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Posted on 06/07/2012 3:02:34 PM PDT by NYer
June 7, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On Friday, tens of thousands of pro-life Americans in 160 cities across the United States will rally against the Obama Administration’s abortifacient birth control mandate.
Organized by Pro-Life Action League’s Eric Scheidler and Citizens for a Pro-Life Society’s Monica Miller, the national Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally has chosen Friday, June 8—the 223rd anniversary of James Madison’s introduction of the Bill of Rights to the first Congress—to protest the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s policy forcing religious employers to provide contraception, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs.
Almost 100 pro-life and religious liberty organizations, including Human Life International, Live Action, Operation Rescue, Catholic Vote, the Alliance Defense Fund, and many others have joined the coalition supporting the rallies.
The group argues that the HHS mandate, part of Obama’s health care reform law, violates the conscience rights and religious liberties of private healthcare providers.
The rallies come just weeks before the highly anticipated ruling on Obama’s health care law from the U.S. Supreme Court.
“If Obamacare is ruled unconstitutional, we must ensure that religious freedom will be protected in subsequent health care legislation,” said co-director of the rallies, Monica Miller. “But if Obamacare is not struck down, we’ll be sending the federal authorities a clear message that the faith based institutions and private businesses affected by the HHS Mandate simply will not comply with it.”
“The federal government has no business defining the scope of religious ministry,” said Miller, referring to a “religious exemption” in the HHS Mandate drawn so narrowly that it excludes such religious institutions as Catholic schools and hospitals.
After an initial flurry of protests, HHS did issue an “accommodation” to alleviate concerns, but critics dismissed the change as an “accounting trick.”
“In the so-called accommodation, insurance companies—not the religious employers themselves—would be forced to pay for the abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization, and contraception,” organizers of the rallies observe. “However, since any funds the insurance companies would use to make such payments ultimately come from the premiums paid by employers, Obama’s ‘accommodation’ is nothing more than a kind of economic shell-game.”
The first Stand Up Rally, which took place on March 23, attracted over 63,000 participants in 145 cities. Organizers say they expect higher numbers on Friday.
Most rallies begin at noon local time Friday. Location and contact information for all events can be found on the Stand Up Rally’s website.
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NYC protest at Federal Plaza.
Thanks for posting. We’ll try to attend one of the rallies.
Maybe there would be coverage if thousands of people showed up at 10 Rockefeller Center between 7:00 to 9:00. Either that or Matt would have to make excuses for not looking out the window.
Resist the Oba-Führer!
and we will be in Downtown Detroit tomorrow.
I just got word from Abby Johnson — the former Planned
Parenthood abortion center director (and the abortion
chain’s 2008 employee of the year) who experienced a
conversion during a 40 Days for Life campaign after she
witnessed an ultrasound-guided abortion — that she is
launching a new effort to dismantle the abortion industry ...
... from the inside!
Next Monday, June 11, Abby and other former abortion
workers are joining together for a worldwide webcast
event to publicly reveal the shocking secrets they
discovered behind the closed doors of the abortion
industry ... and how their insider knowledge uncovered
a step-by-step blueprint to STOP ABORTION.
You are invited to attend this LIVE, one-time-only
online event called “Exposing the Lie” on Monday,
June 11, at 8 PM Eastern (7 PM Central, 6 PM Mountain,
5 PM Pacific):
During the webcast, you will discover:
* How workers are the weak link in the abortion
business, and how their unique knowledge and
experience provides a road map for how to close
down abortion facilities from the inside ...
* Why people go to work in the abortion industry —
and what can be done to help them experience
conversions and quit their jobs ...
* The growing number of abortion workers who feel
betrayed and want out — and what is already being
done to assist them ...
* The brand-new ministry that is being launched to
help many more abortion workers find hope and
healing — and share the truth about what they
experienced inside Planned Parenthood and other
abortion operations ...
* ... and how YOU can help make this a reality!
This is the great news we’ve all been waiting for, and
it’s absolutely free to attend the online webcast event.
However ... there are limited spaces available, so
REGISTER NOW at:
I hope you can join me on Monday night’s webcast!
For Life,
David Bereit
National Director
40 Days for Life
PS: Even if you can’t attend the webcast due to
schedule conflicts, go ahead and register now so
you’ll be notified once the recording is available:
This Friday, June 8, tens of thousands of people, in
155 cities coast-to-coast, will participate in
“Stand Up for Religious Freedom” rallies ... and YOU
can make a difference:
http://standupforreligiousfreedom.com
This is the second in a series of rallies being held to
demonstrate opposition to the US Department of Health
and Human Services mandate under the Affordable Care
Act which forces employers and religious institutions
to pay for abortion-inducing drugs and other services
that are objectionable to Christians and employers of
conscience.
I spoke at one of the first Stand Up rallies — in
Pittsburgh — and the 7-minute video from that event,
where I shared what’s at stake in America right now,
is posted online at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBw4mtg0F_g
My family and I will be participating in the
Washington, DC Stand Up rally near the capitol
building this Friday, June 8, at noon ... and if there
is any way possible that you can attend your nearest
Stand Up rally, I would HIGHLY encourage you to do so!
Our religious freedoms — the very rights which enable
us to participate in 40 Days for Life — are at stake,
and we need to raise our voices together this Friday!
Find your nearest rally and be there on Friday:
http://standupforreligiousfreedom.com
Let’s make history together, Karen!
For Life,
David Bereit
National Director
40 Days for Life
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