Executive order to placate Democrat pro-lifers incoming?
UPDATE, 3/21, 8:15a: A Human Events piece, “GOP House Whip: Executive order can’t override abortion law,” mentions there is Supreme Court precedent to back that up. It also includes statements from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, National Right to Life, Americans United for Life, and the Family Research Council. Bart Stupak previously said he took advice on healthcare from these groups. We shall see….
UPDATE, 3/20, 9:02p: The Center for Reproductive Rights opposes an executive order. One interesting reason: May make the Hyde Amendment more permanent, now an annual appropriation.
UPDATE, 3/20, 8:40p: The USCCB has issued a letter opposing the executive order. Kathryn Jean Lopez has posted it at NRO. This is very important. I’ve been thinking that if the Stupac bloc continues to listen to the USCCB, NRLC, and FRC, they won’t go along with the executive order, no matter how well worded – worth the paper it’s written on.
UPDATE, 3/20, 2:50p: What’s up with an executive order? Explanation by the Washington Post:
3 antiabortion Democrats from the Rust Belt huddled in an office suite of Pelosi’s, emerging to say they were still working on an arrangement to satisfy their needs so they could support the legislation. These last holdouts all supported the 1st health-care draft in November and are supportive of the new $940 billion compromise, if the abortion matter can be settled….
1 possible solution would be the issuance of an executive order by Obama that restated the commitment to adhering to the 32-year ban on federal funds going to abortion services except in the case of rape or incest. Rep. Dianna DeGette (CO), the leading abortion-rights Democrat, voiced support for Obama taking such an option, so long as the Stupak provision – which she believes is worded so strongly it would restrict abortion rights – is not given another vote….
Pelosi said an executive order on abortion “might be a possibility” shortly before disappearing with senior lawmakers into her ceremonial offices. Rep. James Oberstar (D-MN), one of the antiabortion lawmakers Pelosi is hoping to persuade to vote for the health bill, said the group was hashing out what exactly an executive order might say….
Hm, had heard Obie already turned coat. Pro-lifers would be oh so stupid to fall for this. Actually, I doubt any who would wage on this gimmick are falling for anything. They’re just looking for cover.
In other news, Molly Hooper of The Hill tweeted at ~2:30p CST:
UPDATE, 3/20, 12:03p: Read “Rules Committee meeting descends into chaos,” by Byron York, about this morning’s proceedings. Democrats tripping up….
[HT: Michelle Malkin on Twitter]
3/20, 11:55a: From Michelle Malkin:
Both Left and Right are hearing rumors that the Dems are drafting an executive order to quell pro-life Democrat opposition to the government health care takeover plan.
Daniel Foster reports the buzz at NRO. Marc Ambinder at The Atlantic tweets it here.
If Democrat Rep. Bart Stupak and his pro-life colleagues are feckless enough to sign on to the nationalization of 1/6 of the American economy and the bottomless generational debt it will incur for another worthless Obama promise and empty scrap of paper, God help us all.
[Photo of Pelosi and Obama via Getty]
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.
Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.
Reading that, either Michelle Malkin is the most misleading person of the day, or she’s just stupid. Might be a coin flip.
I have very little time for people who don’t add to the political discussion, but would rather use fear tactics and wrong information to try to sway people. It is sad actually.
How will this effort to placate Stupak fly with the PAs?
Check out Drudgereport.com. Seems there may be a problem with the Administration Actuary being unable to give a health care bill cost analysis before the final vote!
Chief Actuary: I regret that my staff and I will not be able to prepare our analysis within this very tight time frame, due to the complexity of the legislation”.
An Obama promise?
Are you kidding?
Dems won’t take the Demon Pass
I predict they they don’t even vote on this tomorrow. Steny Hoyer and Nancy Pelosi and BHO won’t bring this to a vote tomorrow cause they won’t let this beast die.
This is a kumbaya moment on Capitol Hill right now. The Dems are talking as if they’ve won already. It reminds me of the premature celebration in Copenhagen before Chicago lost the Olympics.
Pelosi says we’re saving 1.3 trillion with this healthbill. As the retail stores always say – the more you spend, the more you save! And people actually fall for it.
I turned it off, Janet. I’m too fed up with the lies and corruption. Did Reid really say Pelosi was the best speaker ever? That ought to make for a good Sunday cartoon :)
Fed Up,
I wasn’t paying attention to Reid. There’s nothing new that wasn’t said a year ago……
I heard yesterday that people with pre-existing conditions (the exception being children) will not be required to be covered under this law until FOUR YEARS from now. Isn’t that one of the main selling points of this bill??? There’s got to be a better/cheaper way to achieve this goal!
Obama says he didn’t plan to be a politician when he got out of college. He “worked in the neighborhoods with the Catholic Churches”. Really?? We haven’t heard this ’til today. How ironic.
