New Federal Contraception Mandate

Dear Mr. president,

I pray that you reconsider the aforementioned Mandate that is scheduled to go into effect in one year.  i am a Catholic American citizen who believes that you are not only attacking our religious beliefs, but the rights of everyone. What us Catholics are trying to accomplish here is simply to defend religious liberty and the freedom of conscience for everyone. You yourself had this vision of healthcare for ALL. Now, what your doing is your forcing us to stop providing healthcare service to the employees, because of this unacceptable dilemma that we face. There are many who are opposing this that are not of any religions, they are simply worried that their beliefs are next. I truly believe that you still have it in you to go down as one of the greatest presidents in our history and this is indeed one of those decisions that can seriously tarnish any legacy you leave behind. I leave you with a wonderful prayer below;

O Mary, bright dawn of the new world,

Mother of the living, to you do we entrust the cause of life

Look down, O Mother, upon the vast numbers of babies not allowed to be born, of the poor whose lives are made difficult, of men and women who are victims of brutal violence, of the elderly and the sick killed by indifference or out of misguided mercy.

Grant that all who believe in your Son may proclaim the Gospel of life with honesty and love to the people of our time.

Obtain for them the grace to accept that Gospel as a gift ever new, the joy of celebrating it with gratitude throughout their lives and the courage to bear witness to it resolutely, in order to build, together with all people of good will, the civilization of truth and love, to the praise and glory of God, the Creator and lover of life.

Taken from Pope John Paul II’s 1995 encyclical, “The Gospel of Life” (www.vatican.va)