Crisis of Conscience

I was recently made aware of an article by Al Mohler in which he quotes an abortion rights advocate who concedes that an abortion really does take a human life. Here is the link to the article. This is an important article for anyone who cares about the right to life, individual liberty and the Biblical call for believers to defend the helpless. http://www.albertmohler.com/2013/02/01/so-what-if-abortion-ends-a-life-rare-candor-from-the-culture-of-death/ With the "pro-choice" (a.k.a. pro-abortion) lobby recognizing that abortion does indeed take a life the focus of the discussion should then immediately turn to the question of morality, ethics, propriety--"Is it right to kill a baby in the womb?" If you read the article you will hear at least a partial rationalization justifying the grizzly practice of terminating life in the womb. For a Christian the logic and morality of such an argument does not hold up. For a citizen of the U.S. both the declaration of independence (All men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. Among them are LIFE, liberty and the pursuit of happiness) and the 14th Amendment come into play. If abortion takes a human life and as a Christian I realize that murder is the most grievous sin against God and that I am responsible for defending the innocent/helpless then there is nobody more helpless than an unborn child. Couple that with the Constitutional compulsion to preserve life and this brings me to a Crisis of Conscience. The new health care law (I cannot bring myself to refer to it as the "Affordable Health Care Act" because it is absolutely NOT affordable) through mandates from the secretary of HHS requires employers to provide health insurance coverage for all of their employees that includes contraception and abortion inducing drugs. This means that employers (many religiously based--Catholic Charities, Christian Universities, Hobby Lobby) will be forced to pay for services that are NOT essential to a person's medical condition and which ARE in violation of their conscience. I do realize that there are certain medical reasons for prescribing contraceptives and these usages are generally covered by insurance currently. This is an affront to their religious liberties and an egregious overstep on the part of the U.S. government. That is bad enough, but what most people seem to be unaware of is that every self-employed person or person for whom their employer does not provide company health insurance will be paying for health insurance that also includes contraception and abortion inducing drugs. If I provide my own insurance or go into one of the state "insurance exchanges" I (along with everyone else) will be paying for abortions through premiums and/or taxes. I tire of the semantics which try to disguise the fact that our tax dollars already go to provide for abortions (technically tax dollars cannot go directly for abortion, but practically they do). What is already happening will now increase--my premiums and tax dollars funding the murder of innocent life. This is NOT acceptable. This form of tyranny which forces me to violate my own conscience in order to obey the law is unacceptable and I'm simply grappling in my heart with what exactly to do about it. It is a dilemma that every Christian in America is now in--Obey the Law of the Land and You Violate your conscience which is committed to follow God's Commands. At this point I don't know what to do. I'm praying that somehow our religious liberties will be preserved but I'm also praying and seeking counsel as to how to proceed from here if things do not change. Steve