There's a move afoot in Congress to ban use of federal money for abortions.
Susan Muskett of the National Right to Life Committee explains that her organization disclosed on July 13 that at least three states -- Pennsylvania, New Mexico, and Maryland -- were posed to use federal funds for abortions under healthcare reform.
"The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service confirmed that neither the healthcare law signed by President Obama, nor the president's executive order, nor the Hyde Amendment would prevent the use of funds in the new federal high-risk pool program from being used to cover all abortions," says the activist.
ObamaCare 3Muskett believes those in Congress who voted for healthcare reform need to be held accountable -- and that, she says, is up to voters. The new law, she argues, should be revoked or given major corrective surgery.
"[Voters] need to find out their congressman's position on this. Are they going to now work to remedy this?" she asks. "And those who voted for this law have to be held accountable because we warned them about this repeatedly during the enactment of the law."
Congressman Chris Smith (R-New Jersey), a longtime defender of the unborn, has introduced a bill that would bar use of federal tax dollars for abortion.
Contact: Charlie Butts
Source: OneNewsNow
Date Published: August 2, 2010