Obama Healthcare Pays for Abortion
From the that-didn’t-take-long department:
The Obama administration has officially approved the first instance of taxpayer funded abortions under the new national government-run health care program. This is the kind of abortion funding the pro-life movement warned about when Congress considered the bill.
The Obama Administration will give Pennsylvania $160 million to set up a new “high-risk” insurance program under a provision of the federal health care legislation enacted in March.
It has quietly approved a plan submitted by an appointee of pro-abortion Governor Edward Rendell under which the new program will cover any abortion that is legal in Pennsylvania. http://lifenews.com/nat6531.html
Let’s create a new word to describe this:
Stupaked (verb) — A double-cross after you accepted an empty promise (without any penalty or enforcement provisions) from someone you knew (and had been warned) had no intention of honoring it.
Honestly, did anyone (either pro-life or pro-abortion) actually believe the most pro-abortion Senator ever would suddenly change views upon moving to the White House and honor his word? If you did, we’ve got a bridge for sale… cheap.
You’ve been Stupaked.
Copyright © Darrin Yeager 1998-2010
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Update - July 16
This situation is getting messy. PA it appears will have to remove the abortion provision; NARAL sends email out urging the President to reverse course and allow taxpayer funded abortion. Of course, if the executive order and other promises meant anything, nobody would argue abortion could not be funded in any of the Federal healthcare programs; the fact NARAL and others are arguing for abortion means (as everyone knew at the time), the healthcare bill will allow for taxpayer funded abortion, one area both pro-life and pro-abortion sides agreed on at the time. It’s why NARAL didn’t care about the executive order, but did about the Stupak amendment.
Even the left-leaning Center for American Progress says “nothing in federal law actually restricts the use of federal or state money for abortion in PCIPs” — in other words both the right and the left agree the healthcare plan allows for taxpayer funded abortion.
Had it not been publicly identified, PA would have funded abortion. It’s now reported New Mexico and Maryland also plan on funding abortion in their plans, but with the publicity surrounding PA, that might change.
The passed healthcare bill will allow abortion (the executive order is limited and worthless as law) — as long as it’s kept quiet — once the alarm is sounded and public opinion turns against it, they’ll adopt a “who me” attitude. More from Jill Stanek with the emails from NARAL and other information.
If you’re interested in this issue, Jill Stanek keeps a watch on the abortion issue.