From Lila Rose
Live Action News
It will be a while before we get a decision from the Supreme Court regarding today's oral arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby.
But I was on the steps of the Court yesterday, while those arguments
were happening. And what I saw was a crowd of people passionate about
their right to live their faith – and their right not to pay for child-killing drugs.
Let's clear up some confusion: the Hobby Lobby case is not a
"contraceptive" matter, even though so many in the mainstream media
portray it that way. This is a matter of our government forcing people
to pay for abortifacient drugs – chemicals that destroy an innocent human being in her first stages of life.
There were plenty of Planned Parenthood protesters at the Supreme Court
yesterday, too. They had a lot to say (and loudly!), but they seem to
be confused about a few things.
1. The Hobby Lobby case isn't about contraception. In fact, Hobby Lobby's insurance covers over a dozen forms of birth control. It's the abortifacients – "emergency contraception" and IUDs, which are built to destroy a human embryo in case of conception – that the company opposes.
2. Even so, fertility is not a disease, and contraception is not health care.
Contraceptive hormone drugs act with the false understanding that a
woman's fertility – her ability to house, nurture, and nourish new life –
is a "dysfunction" that needs "correcting." This mentality tells women
that the way their bodies are supposed to work is wrong, and that they
must rely on government, or a pharmaceutical company, or Planned
Parenthood, to "fix" them...using a chemical the World Health
Organization has labeled a Group I carcinogen.
3. Abortion drugs should not be legal. Just like
contraceptives, abortifacients don't "cure" anything, no matter how much
abortion advocates try to dehumanize the innocent pre-born child into
some sort of disease. Wouldn't you expect health insurance plans to cover things that improve a person's health? Abortifacients don't do that – instead of healing, they kill. And they're no picnic for the mothers who use them, either.
When I spoke at the Supreme Court yesterday, I was gratified to see so
many people standing up for the quintessentially American freedom to act
according to their well-formed consciences. You can join the fight by visiting Hobby Lobby's Facebook page and expressing your support. Even a small gesture can make a big difference.
Voices for Life Is a blog dedicated to informing and educating the public on pro-life and pro-family issues. Our focus is to protect the sanctity of all human life from conception until natural death. This includes protecting babies from abortion, fetal tissue experimentation, and embryonic research; and the general population from euthanasia, cloning, population control and human genetic engineering.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
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