“We’ve been able to come up with an agreement to respect the sanctity of life on health care reform. There will be no public funding for abortion in this legislation. We’ve all stood on principle.” -Congressman Bart Stupak on March 21, 2010
Uh, Bart Stupak call your office.
Human Events is reporting that
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is providing $160 million to the state of Pennsylvania to set up a new high-risk insurance pool program that pays for abortions, as part of a larger $5 billion commitment of taxpayer funds that will include abortion coverage for over 400,000 people nationwide.
“This is the boldest admission yet from the Obama administration that the President’s Executive Order on taxpayer-funded abortion was a sham. The fact that the high-risk pool insurance program in Pennsylvania will use federal taxpayer dollars to fund abortions is unconscionable,” said House Republican leader John Boehner.
This is sickening. Bart Stupak should be ashamed of himself. Bob Casey Jr. of Pennsylvania should be ashamed of himself. I’d bet his father already is.
Dems for Life? Hah!
July 14, 2010 at 7:06 pm
And you forgot to add Rep Joe Donnelly (D) IN and Rep Brad Ellsworth (D) IN.
July 14, 2010 at 7:47 pm
"Democrats For Life" is fast becoming an oxymoron on the level of "Prostitutes For Virginity".
July 14, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Now that the Obama admin OKs first tax funded abortions under Obamacare, I wonder if the signers of the Manhattan Declaration will make good on their threat to commit acts of civil disobedience?
An archbishop has already called for civil disobedience http://divine-ripples.blogspot.com/2010/07/archbishop-calls-for-civil-disobedience.html
(But that's in Spain though.)
July 14, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Is this duplicity much different than the Catholic Church saying it opposes divorce while its priests advise in favor of divorce to seek annulments, every single day?
July 14, 2010 at 8:49 pm
@Anon 3:26: IMHO – apples and oranges. Abortion unlike divorce is an intrinsic evil.
July 15, 2010 at 12:02 am
How much do you want to bet Bart Stupak was threatened?
July 15, 2010 at 3:06 am
@Anon 7:02. He might have been threatened. Is that a justification?
July 15, 2010 at 1:46 pm
Subvet: Plus 1!
Question: Is ANYONE surprised by this though?
July 15, 2010 at 11:47 pm
Not surprised … just saddened.