicans. Senate Democrats are woefully lacking in pro-life supporters. Please continue to pray for Senator Ben Nelson (Nebraska), the only Senate Democrat who has said he will not vote for the bill unless it includes specific language to prohibit public funding of abortion. May God strengthen his resolve; may he not give in to pressure from the White House.

Ephesians 6:13--Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. (Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright 1973,1978,1984 Biblica. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.)

May God have mercy on our nation.
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Abortion Compromise?

In a push to get the required 60 votes needed to pass H.R.3590 (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nevada) is seeking a compromise on abortion. Over the weekend, according to the "The New York Times", Mr. Reid tried "to concoct a compromise on abortion that would induce Senator Ben Nelson, Democrat of Nebraska, to vote for the bill." Senator Bob Casey (Pennsylvania), purportedly a pro-life Catholic, has emerged as a key player in finding language that both sides of the issue will accept. "The New York Times" reports that Senator Casey has suggested two ideas: (1) an increase in the federal tax credit for adoption of children and (2) a new program to provide services to pregnant high school and college students. There is no compromise on the issue of abortion. Killing innocent babies is wrong and no language will make it acceptable. Please pray that Senator Nelson will remain steadfast in his commitment to support the unborn. May he refuse to compromise.

May God have mercy on our nation.
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Abortion-Friendly Appropriations Bill Passes Senate

The Senate agreed to the conference report accompanying H.R.3288 by a vote of 57-35. Eight Senators did not vote. The bill now goes to the president for his signature. It will then become law. Our elected officials continue to actively support abortion. In addition to opening the door for government funding of abortion in the District of Columbia, this bill appropriates money to Planned Parenthood, overseas groups that perform abortions, and condom promotions instead of abstinence programs. Three Republicans voted in favor of the bill: Senator Susan Collins (Maine); Senator Thad Cochran (Mississippi); Senator Richard Shelby (Alabama). Please contact your Senators if you disagree with the way they voted. (For information concerning how to contact your Senator, see http://www.unitedtostopabortion.com). The Senate will convene again at 2:00 PM tomorrow. Please pray that our Senate will not pass the abortion-funding health care bill (H.R.3590) that is currently being debated on the floor.

May God have mercy on our nation.
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Senate Vote Tomorrow

Today the Senate invoked cloture on H.R.3288 (Making Appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, HUD, and Related Agencies for FY 2010). This massive appropriations bill is scheduled for a Senate vote at 2:00 PM tomorrow. As printed in yesterday's post, H.R.3288 opens the door for public funding of abortion in the District of Columbia. Also under this bill, according to LifeNews.com, Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the United States, will receive the second largest appropriation; overseas groups that perform abortions will receive funding; abstinence programs will be replaced with condom promotions. If the Senate passes H.R.3288, it will go to our pro-abortion president for his signature. Then it will become law. Please continue to pray that pro-life Senators will stand against this bill. May God Himself hear the prayers of His children and end this holocaust.

May God have mercy on our nation.
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House Passes Abortion-Funding Omnibus Bill

Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted in agreement with the conference report (bill with bicameral changes) on an omnibus spending package, H.R.3288 (Making Appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, HUD, and Related Agencies for FY 2010). This bill is now being debated on the Senate floor and is expected to be called to vote over the weekend. According to www.gop.gov, "the Financial Services appropriations bill has historically included a restriction on government (both federal and D.C.) funded abortions in the District of Columbia, the so-called Dornan amendment. The conference report renders the Dornan amendment ineffective by lifting the restriction on local D.C. funds to be used to pay for abortions in the District, without any limitations. Since Congress appropriates both federal and local funds, this change would mean that funds could be used for abortions." If this bill is passed by the Senate, it goes to President Obama for his signature. Our pro-abortion president has already called for the Senate and House to do away with the Donan amendment. According to a May 8, 2009, report in Philadelphia's "The Bulletin", President Obama "urged the Democratic-controlled House and Senate to repeal the ban on taxpayer-funded abortions in the District of Columbia." The Senate vote is the last obstacle for H.R. 3288 in its journey to becoming law. Thirty-five Senators have gone on record that they will filibuster (block action on the bill by debating indefinitely) the abortion-funding bill. Sixty votes are required to invoke cloture (stop the filibuster). Please pray that at least six more Senators will join the 35 Senators in filibustering the bill and stopping its progress. Otherwise, the bill will become law.

