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Dear Friends,
Does the Affordable Care Act subsidize abortion?
As many of you will recall, President Obama signed an Executive Order stating that the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, would not fund abortion or abortion-related services. Of course, this was legally meaningless, as later admitted by Rahm Emanuel, since no EO can override the content of enacted legislation.
FRC has been concerned that from its inception, the ACA would subsidize abortion through the state insurance plan exchanges, and has now produced a study quantifying that concern.
"Abortion Coverage in State Health Care Exchanges," authored by the Director of FRC's Center for Human Dignity, Arina Grossu, demonstrates that Obamacare uses taxpayer funds to subsidize abortion by various means, as noted in the bullet points below.
You can download the publication here. A PDF is available here. Please review this new study and share it with colleagues and peers concerned about the ongoing battle for the lives of the unborn and the safety and dignity of their mothers.
Thanks for standing with FRC for the most vulnerable among us. Whatever the momentary wins or losses, the right to life is one we can never surrender.
Sincerely,
Rob Schwarzwalder
Senior Vice President
Family Research Council
P.S. Be sure to watch Dr. Robert Gagnon's superb FRC lecture on the Bible and homosexuality here.
Human Dignity and the Sanctity of Life
Abortion
- "The Science of Abortion: When Does Life Begin?," Crisis Magazine
- "Global Summit to Stop Sexual Violence in War Snubs Abortion Groups," C-FAM
- "If We Ban Sex-Selective Abortions, Are We Being Racist?," The Acton Institute
- "Why are men more in favour of abortion?," MercatorNet
- "Science and the Embryo," The Public Discourse
- "Making the Case: Abortion," Challies.com
Euthanasia/End of Life Issues
- "Medical Aid in Dying," First Things
- ""Yes" to euthanasia brings a seismic shift in values," MercatorNet
- "Asking Awake ICU Patients To Harvest Organs," National Review Online
Stem Cells and Biotechnology
- "Scientists create an 'eye-in-a-dish': Light-sensitive retina produced using stem cells could one day help blind regain their sight," The Daily Mail
- "Time-lapse study reveals bottlenecks in stem cell expansion," Phys.org
Marriage & Family
Common Core
- "State lawmakers push Common Core agenda with 340 bills," USA Today
- "Common Core, battered by midterm politics, gets higher-ed support. Too late?," Christian Science Monitor
- "Common Core Not OK," Accuracy in Academia
Family Life
- "When Did We Start Hating Big Families?," The Long Run
- "What Every Wedding Needs," First Things
- "What Jesus Said About Divorce," Crisis Magazine
- "Dads, Date Your Daughter's Boyfriend," DesiringGod
- "Family-First Conservatism: A Tentative Manifesto," Canon & Culture
- "Polygamy and Human Dignity," The Public Discourse
- "The Luxury of Waiting for Marriage to Have Kids," The Atlantic
- "What being a father taught me about God," The Week
- "Why are American Parents So Unhappy? A Theory," Family Studies
Human Sexuality
- "My Innocence Was Stolen From Me," Redemption Pictures
- "Sex: Our Greatest Natural Resource," Crisis Magazine
Homosexuality and Same-Sex "Marriage"
- "Anti-Discrimination Ruling Forces Baker Out of the Wedding Cake Business," ChristianHeadlines.com
- "N. T. Wright on Gay Marriage," First Things
- "Consensus on LGBT Rights Eroding at Organization of American States," C-FAM
- "On Gay Marriage, A Personal Encounter Can Change Minds," The American Conservative
Pornography
- "Tokyo finally acts to curb child pornography," Deutsche Welle
- "The Collateral Damage From A Youth Pastor's Sexual Sin," Patheos.com
- "Britain's Bold Plan to Protect Kids from Porn Online," Christianity Today
- "Google shuns porn in ads, apps," World Magazine
- "Not Dandy Eye Candy, Porn is Fast and Forlorn," TownHall.com
Human trafficking
- "No Doubt About It: Human Trafficking Is Big, Big Business," The Acton Institute
- "Pope Francis And Archbishop Of Canterbury Pledge To Fight Human Trafficking Together," The Huffington Post
- "Undercover Video Exposes Planned Parenthood's 'Dangerous Sex Advice for Kids;' Includes Bondage, Sadism (Video)," The Christian Post
- "Aiding the New Slave Trade," TownHall.com
Religious Liberty
- "Why Hobby Lobby is a Person," First Things
- "The Future of Christianity in America," Aleteia
- "Colleges and Evangelicals Collide on Bias Policy," New York Times
- "Don't Abet Academia's Crackdown on Religious Liberty," Commentary Magazine
- "California Salutatorian Defies School's Denial of Christian Speech at Graduation," Christian News
- "Colleges and Evangelicals Collide on Bias Policy," New York Times
- "The War on Christians," The Weekly Standard
- "European Court of Human Rights Upholds Church Autonomy," The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
Religion in Public Life
- "Christians at College," First Things
- "Understanding God's Love: A Primer on Mercy and Justice," Crisis Magazine
- "How (Not) to be Secular," The Catholic Thing
- "Setting Up My Kids for Salvation," Challies.com
International Religious Liberty
- "Illegal To Be Faithful: One-Quarter Of The World Has Blasphemy Laws," The Acton Institute
- "Meriam Ibrahim and the Obama Administration," Aleteia
- "Boko Haram Raids Remote Christian Village, Slays 15, Burns Church, Market, Homes," Persecution.org
Other important articles
- "U.S. Healthcare: Most Expensive and Worst Performing," The Atlantic
- "U.S. economy: Not looking so good," CNNMoney
- "Is Hollywood Ignoring Christians?," The Christian Post
- "What V.A. Health Care Should Be," City Journal
- "The Surprising Gift of Work," Christianity Today
Book Reviews
- "God's Forever Family: The Jesus People Movement in America," The Gospel Coalition
- "Cubed," Books and Culture
- "A Superspy Races to Halt Armaggedon," New York Times
- "Workers of the World, Reminisce!," City Journal
- "Sand Gets in Your Eyes," America Magazine
