Senator: I will defy Obama if he repeals Abortion 'Conscience Clause'

March 2, 5:21 PMEvangelical ExaminerJake Jones

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On Feb. 25, I wrote an article for Examiner.com titled “To obey or not to obey government".   In other words, I asked the question whether Civil Disobedience would be proper under certain circumstances.

In the article, I gave a few reasons that people, especially Christians might defy a government law, regulation or directive. In all of those cases, I noted that Acts 5:29 tells us that we should obey God’s law and not man’s law. Abortion was one of the things that I mentioned that would qualify to allow us to be justifiably civilly disobedient.

Since that time, Obama has said that he is considering repealing the Bush administrations “Abortion Conscience Clause”. That particular piece of work gives legal protection to those doctors, nurses (in Federally funded institutions) and other practitioners from performing abortions, referring to abortion clinics, and in plain words doing things contrary to their religious beliefs and/or their conscience.

According to CNSNews, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who is also an OB/GYN, said that many medical practitioners, including himself, will go to prison before agreeing to engage in medical practices they morally oppose, such as abortion.

Senator Coburn has it correct. Civil Disobedience is certainly called for in his case should Obama appeal the Abortion 'Conscience Clause'. However, Senator Coburn understands that he and any of his fellow practitioners may be placed in jail for their stand against the government.

Two things are at play here.  First the Socialist tactics of the Obama administration and secondly the hideous social manipulation that I call "Social Engineering".  That would be the government telling us that they know best and that we have no conscience when it comes to stupid laws or regulations that they make.  Or worse yet, they tell you that they are taking away your rights because of someone else's rights.  So who's right?  Of course, Senator Coburn is right!