Crunch Time to defeat Obamacare
Well, the latest is that the Senate version of Obamacare will be voted on this week or next by both the Senate and the House. If this is true, then the pro-life victory in the House which prohibited abortion coverage has been wiped out, and the version that will come to a final vote DOES contain coverage for abortion. Don’t be confused by claims that the bill is abortion-neutral or does not contain funding of abortion. The Senate bill, as currently stands, definitely DOES allow for abortions to be covered in the health care plan, and the most likely scenario is that the House will simply be voting on the Senate version without any chance to reinsert the pro-life Stupak amendment.
Public opinion is against this bill because of abortion, as well as other reasons. NOW is the time to make your voice heard to your Senators and Congressmen. For those of you that have Senators or Congressmen that will not be convinced by arguments about abortion (such as is the case with the Senators here in Minnesota), try using other reasons to make the case, such as the angle that the health care bill is a major expense at a time when our country can’t afford another money pit.
The best chance to defeat the bill is still in the House, so focus on your Congressmen, especially those of you who live in districts with more moderate Democrats who voted for the original Stupak amendment. Move your cursor over the Contact header on the main Rosaries for Life site to contact your Senators and Congressmen!
Don’t forget to fast and pray the Rosary for our nation in this critical time! If you have not already pledged your prayers, please do so!
Update: At US News and World Report, there is this informative report about the current abortion related issues in the health care bill.
December 18th, 2009 at 8:54 am
The Senate has been rushing to get this jammed down our throats before the new year. My understanding is that they’ll be voting for it on Christmas Eve. As you stated, NOW is the time to make your voice heard to your Senators and Congressmen.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!
December 20th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
This is to all my pro life friends. This is Sunday Dec 20th
Tonight at 1 am eastern time, that is 1 am Monday morning, there will be a vote in the Senate, the 1st but most crucial of cloture votes to continue the pro abortion anti life health care bill that is being forced through the Senate just before the Celebration of our Lord’s birth. 60 votes are needed to end cloture. If they don’t get them, the bill stops.
I am asking and begging all of you to pray today, and tonight, as much as you can, Rosaries, Divine Mercy Chaplets, fasting, and supplications to God in Heaven to turn these Senator’s hearts to what is right and good in this world…Life that God gives us, and to not vote for this bill.
Ask Mary our Mother to intercede for us with her Son, Jesus to have mercy on us and to please, if it be God’s will to prevent this bill from becoming law, by speaking to these Senators hearts and souls to do what is right in God’s eyes. Ask God to have mercy on us, and of course, for us to have the Grace and Courage to accept whatever God’s will is for us, and our Country.
God Bless all of You!
Your friend in Christ,
Sally Baecker