The Human Rights Issue of our Time

Make no mistake.  Abortion is the civil rights issue of our time.  In the 19th century, slave owners defined people with black skin as other-than-human.  In the 20th century, Nazis defined Jews and other German minorities as other-than-human.  And now, abortion supporters call baby humans "fetuses,"  a "choice," and additional terms to signify them to be other-than-human. 

We must side with the good guys on this.  And the time to worry about it, for real, has certainly arrived.

The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) will be signed into law if Congress passes it on January 21-22, 2009.  The FOCA is the next sick chapter in the book of abortion.   If signed into law, all limitations on abortion will be lifted, resulting in the following:

• All hospitals, including Catholic hospitals, will be required to perform abortions upon request.  If this happens, Bishops vow to close down all Catholic hospitals - more then 30% of all hospitals in the U.S.
• Partial birth abortions will be legal and have no limitations.
• All U.S. taxpayers will be funding abortions.
• Parental notification of abortions on minors will no longer be required (regardless of age).
• The estimated number of increase in abortions is 100,000 annually.
  

Just as important, the government will now have control in the issue of abortion. This could result in a future amendment that would force women by law to have abortions in certain situations (rape, Down Syndrome babies, etc.) and could even regulate how many children women are allowed to have.

Needless to say this information is disturbing, but sadly true.  As Catholics, as Christians, as anyone who is against the needless killing of innocent children, we must stand as one. We must stop this horrific act before it becomes a law.

PLEASE JOIN US IN saying a novena (9 days of prayer ) and fasting from January 11-19.  For Catholics, the prayer of choice is the rosary for the special intention of stopping the FOCA. For non-Catholics  we encourage you to pray your strongest prayers with the same intention for 9 consecutive days.  We hope and pray this will branch and blossom to become a global effort.

Pray without ceasing!