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September 27, 2024

The Women’s Health Protection Act is Worse Than Many Realize

 

Abortion is on the ballot this election cycle, but many voters may not understand what’s on the other side of radical pro-abortion extremists Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz winning the White House. What awaits America is the crown jewel of the Democrats push for unrestricted, codified abortion laws in America: Women’s Health Protection Act. 

Not only would this law allow abortions to be conducted up until birth nationwide, without any ability for the states to push back, it would also demand taxpayer funding and trample on the conscience rights of medical professionals.   

READ: Of Course the Democrats Hated Roe – It Didn’t Go Far Enough 

 

Unfortunately for the Democrats’ desire to inflict their barbaric will upon Christians, Catholics, and pro-life organizations and activists, religious freedoms and expression are still protected under the law – at least for now.  

As the AP notes – with a rather sour note – in their recent news coverage of a judicial ruling, “A federal judge is allowing more than 8,000 Catholic employers nationwide to reject government regulations that protect workers seeking abortions and fertility care. 

In a sharply worded order, U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor, of Bismarck, North Dakota, granted a preliminary injunction Monday, ruling that the Catholic Benefits Association and the Diocese of Bismarck were likely to succeed in proving that a final rule adopted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) violated their freedom of religion. The regulations are meant to enforce the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. 

The judge also barred the EEOC from forcing the diocese and association to comply with harassment regulations meant to safeguard workers, writing “In a manner that would require them to speak or communicate in favor of abortion, fertility treatments, or gender transition when such is contrary to the Catholic faith.”  

This is a major win, and it vindicates everything Students for LIfe Action (SFLAction) has been saying for years about the weaponization of government agencies against pro-life organizations. This was obvious to anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear –  these rules are designed to muzzle dissent and force pro-life employees and employers to go against their own views.  

This government oppression and persecution, and the weaponized Department of Justice (DOJ), has been written about by Students for Life Action (SFLAction) extensively: 

  • Students for Life of America (SFLA) and other pro-life groups being placed on a terrorist watch list – twice. 
  • More than 40 attacks against pro-life buildings, churches, and organization locations.   

Religious employers and organizations do not have to violate their own beliefs and views at the behest of the government. And given the Biden-Harris administration’s singular focus on doing just that, we will take whatever wins we can get.  

READ: The Recent Presidential Debate Shows that It’s Not Just Preborn Lives Facing Threats from a Future Harris-Walz Administration – The Pro-Life Movement is Too