If the current health care reform bill passes in the House of Representatives on Sunday, the US Government will officially enter into the business of abortion.

Let me explain how:

The bill creates a separate fund into which citizens will pay private monies if they elect an insurance plan that offers abortion coverage. That fund will be set up, managed, monitored and dispersed by federal government employees. Voila! Your tax dollars used to administer money for abortion businesses.

And there’s more: The pressure is on now–the US Government will be fully engaged in all aspects of health care. Insurers will comply with strong-arm tactics because they won’t want any more of the camel in their tent. All the US Government needs to say, with a wink and a nod, is, “You don’t have to offer abortion coverage, but, you better!” Voila! Abortion coverage.

No matter how you cut it, the new health care scheme will provide millions and millions of dollars to abortionists, compliments of the US Government. I’m sure Planned Parenthood, the world’s biggest abortion business, is licking its chops, working feverishly to exploit the new arrangement and open lots of “community health centers.” Voila! More abortions.

It’s amazing how much can get done very fast when billions of dollars are flowing.

Watching and praying . . .

Rob +

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Rob +

Last night I read the entirety of four proposals on health care reform: The most current one put forth by President Obama, the two being considered in the House and Senate respectively, and an outline of the one that will be presented by the Republican opposition today. The idea of extending health care to those who can’t afford it is a nobel one, but it must be done with the highest moral and ethical principles to guide it. So far, what is being seriously considered falls down on both points. It is neither moral or ethical to place literal life and death decisions into the hands of an impersonal, uncaring and unaccountable government bureaucracy. The history on that in our own country and in nations around the world is appalling. (Think of the cruel forced sterilization of the poor in Oklahoma and the gruesome Tuskeegee syphilis experiments on black airmen.)

Ask yourself if you trust “the government” to care for a newborn with birth defects, a severely brain-injured loved one or an elderly parent or grandparent. I know, many private insurers are no better, but if they aren’t, you have legal or at least public relations options for punishing them. Not so with the government. In fact, their involvement with health care caries the coercive power of the law. So, the question becomes, Who will make decisions about which health care insurers and which specific packages will be included in the menu of choices available to people? That will be delegated to a nameless group of career bureaucrats responding to political pressure from the top. That can’t be any better than the structure in place now–and my be far worse.

Your prayers and your voice need to be heard TODAY. Please take time to pray and take time to call your member of Congress and US senators. If you fail to act now, you can’t complain about what you get in the future. God help us and have mercy on our nation!

More to follow.

Rob +

We received no word from Senator Harry Reid on what he may or may not have offered to potentially bribe fellow Democrat senators who are holding out on voting for a pro-abortion health care reform bill, so we proceeded with delivering his “30 Pieces of Silver Disgrace” plaque. Watch video report here.

After 15 years on Capitol Hill, my greatest challenge is guarding my heart against cynicism. Political machinations wear on me like nothing else. During my years of front line ministry, I’ve been cursed at, spit on, punched, slapped, put in handcuffs, had my life threatened, been repeatedly insulted, even been urinated on, but by the grace of God, I’ve kept my joy and even–sometimes beyond my own belief–maintained a love and even compassion for my tormentors. However, when it comes to cynical, power-grubbing, vulgar, bald-faced, self-aggrandizing and self-serving politics, I start to lose my “fruits.” (That is, the Galatians 5:22-23 “Fruit of the Spirit” kind, i.e., “love, joy, peace,” etc.)

And so, yesterday, when I got an early morning report that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid may be offering hundreds of millions of your hard-earned tax dollars as bribes to his fellow Democrats that are holding off on voting for a tax-payer funded abortion health care reform bill, it put me over the edge. I hope you saw my video on this. If you didn’t, please take a moment and view it here, then pass it along to your family, friends and fellow church members.

Today I’m seeking clarification from Senator Reid on exactly what he has offered and to whom. I also want to know whether he will unequivocally repudiate the threat against pro-life Democrat senators to close Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, which would result in hundreds of job losses for hard-working families there. Apparently it was an idea hatched at the White House as a way to teach a lesson to Nebraska senator Ben Nelson, the leading pro-life Democrat.

This is all so ugly I hate even dealing with it, but it’s reality. A few people think my “30 Pieces of Silver Disgrace” presentation to Senator Reid is over-the-top, but most applauded it. What do you think? The Bible says there’s safety in the multitude of counselors. I haven’t succeeded in getting an appointment with the Senator to make the presentation yet, so there’s still time to withdraw it. What do you think I should do? Please let me know in your comments on this blog.

I’ll keep you informed.

Rob +

PS The Los Angeles Times has a nice summation of the stages left for ratification of the heath care bill: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-health-box17-2009dec17,0,1786799.story