There are so many phony petitions floating around the internet - everything from "Madelyn Murray O'Hare is trying to take religious programming off the air" to "x amount of signatures will help cure this sick child" - that I hesitate to even mention one. But this one is real, and I think it deserves our attention.
During an address to Planned Parenthood in July of 2007, then-candidate Senator Barack Obama said, "The first thing I'd do, as president, is sign the Freedom of Choice Act. That's the first thing that I'd do." Well, he's president now, and he is waiting on the House and the Senate to send him the Freedom of Choice Act, a lethal piece of legislation that has been floundering in committee for five years, but will possibly make it to President Obama's desk. This act will lift all federal restrictions on abortion, including partial birth abortions, and could possibly be used to force faith-based hospitals to perform abortions against their will.
The group Americans United for Life has started an online petition drive, and has collected over 600,000 signatures to date. Their intention is to have this petition ready to deliver to Congress as soon as the bill comes out of committee. I urge all of you who read this to go to their website, http://www.fightfoca.com, and add your name to the list.
Signing the Freedom of Choice Act, it turns out, was not the first thing President Obama did when he took office. But he clearly indicated his stance and his intentions by overturning the Bush administration's ban on using federal funds to subsidize abortions in other countries.
Please visit this site and sign the petition.
P.S. - Madelyn Murray O'Hare is not trying to take religious programming off the air - she's dead. But those who would seek to destroy the moral fabric of our nation, unfortunately, are still quite active.
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