Americans United for Life issued a condemnation of a href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=16740" target=_blankthe House Committee's vote defeating an amendment that would have ensured that taxpayers would not be forced to pay for abortion under the House’s health care bill/a:blockquoteHouse Energy Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), a longtime beneficiary of Planned Parenthood donations who has a 100% favorable voting record from NARAL Pro-Choice America, engineered a series of late-night shenanigans to kill the pro-life amendment by Reps. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), Joe Pitts (R-Pa.), and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.).br /pFirst, Waxman voted for the amendment, which would have prohibited the federal government from requiring any insurance plan — including the “public option” — to provide coverage for abortion (with exceptions in cases of rape, incest, and danger to the life of the mother). Then, just minutes after the amendment passed 31-27, Waxman took advantage of a House rule that allows supporters to bring an amendment back for consideration later. This time, Waxman managed to strong-arm others on the committee to join him in defeating the amendment, 30-29./blockquotebr /The organization has also launched a new website: a href="http://www.keepabortionoutofhealthcare.com/"Keep Abortion Out of Health Care/a, asserting that legislation on health care reform be evaluated on the following principlesblockquote 1. Health care reform must expressly exclude mandates of any kind for abortion. In addition, health care reform must not alter prohibitions on federal funding of abortion contained in the Hyde amendment or other provisions of law.br /p2. Health care reform must provide broad protection for the freedom of conscience of all Americans, whether or not they are health care providers or religious entities. No person or entity should be compelled to act contrary to their conscience in the payment for, provision of, or performance of health care.br /p3. Health care reform must not contain provisions that mandate or encourage the withdrawal or curtailment of effective life-sustaining treatment to the terminally ill, the chronically ill, or the permanently disabled.br //blockquotediv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9017636-8791993972997002706?l=thepublicsquare.blogspot.com'//div
Monday, August 3, 2009
Americans United for Life launches 'Keep Abortion Out of Health Care' website
Americans United for Life issued a condemnation of a href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=16740" target=_blankthe House Committee's vote defeating an amendment that would have ensured that taxpayers would not be forced to pay for abortion under the House’s health care bill/a:blockquoteHouse Energy Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), a longtime beneficiary of Planned Parenthood donations who has a 100% favorable voting record from NARAL Pro-Choice America, engineered a series of late-night shenanigans to kill the pro-life amendment by Reps. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), Joe Pitts (R-Pa.), and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.).br /pFirst, Waxman voted for the amendment, which would have prohibited the federal government from requiring any insurance plan — including the “public option” — to provide coverage for abortion (with exceptions in cases of rape, incest, and danger to the life of the mother). Then, just minutes after the amendment passed 31-27, Waxman took advantage of a House rule that allows supporters to bring an amendment back for consideration later. This time, Waxman managed to strong-arm others on the committee to join him in defeating the amendment, 30-29./blockquotebr /The organization has also launched a new website: a href="http://www.keepabortionoutofhealthcare.com/"Keep Abortion Out of Health Care/a, asserting that legislation on health care reform be evaluated on the following principlesblockquote 1. Health care reform must expressly exclude mandates of any kind for abortion. In addition, health care reform must not alter prohibitions on federal funding of abortion contained in the Hyde amendment or other provisions of law.br /p2. Health care reform must provide broad protection for the freedom of conscience of all Americans, whether or not they are health care providers or religious entities. No person or entity should be compelled to act contrary to their conscience in the payment for, provision of, or performance of health care.br /p3. Health care reform must not contain provisions that mandate or encourage the withdrawal or curtailment of effective life-sustaining treatment to the terminally ill, the chronically ill, or the permanently disabled.br //blockquotediv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9017636-8791993972997002706?l=thepublicsquare.blogspot.com'//div
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