May God have mercy on our nation.
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Darkness and Outright Lies: Government Funding of Abortion

When it comes to the issue of using taxpayer money to fund abortion, elected officials are guilty of working under the cloak of darkness and of telling outright lies. A current House-Senate Conference Committee, working on an omnibus appropriations bill that should be voted on before the end of this year, has inserted language that would overturn the Dornan amendment, which has traditionally prohibited federal funding of abortion in the District of Columbia. This move has taken place quietly while media and public attention is on the health care debate taking place now in Congress. The Senate bill, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, provides for federal subsidies to private insurance plans that cover abortion. Likewise, it allows the public option to include abortion services. On November 19, 2009, the office of Republican House Leader John Boehner published the following statements: "Just like the original 2,032-page, government-run health care plan from Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) massive, 2,074-page bill would levy a new 'abortion premium' fee on Americans in the government-run plan. Beginning on line 7, p. 118, section 1303 under 'Voluntary Choice of Coverage of Abortion Services' the Health and Human Services Secretary is given the authority to determine when abortion is allowed under the government-run health plan. Leader Reid’s plan also requires that at least one insurance plan offered in the Exchange covers abortions (line 13, p. 120). What is even more alarming is that a monthly abortion premium will be charged of all enrollees in the government-run health plan. It’s right there beginning on line 11, page 122, section 1303, under 'Actuarial Value of Optional Service Coverage.' The premium will be paid into a U.S. Treasury account – and these federal funds will be used to pay for the abortion services." After a vote to table (and thus do away with) the Nelson amendment to prohibit federal funding of abortion, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (who claims to be pro-life) said his health care bill maintains the status quo. According to the "Las Vegas Sun", Harry Reid said, "Our health care bill now before this body respects life. This bill is about access to health care, not access to abortions." On September 9 in a speech to a joint session of Congress, President Obama said, "Under our plan no federal dollars will be used to fund abortion." President Obama has pushed the current abortion-funding health care bill to the Senate floor. In addition to the President's action that goes against his words to Congress, David Axelrod, Senior Advisor to the President, told CNN's "State of the Union" that President Obama will work with the Democrats in Congress to remove the Stupak Amendment (which explicitly prohibits federal funding of abortion) from the House health care bill.

Throughout the Bible, we find references to light and darkness. God is Light; there is no darkness in Him (see 1 John 1:9). Jesus (the Light) came into the world, but people loved darkness more than Light because they didn't want the evil deed they were doing in darkness to be revealed (see John 3:19). Please pray that our political leaders will acknowledge that God is God and they are not. May they humbly seek His will and way. May our nation walk in the light of God's Word.

May God have mercy on our nation.
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Consolidated Appropriations Bill

A House-Senate conference committee is currently preparing an omnibus appropriations bill to complete funding needed for the federal government. According to lifesitenews.com, abortion policy changes have already been inserted into two pieces of legislation at the committee level. The following issues are in danger of being included: the federal funding of abortion on demand in Washington, D. C.; the inclusion of coverage for elective abortions in the Federal Employees Health Benefits program, which covers over 7 million federal employees and dependents; and the prevention of any U.S. president from re-enacting the Mexico City Policy, which prohibits U.S. funding of foreign organizations that promote abortion. Thirty-five Republican Senators signed a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nevada) stating that they disagree with changing the longstanding prohibitions on using taxpayer money to fund abortion and will "take full advantage of our rights under Senate rules to prevent massive taxpayer subsidies for abortions and abortion-related activities." The five Republican Senators who did not sign the letter are: Senator Susan Collins (Maine), Senator Olympia Snowe (Maine), Senator Thad Cochran (Mississippi), Senator Richard Lugar (Indiana), and Senator Lisa Murkowski (Alaska). Please pray that these 35 Senators will recognize every attempt made by pro-abortion legislators to promote abortion. May God give them wisdom and steadfastness to fight for the unborn. Please pray that the five Senators who did not sign the letter will come to see abortion for the evil that it is.

