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The 3 Biggest Hurdles for Pro-Lifers Under a "Pro-Choice" President
By Josh Brahm
Wherever you stand politically, we can all agree that the sanctity of life is a crucial issue in America. With over 3,000 babies dying every single day, we can’t forget about legal-baby-killing just because the economy is down. While there are some qualities about President-elect Obama that should be admired, the pro-life movement as a whole has many things to be concerned about during the next four to eight years. Here are the three most important things:
 
#1. The Supreme Court
Most legal scholars agree that Roe vs. Wade was one of the faultiest Supreme Court decisions ever written, and that it will fall. It’s just a matter of time. We have two pro-abortion Supreme Court justices, (Ginsburg and Stevens,) that will either retire soon or die of old age. President Obama has pledged to replace them with young justicies in the same pro-abortion mold, (source and source and source and source) and perhaps have the chance to nominate two more before the end of his term if he’s re-elected. Up until now it’s been 5-4 in favor of Roe vs. Wade. 2-4 more justices against us will probably make overturning Roe a goal that will not be accomplished for several more decades.
 
#2. The Freedom of Choice Act
According to Obama, his first act as president if he gets the chance will be to sign the “Freedom of Choice Act” into law. The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) would literally enshrine abortion into law, nullifying hundreds of state laws that had created even the slightest barrier to abortion. States will no longer require parental involvement for minors who wish to have an abortion, waiting period, informed consent rules, restrictions on tax-payer funding, and it would even re-legalize the barbaric partial-birth abortion procedure, so infants could be once again killed outright just seconds before they would be born! FOCA would also codify Roe vs. Wade, protecting abortion rights for generations to come.
 
#3. National Health Care

This is what most pro-lifers are not talking about, but they should be. If Obama and the Democratic Party succeeds in passing national health care, it will definitely have abortion so embedded in it that a future pro-life president with a pro-life Congress and Senate would not be able to undo it. Abortion clinics are able to charge women roughly $350 for a 1st-trimester abortion. There have been reports of abortionists that charge insurance or Medicaid from $2,500 to $3,500 for the same procedure! Imagine the abortion industry making 10 times what it makes right now from abortions. Our current David vs. Goliath situation would get much worse, and you would see the abortion rate go up as everyone would be able to get abortions for free.

 
Should We Give Up?

Absolutely not! This is the time to step up and get ready for this next phase of the battle. Our work here at Right to Life of Central CA will not change. We are focusing on educating the community versus passing legislation. Much of the work we’re doing like the weekly podcast and YouTube videos are not only reaching Central CA, but the rest of the country, and world as well! Training young people to articulately defend their pro-life values to those that don’t agree with them should not stop. In fact we need to learn how to move the dialogue further by finding points of common ground more than ever with pro-choice people in our sphere of influence. Sidewalk counseling and campaigns like 40 Days for Life that have tangible results right here in our Valley should be done more often.

We might not be able to end abortion as fast as we hoped, but we can be stopping abortions every single day. I think we’re called to do both. Please consider supporting us so that we can increase the impact of the projects we are working on that have been proven to be found effective. The fight is not over. We’re not going anywhere.

 

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