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Setback Today but the Fight is Not Over

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It’s important to remember that this fight is not over but sadly as expected the amendments to restrict public funding of abortion and conscience protection failed today in the Senate Finance Committee.  There are more options in the Senate and pro lifers there plan to keep up this fight.  On the House side, earlier this week 183 Members of Congress sent a bipartisan letter to Speaker Pelosi asking for a vote the Stupak-Pitts amendments. 

Great coverage here by Steven Ertelt at LifeNews.  http://www.lifenews.com/nat5521.html

“The Hatch nondiscrimination amendment failed by a vote of 13-10 with pro-abortion Sen. Olympia Snow, a Maine Republican, siding with Democrats on the panel to oppose the measure.

Sen. Kent Conrad, a North Dakota Democrat, joined Republicans in supporting the amendment.”

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183 Members of Congress Sign Letter to Speaker Pelosi Urging Abortion Vote

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183 Democrat and Republican Members of Congress signed a letter urging Speaker Pelosi to allow a vote on the pro-life amendment to be offered by Reps. Stupak and Pitts. The New York Times ran a story outlining the importance of the abortion issue in House consideration of health care reform. We thought you might be interested in the letter found here.

“Proposed healthcare reform legislation, H.R. 3200, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, radically departs from the current federal government policy of not paying for elective abortion or subsidizing plans that cover abortion. None of the bill reported out of the three committees of jurisdiction have addressed our serious concerns about public funding of abortion.”

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Catholic Alert! Call 3 Senators and Tell Them to Vote YES on Hatch/Enzi Amendments to Health Care Bill

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We are still hearing from Hill sources that today is the vote in the Senate Finance Committee on Senators Hatch (R-UT) and Enzi’s (R-WY)  protect life Amendments to Senator Baucus’ (D-MT) anti-Catholic health care legislation.  The legislation in its current form undermines Catholic teaching in its promotion of assisted suicide, its funding of abortion, and leaves open the likely possibility that a Doctor, Nurse or other Catholic/prolife medical professional would, by law, have to provide abortion services.  While we encourage calls and emails into all members of the Senate Finance Committee, St. Michael understands people are busy.  So, in the least please contact Senators Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Kent Conrad (D-ND) and tell them to vote YES on the Hatch and Enzi Amendments telling them that assisted suicide and government funding of abortion should not be in any health care bill.

Senator Blance Lincoln (D-AR) -  202-224-4843 email:  http://lincoln.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm 

Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) - (202) 224-2043 https://conrad.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm

Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) - (202) 224-5344
 http://snowe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorSnowe.Email

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