In our culture today, the word “sin” is taboo.  Yet, in spite of its forbidden status, it is real, it is ever present, and it grows.  When we accept a “little” sin into our lives, it never stays in infancy.  It always grows, with the ambition of completely consuming our lives.  Likewise, when we, as a people, accepted the idea that a woman can choose to save or kill a life we accepted, what we thought was, a “little” sin.    

We rationalized our “little” sin away, by forcing ourselves to believe that whatever she is carrying inside of her is small and meaningless.  Besides, no one is perfect, everyone makes mistakes, and no one should be forced to suffer from a mistake.  We said to ourselves and to our children, “as long as she aborts within the first 3 months of her pregnancy the “thing” in her is not real. It’s not a life.”

• Sin grows, introducing Partial-Birth Abortion.  According to the Library of Congress, the Senate introduced the “Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act” of 2007.  In it, Congress defined Partial-Birth Abortion as an “abortion in which the abortion practitioner delivers an unborn child’s body until only the head remains inside the womb, punctures the back of the child’s skull with a sharp instrument, and sucks the child’s brains out before completing the delivery of the dead infant.” 

• Sin grows still, introducing After-Birth Abortion.  According to a recent article published in the Journal of Medical Ethics entitled “After-Birth Abortion:  Why Should the Baby Live?” asserting that it is the right of parents to have their babies killed, even after birth, for whatever reason.^{[i, ii]}
  
  
• Not done yet, sin still grows, introducing Obama Care’s latest announcement.  It is not enough, that the billion dollar abortion industry receives federal funding, private funding, and money from individuals choosing to abort.  Just this week, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that a minimum of $1 dollar a month from every Obama Care participant will help pay for someone’s abortion.  Specifically, it stated “To comply with the accounting requirement, plans will collect a $1 abortion surcharge from each premium payer…  The enrollee will make two payments, $1 per month for abortion and another payment for the rest of the services covered… Furthermore, insurance plans may only advertise the total cost of the premiums without disclosing that enrollees will be charged a $1 per month fee to pay directly subsidize abortions.”^[iii] 

Question:  why would they not want participants to know the breakout of what they are paying?  Even the banking industry must itemize fees.

Earlier this week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its most recent projections revealing that Obama Care’s costs will be nearly double what the President promised and Congress approved – from $900 Billion to $1.76 Trillion.  But independent analysts say the true cost will, in all likelihood, far exceed $2 trillion over that ten-year span.

Prayer request:  Beginning today, March 26th, the United States Supreme Court will hear three days of oral argument on the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Law”, a.k.a., Obama Care.^[iv]   Commit to praying this week for the nine justices.  Pray that God grant our leaders unprecedented wisdom, discernment, and courage.  Pray that God grant fellow Americans wisdom, discernment, and a sense of immediacy as we stand for Truth and begin to demand it from our leaders.

Click here to listen to arguments made before the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of Obama Care.