As arguments surrounding the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act are prepared to be heard by the Supreme Court on March 26 –
28,
religious groups are also gearing up to demonstrate. Rallies will be taking place across the
nation by multi-denominational religious groups. Those participating in the rallies that are
being organized through Stand up for Religious Freedom believe that Obama care violates not only their religious freedom, but also
separation of church and state. They are
convinced that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has provisions
that fund abortion through the government funded healthcare system, and that it
will require “all employers [both religious and otherwise, to] provide free
contraceptives, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs through their health
plans, even in violation of their consciences,” according to the website.
The rally will host religious leaders and other public figures who will be speaking out against the new healthcare mandate law. There will also be times of prayer for the nation, worship to God and there will be literature passed out detailing ways in which Obama care violates the rights of the American people.
The website also notes that, the theme for the rally is “Stand up for Religious Freedom – Stop the HHS Mandate!” and that, “The Nationwide Rally for Religious Freedom is being held Friday, March 23 at noon, local time, outside federal buildings, Congressional offices and historic sites across the country. Details for each state can be found here.
Meanwhile, the Christian Newswire reports that while the House was out of session this week, the Obama Administration confirmed its insidious plan for public funding for abortion coverage in Obamacare (PL 111-148) when it issued rules for Obamacare exchanges, complete with an abortion surcharge and a secrecy clause.
The rally will host religious leaders and other public figures who will be speaking out against the new healthcare mandate law. There will also be times of prayer for the nation, worship to God and there will be literature passed out detailing ways in which Obama care violates the rights of the American people.
The website also notes that, the theme for the rally is “Stand up for Religious Freedom – Stop the HHS Mandate!” and that, “The Nationwide Rally for Religious Freedom is being held Friday, March 23 at noon, local time, outside federal buildings, Congressional offices and historic sites across the country. Details for each state can be found here.
Meanwhile, the Christian Newswire reports that while the House was out of session this week, the Obama Administration confirmed its insidious plan for public funding for abortion coverage in Obamacare (PL 111-148) when it issued rules for Obamacare exchanges, complete with an abortion surcharge and a secrecy clause.
"The mass deception of the Obama 2010 Executive Order
has finally been exposed," said Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), Co-chair
of the Congressional Pro-life Caucus.
"The Executive Order implemented the same accounting gimmick,
abortion surcharge and secrecy clause that was in the original text of the
bill.
"We knew it at the time, and the final exchange rule
confirms once again that the President was suggesting one thing while doing
precisely the opposite," said Smith.
This week's Obama abortion funding rule confirms that
publically funded insurance plans will
include abortion on demand. Using an
accounting gimmick, the premium payers will pay the President's abortion
surcharge of at least one dollar per month.
This separate charge will go directly into an abortion fund.
"Requiring the segregation of funds into allocation
accounts -- a mere bookkeeping exercise is a cheap political trick designed to
circumvent longstanding prohibitions on taxpayer funding of abortion,"
said Smith. "This is an unprecedented break with longstanding federal
policy on funding for abortion."
The rule also contains a secrecy clause specifying that the
abortion surcharge cannot be itemized in marketing materials, and may
"only" be disclosed "as a part of the summary of benefits and
coverage explanation, at the time of enrollment."
"This secrecy clause requires insurance companies to
bury the abortion surcharge in the summary of benefits so Americans shopping
for an insurance plan on the exchange won't know about the abortion surcharge
until they sign up for coverage -- and even then they could easily miss the
fine print," said Smith. "Undoubtedly many enrollees will be shocked
when they get a bill for the Obama abortion surcharge. Once enrolled, even
pro-life Americans will be forced to pay for other people's abortions.
"There is NO abortion surcharge and there is NO secrecy
clause in the Hyde amendment or in legislation I authored in 1983 (the Smith
amendment) to prohibit abortion funding in the Federal Employee Health Benefits
Program," said Smith. "Both of
these longstanding policies explicitly prohibit coverage for abortion in the
federal programs they cover, but President Obama refused to apply the same
policy to Obamacare.
"That's why the House has passed THREE bills to
overturn this attack on longstanding policies," Smith said. The three
bills are as follows:
On January 19, 2011, the House passed H.R. 2, to repeal Obamacare by a bipartisan vote of 245-189. The President threatened a veto and the Senate defeated a similar provision by a partisan vote of 47-53.
On January 19, 2011, the House passed H.R. 2, to repeal Obamacare by a bipartisan vote of 245-189. The President threatened a veto and the Senate defeated a similar provision by a partisan vote of 47-53.
On May 4, 2011, the House passed Smith's bill, H.R. 3, the
"No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act" by a bipartisan vote of
251-175. The President threatened a veto and the Senate has taken no action.
On October 13, 2011, the House passed H.R. 358, the
"Protect Life Act" by a bipartisan vote of 251-172. The President
threatened a veto and the Senate has taken no action.
"Recognizing the gravity of the accounting gimmicks,
abortion surcharge and secrecy clause, 15 states have already passed laws to
prohibit elective abortion coverage on their exchange," said Smith. The 15 states are: Arizona, Florida, Idaho,
Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and Virginia.
"Abortion isn't health care," said Smith. "We
live in an age of ultrasound imaging -- the ultimate window to the womb. We are
in the midst of a fetal health care revolution, an explosion of benign
innovative interventions designed to diagnose, treat and cure disease or
illness any unborn child may be suffering. Obamacare should do them no harm.
Tragically, it does the worst harm of all. It kills children and makes others
complicit in abortion."
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