Ok, but what happens when the amendment is voted down? Do these pro-life Democrats then vote for the bill anyway feeling their duty to their pro-life principles has been filled?
House Democratic leaders agreed Friday night to settle an impasse over abortion by letting the entire House vote on a proposed solution, a risky decision that could determine the fate of their trillion-dollar overhaul of the nation’s health care system.
Under the agreement, anti-abortion Democrats will be permitted to offer an amendment on the House floor to the health-care overhaul bill. The amendment would prohibit a new government-run insurance plan created by the health-care bill from offering to cover abortion services, congressional sources said. It would also block people who received federal subsidies for the purchase of health insurance from buying policies that offered coverage for abortions.
The deal clears the way for the dozens of Democratic lawmakers who oppose abortion to lend their support to the health care package, the most dramatic expansion of health coverage in more than 40 years. It also satisfies the demands of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which had threatened to oppose the House bill.
Another issue with abortion in this “health care reform” few are considering is the fact that, once this bill is in place, Americans would only be able to purchase government-approved health care plans through a government-run health care exchange. What’s to stop the government from requiring that some or all of the plans available cover abortion?
This is the problem with allowing the government to run or even just manage something like health care coverage. It limits choice, and people tend to resent that sort of thing.
Not that arrogant political leaders like Nancy Pelosi care. They know what’s best for you, so you’d best just shut up and fall in line.
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