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February 23, 2010
Will ObamaCare Abortion Funding Be Democrats' Bridge Too Far?
Posted by The MaryHunter at February 23, 2010 7:19 AM
The abortion funding hot potato has now popped up again, in President Obama's latest, desperate attempt to get a health care reform bill passed in this Congress.
In his plan, Obama went with the abortion language that the Senate had adopted, which is less restrictive than the Stupak-Pitts Amendment. It came out of a last-minute compromise between Sens. Ben Nelson, an opponent of abortion rights, Patty Murray, and Barbara Boxer (both abortion-rights supporters).
"Any member of Congress who votes for the final legislation proposed by President Obama will be voting for direct federal funding of elective abortion ... and also an array of other pro-abortion federal subsidies and mandates," says Doug Johnson, the National Right to Life Committee's legislative director.
The abortion issue was most likely brought up again by Chairman Zero as a red herring to deflect attention from the main point of progressive healthcare reform: complete government control of our bodies and our lives. That said: with the Stupak-Pitts wording gone from Obama's tour-de-force in bipartisanship on health care, all bets are off on how many congressional Democrats would be willing to sign onto it in its current form -- meaning, just what price will be high enough as the bribes begin flying fast and furious.
To remind, here is a concise statement from Dear Leader during the campaign on his beliefs about abortion.
Hat tip: Big Government.
