| Friends,
Right now, we are facing the greatest legislative threat to life that we have witnessed in the history of Focus on the Family Action. I’m talking about the government-mandated health care plan being pushed through Congress. The fact is, the current versions of the health care reform plan include an implicit abortion-coverage mandate that would force you and me to pay for abortions, require private insurance plans to provide abortion coverage, and deny health care workers their rights of conscience to not participate in or perform abortions.
The health care bill is the abortion industry’s dream come true and an assault on the moral values of every pro-life American.
With this legislative threat to life and family still marching toward passage, I am asking for your help in a critical way right now.
Grassroots pressure has caused a temporary delay in the president’s pre-August timeline for a vote. But let’s be clear – the goal of government-run health care with a full abortion-coverage mandate is still moving steadily toward a final vote. In fact, even as I write, key House and Senate committees continue to work out the details of the health care reform bills and, thus far, every effort to explicitly remove the abortion coverage and include conscience protections for health care workers has been shot down.
We now expect the vote on health care to come in September. That gives us a few short weeks to inform, equip and mobilize pro-family and pro-life Americans to oppose this oppressive government-mandated program. And that’s why I need your help.
Between now and the vote, Focus on the Family Action has the opportunity to reach millions of people with the true impact of government-mandated health care. In fact, I believe we’ve been given this delay so we can rally citizens to take a stand and stop this legislative nightmare for life and family. Now is the time to seize this opportunity to protect life and rights of conscience!
Friends, will you prayerfully consider making a special gift today to help Focus Action continue to mobilize pro-life citizens to make their voices heard in defense of preborn life and health care workers’ rights of conscience, while we continue other vital efforts? Please click here to make your gift.
This is precisely why Dr. Dobson created Focus on the Family Action – so we could inform and equip pro-family citizens to take action on specific legislative threats to faith, life and family. Well, this is the largest legislative threat to life we have seen. Our experts agree – if the current health care reform bill passes – this will be the biggest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade, and the pro-life cause will be set back years.
Our Focus Action team is already moving quickly on this issue. Before the expected vote, we will mobilize millions of citizens. But I need your help. Your gift – whether a one-time or recurring gift – will make a difference right now and in the days leading up to the final showdown over healthcare reform. To make a recurring gift, which allows us to best plan our efforts, select “Monthly” in the Frequency pull-down menu on our online donation page.
Is it possible that you and I have been called to the Lord’s service “for such a time as this,” to turn back what may be the greatest legislative assault of life and family? I believe it is such a time. Thank you in advance for your prayers and your support.
Tom Minnery
Senior Vice President, Government & Public Policy
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