Abortion funds leak into Indian Health Service
The new 1,990-page healthcare bill not only authorizes federal funding for elective abortions, but it also allows abortion funding in the Indian Health Service.
House Democrats have attached to the back of their healthcare bill a measure to reauthorize the Indian Health Service.
Democrats have failed to move the Indian health bill for the past three years because there were votes in the Energy and Commerce Committee to add an amendment preventing the Indian Health Service from funding abortions. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) has refused to add the Hyde Amendment abortion funding ban to the overall healthcare bill.
Joy Yearout with the Susan B. Anthony List says Democratic leaders are doing everything they can to prevent a vote on federal funding of abortion.
"Congress has had difficulty passing this Indian healthcare bill for the last three years, mainly because of the abortion issue," explains Yearout. "Democrats in leadership haven't wanted to have a battle on the House floor about federal funding for abortion, so they've avoided it. They were hoping no one would notice that they folded it into the healthcare bill."
Yearout says there are no protections in the healthcare bill for pro-life taxpayers. She also notes that as the current legislation stands, government funds will be used to write checks for abortionists.
Contact: Jim Brown
Source: OneNewsNow
Publish Date: November 2, 2009
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The new 1,990-page healthcare bill not only authorizes federal funding for elective abortions, but it also allows abortion funding in the Indian Health Service.
House Democrats have attached to the back of their healthcare bill a measure to reauthorize the Indian Health Service.
Democrats have failed to move the Indian health bill for the past three years because there were votes in the Energy and Commerce Committee to add an amendment preventing the Indian Health Service from funding abortions. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) has refused to add the Hyde Amendment abortion funding ban to the overall healthcare bill.
Joy Yearout with the Susan B. Anthony List says Democratic leaders are doing everything they can to prevent a vote on federal funding of abortion.
"Congress has had difficulty passing this Indian healthcare bill for the last three years, mainly because of the abortion issue," explains Yearout. "Democrats in leadership haven't wanted to have a battle on the House floor about federal funding for abortion, so they've avoided it. They were hoping no one would notice that they folded it into the healthcare bill."
Yearout says there are no protections in the healthcare bill for pro-life taxpayers. She also notes that as the current legislation stands, government funds will be used to write checks for abortionists.
Contact: Jim Brown
Source: OneNewsNow
Publish Date: November 2, 2009
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