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The pro-life Nelson-Hatch amendment (the Senate version of the Stupak ban on public funding of abortion) has been rejected in the Senate by a 54–45 vote. The opposition of Senator Reid and his colleagues to the Hatch-Nelson amendment illustrates clearly that this bill is not about health-care accessibility or affordability. It is largely a vehicle to sneak in the wolf of federally-funded elective abortion under disguise of health-care-reform clothing. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Chair of the bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, said: “Congress needs to separate facts and truth from political rhetoric on abortion funding. Even our opponents claim they do not support federal funding for elective abortions and they want current restrictions to apply. The way to settle this often misleading debate is simply, clearly and explicitly to apply Hyde restrictions to all the federal funds in the legislation. That is what the House did and what the final bill must do. The Senate should not approve this bill in its current form.” I literally feel like I have been transported to the world created by C. S. Lewis in his masterpiece The Screwtape Letters. The current administration is coming at us so fast and furiously, we literally do not have time to stop and think. It is clear that this strategy has been adopted in hopes that we will not have time to mount any opposition as they continue to ride roughshod over our civil liberties and the process of democracy that is so dear to the American way. I am prayerful that the Christians in Washington D. C. are being vigilant and letting the rest of us know what is happening. It is a very unsettling time to be an American who chooses to life his life following Christ's example. I know that in the end, the Lord will achieve victory but the ensuing journey is nauseating. Case in point: Diane Francis calling for planetary adoption of China's one-child policy. This policy calls for any woman who already has one child to murder any of her other children at conception. What sort of person develops villainous ideas like this? How does Ms. Francis justify this policy? I am fearful that something terrible must have occurred in Ms. Francis' life that has prevented her from developing compassion, empathy, and logic. I urge you to pray for the conversion of Diane Francis and an end to her lunacy.

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