Dear Friend,
In 1787, when the Constitutional Convention decided not to reform the weak Articles of
Confederation but rather assemble a new constitution, they faced a tremendous challenge in
gaining the support of the citizens of this young nation. The process lasted for months and
included numerous public "townhall" type meetings. Many of these meetings were held in
churches, moderated by prominent pastors.
No one thought the church an odd setting for discussing the fundamental issues of government.
The church had been, from days of the earliest settlements in the New World, the focal point of
education, debate and action about the most pressing moral and political matters of the day.
Today must be no different. The leaders God has raised up for His people have to be ready to
proclaim “the whole counsel of God” concerning the Bible’s clear instructions about the
sacredness of human life, from conception (“You knit me in my mother’s womb” – Ps. 139:13)
to natural death (“precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints” – Ps. 116:15).
This is more urgent than perhaps ever before, because under the proposed health insurance
scheme being advanced by President Obama and his allies in Congress, Americans would be
compelled to:
Pay for abortion on demand by financing insurance companies that pay for
abortion services.
Fund the leading provider of abortion in the nation, Planned Parenthood.
Foot the bill for voluntary physician consults on end-of-life treatment options, including
withdrawal of food and hydration.
Pay for abortifacient contraceptives.
Additionally, the Obama proposal fails to protect vital conscience rights for health care
providers, thereby exposing them to the threat of being required to perform abortion-related
services.
As you will see in the documents we have linked at the bottom of the page, these are indisputable
facts, not assertions, and are confirmed by sources as diverse as the Associated Press and the
Obama Admini