Tell Congress to Support Conscience Protections for Health Care Professionals

H.R. 1179 – Respect for Rights of Conscience Act of 2011

It is well known the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) forces health care plans to provide coverage of abortion and use our tax dollars to pay for abortion. In addition, PPACA does not protect the conscience rights of health care insurers, providers, and personnel who decline to provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions.

In response, H.R. 1179, the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act of 2011, was introduced by Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (R, NE-01) on March 17, 2011. It amends PPACA “to permit a health plan to decline coverage of specific items and services that are contrary to the religious beliefs of the sponsor, issuer, or other entity offering the plan or the purchaser or beneficiary (in the case of individual coverage) without penalty.”

It also applies similar guidance to the state health insurance exchange programs and becomes retroactive to when PPACA was signed into law by President Obama as if the language was included.

Click here to contact Congress today about this important legislation.

Tell Congress to Defund Planned Parenthood

A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released on May 28, 2010 revealed that the Planned Parenthood Federation of America received $657.1 million in taxpayer dollars from Fiscal Year 2002 to Fiscal Year 2009. The largest source of these funds ($342.1 million) was the Title X family planning program.

In 2009, Planned Parenthood performed 332,000 abortions while only making 977 adoption referrals…with the support of your tax dollars.

Click here to tell your Member of Congress to support Congressman Mike Pence’s effort to de-fund Planned Parenthood and stop taxpayer funding for abortion.