Unconstitutional! Virginia judge rules on individual mandate.

A federal judge in Virginia ruled today that the individual mandate, a key provision of Obamacare, is unconstitutional.  This is the most significant legal setback so far for the plan. We knew that this would be one of the easier parts of the law to find unconstitutional and Virginia one of the easier places, but it is still "huge". Remember also that Congress forgot to put in a "severability clause".  If the Supreme Court finds one aspect of Obamacare unconstitutional, that could invalidate the whole thing. Reminder: we will be delivering our Repeal Obamacare Petitions to the ten Massachusetts Congressmen on Jan 24, 2011 at the March for Life.  Please return your completed petitions before then.  You can keep collecting signatures until Obamacare is repealed, but we do want to have as many petitions as possible to deliver at the March. The educational work you are doing with these petitions is mighty!  A mighty thanks to you!  Anne   http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/12/13/health.care/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1   http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/8VXTM7/EWK750/Z6KOX/TMGS7A/ZX1I7/XL/h http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101213/ap_on_re_us/us_health_care_overhaul_virginia Support for Obamacare hits new low, http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenumbers/2010/12/new-low-in-support-for-health-care-reform.html Push for stricter limits on abortion expected in the (US) House,  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/health/policy/12abortion.html   DONATIONS - WE NEED AND APPRECIATE THEM!  THANK YOU! For more information about the Pro-Life cause in Massachusetts or to get involved please visit our   website at masscitizensforlife.org.