I think that’s right, Janet, except that minors with preexisting conditions will be covered more quickly. And the ability to stay on a parent’s plan until age 26 changes sooner too. But yeah, those people who the Dems keep saying can’t wait for help will have to wait a minimum of 4 years to get it. Much longer if you ask me, unless they start passing more laws to change the timeline, which they may well do. After all, they aren’t calling this bill a “starter home” for no reason.
One of the problems is that the bill creates a framework of 100+ new government bureaucracies and programs. The nuts and bolts to get those things up and running (staffing, program policies, etc) aren’t in place. That we know of anyway.
As for those neighborhoods, remember he talked about that at his ND speech? I forget just who, but yeah, I think he was working with some of the lefty Catholics, sorry to say.
Janet, that might be worked in the neighboorhoods which had the Catholic Churches in them, meaning he went in to organize the communities there. Not worked WITH the churches. See how easy it is to deceive? The prepositional phrase could only modify neighboorhoods; it has nothing to do with the verb “worked”. Never forget he holds to the Alinskyian tenet of the ends justify the means.
Brings back bad memories, but here’s a transcript of his Notre Dame speech where he talks about his work with Catholics. **shudder**
B.O. says he worked with the catholic churches!?!
What did B.O. do for them?
Show them how to rig the bingo game!
yor bro ken
If they want to pass this healthcare takeover, I mean healthcare reform bill so badly…why don’t they just make sure abortions are not funded by tax dollars? Why don’t they just spell it out in the clearest language possible and then they would see some of those no votes shift to yes. whats the big deal? I mean, according to BO they aren’t going to fund abortions federally anyhow, so why not just spell it out and stop playing games?
Does anyone really buy that?
Fed Up,
You’re right. I do remember hearing about the controversy with the (Catholic) Campaign for Human Development last year where there were connections with Alinsky and various community organizations who were not in line with Catholic teaching.There was a major controversy about whether parishioners would donate to the CHD. I don’t know if that matter was fully resolved in Chicago. It would be interesting to look into that…
Thanks for the link to the ND speech. I didn’t recall the speech when you mentioned it because I made a point of not listening to it or reading it back then. LOL.
klynn73,
I’d have to see a transcript to read the exact wording but I see your point exactly! It’s obvious he’s catering to the lefty “Catholics” whose compassionate FEELINGS take precedence over abortion or any economic issue. Too bad feelings won’t reduce the Federal Budget.
Sydney M,
Perfect. You hit the nail on the head! If they didn’t want federal funding of abortion, they’d make it obvious!!!!! Right, Violet?
Because as you know Sydney, in their heart of hearts, they love abortion. They love the whole, “I’ve got my life to live, I’ve got to make something of myself, I’ve got to have my career, can’t let a little “mistake” “punish” me by getting in the way of my plan for my life.
It’s all about selfish ambition.
It’s all about what the Word calls the Pride of Life.
And it works great for narcissistic politicians whose egotistical obsessions so closely resemble the core beliefs of the radical feminists:
my body, my career, my life.
When you see their lips move, you hear them say, “No federal funding of abortion.”
In their heart, they identify with “pro-choicers” and are all part of the same pro-death mob. And they really like the easy campaign money they get from the pro-aborts, even though is is covered in innocent blood.
It’s the opposite of what Christ teaches, “He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Jn 12:25
The life of a man-pleasing politician is great. All you need is a dead conscience.
Just to clarify, God wants us to achieve and excel and succeed in everything we do. But it obviously needs to be consistent with His will and His plan for our lives.
His plan is always the best plan, it’s what we were created and designed for.
Jill,
I’m wrung out by it all, still you carry the fight forward. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has summoned renewed strength by watching your unflagging campaign! You deserve much more than a medal, but for now would my humble thanks suffice?
God Bless,
Gerry
Who’s to say Obama wouldn’t issue another executive order revoking or rescinding an order to restrict federal abortion funding right after the HCR bill is passed and signed into law
All the best,
Robert Nazareth
robertnazarethpmp@yahoo.com
I was thinking the exact same thing Robert.
First he deceives a few of the more naive members of the Stupak Defenders of Life to get his Federally Sponsored Child Killing Bill enacted.
Then he invites Planned Parenthood, NOW, and other esteemed members of the pro-death mob to a party on the White House lawn. There, he will celebrate with his like-minded accomplices, those sinisterly adept in the arts of child genocide and mass deception, as he rescinds the Executive Order.
They will laugh and ridicule the gullible politicians they had made fools of, as they feast on caviar and other expensive delicacies, and drink $150/bottle wine…
all paid for by the blood of innocent children.
I’m praying that God will give wisdom and discernment to our Pro-Life Congressmen, Congresswomen and Senators, that today they will see clearly the schemes of the enemies of Life; that they will recognize the catastrophic harm this bill would do to our Republic; and that He would give them the strength, courage and boldness to kill the bill.