[progchat_action] Dems do deal to block abortion coverage
Steven Robinson
abortion from coverage in the health care package. If the House
Bill is enacted, only the wealthy be able to get abortions - just
like it was before Roe v. Wade. No doubt come 2010 they will continue
to take campaign contributions from Emilys List, NOW, NARAL and
their supporters. No doubt those organizations will continue to
contribute. Hopefully, though, the base of those organizations wakes
up and sees the blatant duplicity of the lesser evil. SR)
Dems on track to limit abortion coverage in health-care bill
By David Lightman McClatchy Newspapers November 7, 2009
WASHINGTON A last-minute deal on abortion appeared to give House
of Representatives Democrats fresh confidence that they can pass
sweeping health care legislation later Saturday.
As many as 40 anti-abortion Democrats had signaled they might oppose
the bill if its current provisions remained. Those provisions would
have allowed insurers to separate public and private funds, permitting
only the privately collected money to be used for elective abortions.
Public money could have been used only for abortions that result
from rape or incest or threaten the life of the mother, which has
been federal law since the mid-1970s.
But anti-abortion Democrats objected that the bill still would
provide a federal subsidy for insurance plans that allowed abortion.
After days of tense talks, they reached agreement early Saturday
with Democratic leaders and the White House on an amendment that
would refuse abortion coverage to anyone who receives federal aid
to buy an insurance policy or enrolls in the proposed government
health plan.
The segregated accounts would be gone, though anyone could buy
private policies covering abortions using their own funds.
Representatives of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops were
involved in the talks.
Abortion rights advocates were not pleased, as Rep. Diana DeGette,
D-Colo., called the change "the biggest restriction on a women's
right to choose that's been considered on the floor of the House"
since she came to Congress in 1997,
Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., was pleased. "It's strong," he said of
the change.
The amendment is expected to win approval later Saturday and the
health-care reform is expected to be voted on Saturday night.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/78515.html
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