October 29, 2009

Stupak Town Hall Video: I Would Ultimately Vote for Abortion-Expanding Health Bill

Stupak Town Hall Video: I Would Ultimately Vote for Abortion-Expanding Health Bill

Pro-life source on Capitol Hill has called Stupak's statements in the video a "game-changer" and a "disaster."



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A video released by the Heritage Foundation blog appears to show Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak, whose efforts against the health care bill's abortion expansion had emerged as the pro-life community's primary strategy in the House, admitting that he would ultimately vote for the health bill even with government-funded abortion if it otherwise met his standards.

"If everything I want [is] in the final bill, I like everything in the bill except you have public funding for abortion, and we had a chance to run our amendment and we lost. OK, I voted my conscience, stayed true to my principles, stayed true to the beliefs of this district, could I vote for healthcare? Yes I still could," Stupak is shown telling a town hall meeting in Cheboyan, Michigan in a video released today.
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