May God have mercy on our nation.
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Nelson Amendment #2962 Tabled

In a vote of 54-45, the Senate passed The Motion to Table the Nelson Amendment #2962 to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R.3590). According to www.senate.gov, "a Senator may move to table any pending question. The motion is not debatable, and agreement to the motion is equivalent to defeating the question tabled. The motion is used to dispose quickly of questions the Senate does not wish to consider further." The vote to table the amendment required only a simple majority rather than the 60-vote margin needed to pass the amendment. Even though the amendment was tabled (and thus killed), Senators had to go on record with their stand on government funding of abortion. The two Republican Senators from Maine, Senator Susan Collins and Senator Olympia Snowe, joined the majority of Democrats in voting to table the amendment. Seven Democratic Senators (Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana; Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania; Senator Kent Conrad of North Dakota; Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota; Senator Edward Kaufman of Delaware; Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska; Senator Mark Pryor of Arkansas) joined the ranks of the Republicans in voting against tabling the amendment. Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia did not vote. Of the Democrats who voted not to table, Senator Ben Nelson is the only one who has said he will not support the health care bill if it does not prohibit federal funding of abortion. Please pray that the other six Democratic Senators who opposed the motion to table will likewise refuse to vote YEA on any legislation that funds abortion with tax dollars. If this nation passes a health care bill that funds abortion, we will probably see the largest increase in our number of abortions since the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973.

May God have mercy on our nation.
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Nelson Amendment #2962

According to Senate floor transcripts published on republican.senate.gov, Senator Ben Nelson (Democrat-Nebraska) called up the Nelson Amendment #2962 to H.R.3590 (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) late this afternoon. This amendment to the Senate abortion-funding health care bill would prohibit federal funding of abortion. Eight other pro-life Senators were co-sponsors. Senator Bob Casey, Jr. (Pennsylvania), the only Democrat other than Senator Nelson co-sponsoring the amendment, has said he would not block the final bill from passage if the amendment fails (reported in thehill.com). Please join me in praying that God will strengthen the resolve of Senator Casey to oppose government funding of abortion, even if it means voting against his party's bill. Senator Casey has a strong pro-life voting record. May he realize that government funding of abortion will greatly increase the number of abortions in our country. I pray that he will stand true to his pro-life beliefs.

May God have mercy on our country.
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Hatch-Nelson Amendment

Senator Orrin Hatch (Republican-Utah) and Senator Ben Nelson (Democrat-Nebraska) are co-sponsoring the Hatch-Nelson Amendment to the Senate health care bill. The text of the amendment, which could come to a vote early this week, has not been revealed, but it will prohibit federal funding of elective abortion. Although the majority of Senators will vote along party lines (Democrats voting NAY and Republicans voting YEA), some votes are in question. According to LifeSiteNews.com, the following Democratic Senators voted to prohibit the use of federal funds for abortion in the Indian Health Service: Senators Bayh (Indiana), Byrd (West Virginia), Casey (Pennsylvania), Johnson (South Dakota), Landrieu (Louisiana), Nelson (Nebraska), Pryor (Arkansas), and Reid (Nevada). Senators Conrad and Dorgan, both Democratic Senators from North Dakota, voted against government funding for abortion in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program. Please pray that God will continue to turn the hearts of these Senators toward promoting life, not death, for the unborn. May they vote in favor of the Hatch-Nelson Amendment to prohibit federal funding of abortion.

