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Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Thursday, July 09, 2009 11:28 AM
Pro-life groups are warning that the most prominent versions of health care bills wending their way through Congress are stealth FOCA bills.
Sen. Kennedy’s version in the Senate and the so-called “Tri-Committee Bill” in the House—provide for:
- mandated insurance coverage for abortion on demand
- federal subsidies for abortion
- and federally subsidized abortion clinics in regions of the country deemed to have insufficient access to abortion
additionally, both bills in their current form permit the federal government broad powers to override state limitations on abortion.
This is to say nothing of the debate over care rationing, conscience protections and other concerns we might broadly term “life” issues—all issues on which health care reform will have immense impact. Longtime pro-life champion Congressman Chris Smith recently said of the anti-life implications of health care reform in its present incarnation, “This is the big one!”
I must say, the mainstream media are not serving us well on this issue. Just today I have read six articles—all clearly derived from this story at Time magazine—which make a point of saying that abortion isn’t addressed in the proposed bills—leaving the impression that pro-life concerns are excessive.
Whether that’s naive or willfully ignorant on the part of reporters isn’t my place to say, but it certainly ignores 35 years of legislative history. Whenever the words “reproductive services” appear in legislation, abortion is included unless it is explicitly excluded—it doesn’t have to be mentioned.
Whatever your position on health care policy—and let me re-iterate that these bills are not yet in their final forms—it’s important all of us keep a close eye on this legislation. Won’t you consider letting your Congressman know right now you won’t support any bill that doesn’t explicitly exclude abortion funding? Nineteen pro-life House Democrats have already written Speaker Nancy Pelosi to say just that.
Our representatives really do listen—and you can have a hand in making sure whatever happens, we can at least find common ground in not forcing the pro-life majority to pay for abortions.
Here’s a link from the Susan B. Anthony list to help.
The House of Representatives is due to vote on health care at the end of this month, with the Senate to follow.
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We all knew the abortion supporters would piecemeal the various points at some point to achieve their goals. This is the perfect vehicle to hide the agenda in hundreds of pages of legalese. Thanks for the heads-up and the link to protest to our congressmen.
Thank you so much for keeping us apprised of what’s going on with health care reform. So many Americans don’t understand what’s happening on Capitol Hill and don’t realize that “free” health care comes with a steep price - not only in the form of increased taxes and the loss of some of our freedom to have better quality health care but also in the precious lives of babies.
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