Abortion & Rationing in Senate Health Care Bill

When he ran for president, Senator Barack Obama promised that abortion coverage would be at the heart of his health care proposal. He is trying to keep that promise by passing the Senate Health Care Bill, in spite of overwhelming public opposition. A key point to remember, is that the Senate Health Care Bill has to pass the House first. This vote is expected as early as next week.

 

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, will use every trick she has, to find the 216 votes she needs to ram the Health Care Bill through the House. The House vote is the key vote. The Senate Bill has multiple major abortion related problems, and cannot pass the House, as long as Democratic Representative Bart Stupak and his Democratic allies in the House, hold their ground on the issue of abortion. The abortion issue is absolutely pivotal. "Of the remaining issues, with the potential to bring down the entire health overhaul effort, the one the lawmakers fear most is abortion," NPR Julie Rovner said.

 

Why are opponents working very hard to defeat the bill in the House? Because, "By the conclusion of the amending process in the Senate, HR 3590 was the most expansive pro-abortion piece of legislation, ever to reach the floor of either House of Congress, for a vote since Roe v Wade. The Senate Bill would allow direct federal funding of abortion on demand, through Community Health Centers, would institute federal subsidies for private health plans that cover abortion on demand, including some federally administered plans, and would authorize federal mandates that could require even non-subsidized private plans to cover elective abortion," said Douglas Johnson, Legislative Director for National Right to Life.   

If you haven't called your Representative, now is the time. Urge them to vote No on the Senate Health Care Bill.