May God have mercy on our nation.
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Key Player in Stopping Abortion Funding

Senator Ben Nelson (Nebraska) is the key player in an attempt to take federal funding of abortion out of the Senate health care bill. He plans to file an amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that will explicitly prohibit the use of federal money to pay for abortion. According to politico.com, the language of the amendment is not finished, nor have pro-life groups (especially the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops) had time to examine it. When his amendment does come to the floor for a vote, it is unlikely it will get the votes required for passage. If his amendment does not pass, Senator Nelson says he will not vote for the passage of the bill. He will not accept a compromise to the abortion funding issue. Please continue to pray for Senator Nelson to be steadfast in his commitment to stand up for the unborn in the midst of pressure to support his party.

May God have mercy on our nation.
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The Senate Stupak

The Mikulski amendment to the Senate health care bill (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) was passed today by a vote of 61-39. If this amendment becomes law, government funded abortion could become law. The Mikulski amendment authorizes the expansion of preventive services for women based on recommendations from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which is under the Department of Health and Human Services. Kathleen Sebelius, the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, has a solid pro-abortion record. Should her department declare abortion to be preventive health care, every health care plan would be impacted. Most of the votes cast today were along party lines, Democrats supporting the amendment and Republicans opposing it. The YEAS totaled 61; this included three Republicans and two Independents. The NAYS totaled 39; this included two Democrats, Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin (who is pro-abortion but voted against the amendment due to the projected cost) and Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Senator Nelson is currently drafting an amendment that will explicitly prohibit federal funding of abortion. Please pray for Senator Nelson. One has only to see the criticism and ridicule aimed at Representative Bart Stupak (Michigan), who authored a similar amendment in the House, to know what Senator Nelson will have to face. May he stand strong against the onslaught of verbal pressure that will surely come his way.

May God have mercy on our nation.
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Side-by-Side Amendment

Today, on the same day that pro-abortion activists held a poorly-attended rally in Washington, Senator Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) presented a side-by-side amendment to the Mikulski Amendment (see yesterday's post). According to Senator Murkowski's press release, her amendment "would prohibit the HHS secretary from defining or classifying abortion or abortion services as preventive care or as preventive services. This would ensure that abortion could not become a required benefit under the preventive services provisions." May God bless Senator Murkowski for the stand she has taken. I pray that God will raise up more Senators to stand against government funding of abortion.

May God have mercy on our nation.
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Mikulski Amendment

Today the Senate began the tedious process of allowing Senators to present amendments to the health care bill (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act). The first amendment was proposed by Senator Barbara Mikulski (Maryland). Senate floor transcripts (www.republican.senate.gov) show that Senator Mikulski said, "In my amendment, we expand the key preventive services for women, and we do it in a way that is based on recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and from HRSA." HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, headed by Kathleen Sebelius. According to the Catholic League(www.catholicnewsagency.com), "Sebelius’ support for abortion is so far off-the-charts that she has been publicly criticized by the last three archbishops of Kansas City. In 1992, when Sebelius was a state legislator, Archbishop Ignatius Strecker rebuked her for leading what he dubbed a ‘death-march of the unborn.’ When Sebelius became governor in 2003, Archbishop James Keleher, citing her abortion record, asked her to move her inauguration interfaith service from Topeka’s Assumption Catholic Church. She refused. The current archbishop, Joseph Naumann, called her out on the issue: he challenged her to name one instance in her long legislative career where she supported limiting abortion rights. She could not. He subsequently asked her not to go to Communion." Any amendment that expands preventive services for women based on recommendations from the Department of Health and Human Services will likely include abortion services. The Mikulski amendment will probably be voted on tomorrow in the Senate. Please pray that it will be defeated.

May God have mercy on our nation.
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