All health care bills making way through Congress mandate government funding of abortion
Mandated government-funded abortion in Healthcare?
Current health care reform bills making their way through Congress, if passed, would represent the largest expansion of government funding of abortion in history. In fact the public option and the Capps Amendment mandate Americans subsidize abortion and would, for the first time in history, establish two federal government agencies to oversee mandated government funding of abortion. In three recent national polls the American people have spoken in overwhelming majorities that they do not support government funding of abortion in health care reform.
The proposed “public plan” would pay for elective abortions, which would be direct funding of elective abortion with federal funds. This abortion coverage would not be optional – no one would be able to enroll in federal insurance plans without paying an abortion surcharge.
The abortion industry and its allies on Capitol Hill have put forward a phony Washington amendment – introduced by Representative Lois Capps http://bit.ly/O3jBM, who has a long standing pro-abortion voting record, which they falsely claim does not include government funding of abortion. This is untrue, and even the pro-choice leaning media that have researched this – the Associated Press, Time Magazine, and FactCheck.org – http://bit.ly/3LqYz4 - have reported that all bills in Congress mandate government funding of abortion in health care.
It is unfortunate that liberal politicians in Washington would use health care reform as a way to pay back their abortion industry supporters by creating two new federal agencies that would oversee mandated government funding of abortion. The only way to make sure abortion is not funded by government dollars through the health care legislation is to have an amendment specifically written into the legislation- something that 5 different committees in both the House and the Senate have rejected.
Hyde Amendment vs. Capps Amendment
Liberal Democrats and pro-abortion groups are using manipulative language to say that abortion will not be paid for under the healthcare legislation by hiding behind both the Hyde Amendment and the phony Capps Amendment.
The Hyde amendment does TWO things, no federal funding for abortion and no federal funding for coverage that includes abortion. The Capps amendment does the opposite. It uses federal funds for abortion in the public option and funds abortion coverage through affordability credits.
The current healthcare proposals completely bypass the Hyde Amendment, which only applies to funds that go through Health & Human Services Appropriations, specifically Medicaid. The argument is a moot one.
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