ObamaCare: Making Life Difficult
FRC Washington Update, March 8, 2010 - How does
President Obama celebrate "International Women's
Day?" By leading the effort to pass the most pro-abortion
health care plan in U.S. history. With billions set
aside for groups like Planned Parenthood, the President's
latest bill would trick Americans into funding a procedure
that victimizes women and robs them of the physical and mental well-being
this legislation promised to advance. Even today, as
the abortion industry makes room for a massive influx
of federal dollars, the Left's leadership still refuses
to admit that such a deal exists. As it has in the
past, FRC Action compiled a list of eight new reasons
why abortion is included in President's plan.
1. The legislation specifically includes it. The
President's bill to amend the Senate bill leaves several
abortion provisions in place. In Section 130, the legislation
allows tax credit subsidies for plans that include
abortion and leaves the abortion surcharge in place.
It maintains the proposal to create a multi-state plan
that includes abortion in Sec. 1334. Even worse, it
would increase the Senate bill funding from $7 billion
to $11 billion for community health centers in Sec.
10503 without any abortion restrictions. (H.R.
3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.)
2. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen
Sebelius said it is. "And I would say that
the Senate language, which was negotiated by Senators
Barbara Boxer and Patty Murray...take a big step forward
from where the House left it with the Stupak amendment,
and I think do a good job making sure there are choices
for women...That would be an accounting procedure,
but everybody in the exchange would do the same thing,
whether you're male or female, whether you're 75 or
25, you would all set aside a portion of your premium
that would go into a fund." (Sebelius:
Everyone will pay into abortion-coverage fund.)
3. Senate Democrats refused to ban it. Instead
of allowing for an up-or-down vote on a Senate amendment
similar to the House's Stupak amendment, Sen. Barbara
Boxer (D-Calif.) "tabled" the amendment,
effectively killing it. (Vote
No. 369 S.Amdt. 2962 to S.Amdt. 2786 to H.R. 3590)
4. House pro-life Democrats, even those who support
the so-called reform effort, say it is. "The
Senate language is a significant departure from current
law and is unacceptable." (House Representative
Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), February
23, 2010, CBS News) "I think abortion's wrong.
The problem is that I've lived too long. When they
say they can keep this money separate, I just don't
believe it." (House Representative Marion Berry
(D-Ark.), March
6, 2010, Arkansas News.)
5. House pro-abortion Democrats say it is. "The
good news is that the Senate bill does allow [abortion
coverage]." (Rep. Dianne DeGette (D-Colo.), March
5, 2010 , Washington Post )
6. The abortion industry sent out alerts in favor
of it. The abortion giant Planned Parenthood sent
an email to supporters on March 6, 2010 , which said, "President
Obama's health care reform... significantly increase
access to reproductive health care." (Planned
Parenthood alert, March 6, 2010.)
7. Candidate Obama said it would be included,
and the Obama administration includes it in its definition
of reproductive health care. Presidential candidate
Barack Obama stated he "believes that reproductive
health care is basic health care." (Rhrealitycheck.org
questionnaire, 2008.) Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton followed up on this in 2009: "Reproductive
health care includes access to abortion." (
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, April 22, House
Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing)
8. House Democratic Majority Whip Steny Hoyer
(D-Md.) has indicated that he wants to fix the abortion
coverage problem in the Senate bill. "House
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Thursday that
lawmakers could draft separate pieces of legislation
with abortion language to earn the support of anti-abortion
rights Democrats on healthcare reform legislation." (March
4, 2010, The Hill)
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By Tony Perkins, President, Family Research Council
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Web site: www.frc.org
FRC Washington Update, March 8, 2010 - How does President Obama celebrate "International Women's Day?" By leading the effort to pass the most pro-abortion health care plan in U.S. history. With billions set aside for groups like Planned Parenthood, the President's latest bill would trick Americans into funding a procedure that victimizes women and robs them of the physical and mental well-being this legislation promised to advance. Even today, as the abortion industry makes room for a massive influx of federal dollars, the Left's leadership still refuses to admit that such a deal exists. As it has in the past, FRC Action compiled a list of eight new reasons why abortion is included in President's plan.
1. The legislation specifically includes it. The President's bill to amend the Senate bill leaves several abortion provisions in place. In Section 130, the legislation allows tax credit subsidies for plans that include abortion and leaves the abortion surcharge in place. It maintains the proposal to create a multi-state plan that includes abortion in Sec. 1334. Even worse, it would increase the Senate bill funding from $7 billion to $11 billion for community health centers in Sec. 10503 without any abortion restrictions. (H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.)
2. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said it is. "And I would say that the Senate language, which was negotiated by Senators Barbara Boxer and Patty Murray...take a big step forward from where the House left it with the Stupak amendment, and I think do a good job making sure there are choices for women...That would be an accounting procedure, but everybody in the exchange would do the same thing, whether you're male or female, whether you're 75 or 25, you would all set aside a portion of your premium that would go into a fund." (Sebelius: Everyone will pay into abortion-coverage fund.)
3. Senate Democrats refused to ban it. Instead of allowing for an up-or-down vote on a Senate amendment similar to the House's Stupak amendment, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) "tabled" the amendment, effectively killing it. (Vote No. 369 S.Amdt. 2962 to S.Amdt. 2786 to H.R. 3590)
4. House pro-life Democrats, even those who support the so-called reform effort, say it is. "The Senate language is a significant departure from current law and is unacceptable." (House Representative Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), February 23, 2010, CBS News) "I think abortion's wrong. The problem is that I've lived too long. When they say they can keep this money separate, I just don't believe it." (House Representative Marion Berry (D-Ark.), March 6, 2010, Arkansas News.)
5. House pro-abortion Democrats say it is. "The good news is that the Senate bill does allow [abortion coverage]." (Rep. Dianne DeGette (D-Colo.), March 5, 2010 , Washington Post )
6. The abortion industry sent out alerts in favor of it. The abortion giant Planned Parenthood sent an email to supporters on March 6, 2010 , which said, "President Obama's health care reform... significantly increase access to reproductive health care." (Planned Parenthood alert, March 6, 2010.)
7. Candidate Obama said it would be included, and the Obama administration includes it in its definition of reproductive health care. Presidential candidate Barack Obama stated he "believes that reproductive health care is basic health care." (Rhrealitycheck.org questionnaire, 2008.) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton followed up on this in 2009: "Reproductive health care includes access to abortion." ( Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, April 22, House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing)
8. House Democratic Majority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) has indicated that he wants to fix the abortion coverage problem in the Senate bill. "House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Thursday that lawmakers could draft separate pieces of legislation with abortion language to earn the support of anti-abortion rights Democrats on healthcare reform legislation." (March 4, 2010, The Hill)
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By Tony Perkins, President, Family Research Council
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Web site: www.frc.org