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March 9, 2010
New Video Accuses Pelosi and Obama of "Lying" on Abortion Funding in Healthcare
Topics: Political News and commentariesReAL Action, a citizen-activist arm of Renewing American Leadership that says they are "dedicated to preserving Americas Judeo-Christian heritage by defending and promoting the three pillars of American civilization: freedom, faith and free markets," has posted this new video that appears to prove that Pelosi and Barack Obama are lying about abortion funding in Obamacare.
Pages 2069 through 2078 of the Senate Health Bill provides for federal subsidies of abortion. (The official text of the Senate Health Bill can be downloaded here.) This part of the bill creates a situation in which an individual can use federal subsidies to help pay for insurance that covers abortion (a direct violation of the Hyde Amendment), and the part of the bill that outlines how an individual can buy abortion coverage through an insurance exchange that the federal government creates, funds, and administers. Thus the federal government will be actively promoting and facilitating the purchase of abortion coverage. How much of a federal subsidy will each individual in such a health plan have to pay to cover abortion costs? On p. 2075, Section 1302(b)(2)(D)(ii)(III) provides that every enrollee in the plan has to pay at least $1 per month to pay for abortion coverage whether they want to or not. This is the abortion tax.Slate has an editorial about why Bart Stupak is wrong on abortion - here (H/t - David Brody). However, where the Slate opinion piece is wrong is that, when all of the pro-abortion provisions are considered in total, the Senate bill is the most pro-abortion single piece of legislation that has ever come to the House floor for a vote, since Roe v. Wade. Furthermore, contrary to the Senate bill, the Stupak language in the House bill prohibits federal funds from being used for abortions or for plans that include abortion services.For more information on how the Senate Health Bill facilitates the federal funding of abortion, see the analysis prepared by the Conference of Catholic Bishops. Lastly, if the Senate bill becomes the law of the land, then six months after its enactment, it will be the law to which new health plans will be subject, as the section in the video explains.
Posted by Richard at March 9, 2010 9:51 AM
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