Stupak's amendment strikes this language and clearly forbids the use of federal monies to support abortion or abortion coverage. Ellsworth's plays a shell game, a 3-card Monty that hides the subsidies through misdirection.
Pelosi allowed Ellsworth a vote because Ellsworth's amendment doesn't impact the bill's ability to fund abortion coverage -- but gives Pelosi enough political cover to strip away a few nominally pro-life Democrats to vote for her bill.
~Ed Morrissey, HotAir.com, November 6
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I love the US Conference of Catholic Bishops take on the Ellworth ploy. They call it a "money-laundering scheme".
What an deadly but accurate depiction.
Posted by: Michael at November 6, 2009 2:40 PMI don't understand why Nancy Pelosi is so pushy when it comes to abortion. I mean, it's not as if it has an impact on her PERSONALLY...she's past the age that she would have to worry about an 'unintended pregnancy'.
Posted by: Pamela at November 6, 2009 7:47 PMIt's one thing to say that you believe in a woman's right to choose to kill her own child but quite another to take away another person's right to NOT pay for it.
Posted by: carla
at November 7, 2009 9:27 AMAmen to these bishops! Money is fungible! You assign the money to purpose B, and they will just shift the money they had for B over to purpose A. Like they said, just a shell game! NO MONEY should be given to Planned Barrenhood, and we should not tolerate any Republican or Democrat who does so.
Posted by: Jame at November 7, 2009 10:29 AMExactly, Carla. The pro-aborts are so for 'choice', well..what about OUR 'choice' NOT to pay for abortion?
Posted by: Pamela at November 7, 2009 10:29 AMThis bill is not about healthcare, taking care of the poor and helping uninsured Americans it is about power, control, dismantling 1/6th of the US economy, the power of life and death over American citizens, transforming America into socialism and ABORTION ON DEMAND. I know the Stupak-Pitts amendment passed I am still very leery that they will try to bring abortion into the final bill because of all the favors the liberal Demoncrats and Obama have promised to the Dead Babies R Us crew (PP, Naral, Emily's List, etc.). I continue to pray against this bill.
Posted by: Prolifer L at November 7, 2009 10:02 PM
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.
