What is FOCA?

A priority of Obama and the Democratic congressional leadership and their pro-abortion allies is the passage of a devastating piece of legislation...the so-called Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA).

What would FOCA do?
FOCA would eliminate all of the federal and state laws passed in the past 35 years that restrict abortion and protect women and unborn babies . . . laws that the majority of Wisconsin residents support. If FOCA becomes law...

• You, as a taxpayer, forced to pay for abortions
• Partial-birth abortion legal again
• Secret abortions for our minor daughters with no parental involvement
• No required information or waiting periods for women seeking abortions
• Medical professionals and facilities forced to perform abortions

That's right - all of the laws that have been saving human lives since 1973 would be wiped out by FOCA with no hope of passing future protective laws. And the number of abortions will skyrocket!

Wisconsin Right to Life has a comprehensive plan to stop FOCA. To find out how you can help, click the image below, or or click here.

May - June 2009 - FOCA Watch:

Mandated Abortion Funding Through Health Care

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) announced in March that he will introduce the most dangerous anti-life bill ever — the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) . A spokesperson for Nadler said it will be "sooner rather than later…It is among the congressman's priorities."

While political experts debate whether FOCA will come to the floor of either house of Congress this year, the pro-abortion Democratic leadership is working hard and fast to enact portions of FOCA into law. The most serious threats are:

• Removing over 20 right-to-life provisions inserted into appropriations bills each year. The most well-known provision facing possible elimination is the Hyde Amendment which prohibits federal tax dollars from being used to perform abortions. It is estimated that the Hyde Amendment has saved over one million lives.
  
  
• Mandating that abortion be covered in the health-care legislation which Congress hopes to fast-track into law this summer.

To help prevent these catastrophic events which will cause abortions to skyrocket, please be a voice for the unborn by joining our online E-Voice community at www.wrtl.org/e-voice.

President Obama tells the American people he wants to reduce abortions. But in looking at the long list of bill signings, appointments, speeches, executive orders and other actions Obama has taken since his election, it is clear that his real agenda is promoting more abortions.

Obama has appointed many staunchly pro-abortion individuals to key administrative posts. Among them are Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who has a long, radically pro-abortion record; Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who is allied with the nation's most notorious late-term abortionist; Communications Director Ellen Moran, the former director of the pro-abortion group Emily's List; Dawn Johnsen as Legal Counsel, whose abortion views are so extreme that she once equated pregnancy with slavery; and others with equally anti-life beliefs.

Don't let Barack Obama fool you into thinking he wants to reduce abortions. His actions clearly signal that unlimited abortion is an integral part of his philosophy which will result in increased abortions.