Quote of the Day 9-9-09
But in Monday’s newspaper, after reciting Obama’s twin goals, “extending coverage” and “slowing costs,” The [Washington] Post adds its own take on what went wrong this summer for Obamacare. The Post’s account, strangely enough, completely meshes with the liberal Obama-ish line: “In August, opponents seized control of the discussion, elevating side issues such as abortion and end-of-life counseling.”
But let’s not just add emphasis to those 2 words, “side issues.” Let’s really dwell on them: “elevating side issues such as abortion and end-of-life counseling.” To Right to Lifers, is abortion a side issue? Uh, no. And since 51% of Americans count themselves as pro-life, according to a Gallup poll released in May, concern over abortion is hardly on the side – it is front and center. Indeed, it’s fair to say that plenty of Americans who see themselves as pro-choice still have mixed feelings about including abortion in taxpayer-funded health-insurance plans.
James Pinkerton’s column, “Why Obamacare will fail and the media will fail to notice its flaws,” Foxnews.com, September 8
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
To a pro-choicer, is “women’s reproductive healthcare” a side issue?
One must ask, if abortion is a side issue, why would Obama make statements about his first act in office being to pass FOCA? Admittedly, it wasn’t his first act, but he seems to be trying awfully hard to fulfill at least part of that promise.
This isn’t a side issue for ANYONE. Not everyone votes exclusively based on the subject of abortion, but no one sees it as an unimportant issue anymore.
It’s not just right-to-lifers who are concerned about abortion. Pro-choicers aren’t as loud because if we stay silent, and if we DON’T press the “side issue” of abortion, we pass nationalized healthcare that pays for abortion with taxpayer money. Of course they’re not going to speak up. They don’t get what they want if we get into a debate.
They don’t view it as a side issue for one moment. They just hope to convince us that it is.
Gee..since when is LIFE a ‘side issue’? Guess we should consider Obama’s presidency a ‘side issue’?