If you needed another reason to support Congressman Boehner’s fight to repeal ObamaCare, here it is: the Obama Administration has approved a plan that would force taxpayers to subsidize abortions in Pennsylvania.
The National Right to Life Committee explains in a release today how the Administration “quietly approved a plan submitted by an appointee of Governor Edward Rendell (D) under which” a taxpayer-subsidized health care plan “will cover any abortion that is legal in Pennsylvania”:
“The section on abortion (see page 14) asserts that ‘elective abortions are not covered.’ However, that statement proves to be a red herring, because the operative language does not define ‘elective.’ Rather, the proposal specifies that the coverage ‘includes only abortions and contraceptives that satisfy the requirements of’ several specific statutes, the most pertinent of which is 18 Pa. C.S. § 3204, which says that an abortion is legal in Pennsylvania (consistent with Roe v. Wade) if a single physician believes that it is ‘necessary’ based on ‘all factors (physical, emotional, psychological, familial and the woman’s age) relevant to the well-being of the woman.’ Indeed, the cited statute provides only a single circumstance in which an abortion prior to 24 weeks is NOT permitted under the Pennsylvania statute: ‘No abortion which is sought solely because of the sex of the unborn child shall be deemed a necessary abortion.’
“As a result, ‘Under the Rendell-Sebelius plan, federal funds will subsidize coverage of abortion performed for any reason, except sex selection,’ said NRLC’s Johnson. ‘The Pennsylvania proposal conspicuously lacks language that would prevent funding of abortions performed as a method of birth control or for any other reason, except sex selection — and the Obama Administration has now approved this.’”
President Obama and Speaker Pelosi successfully thwarted an amendment to their government takeover of health care that would have prevented taxpayer dollars from being uses for abortions. At the same time, they convinced a group of “pro-life Democrats” to abandon their principles and back ObamaCare anyway, clearing the way for its passage by promising a presidential “executive order” that would “eliminate the need for such an amendment.”
But the promise turned out to be phony. Congressman Boehner says “the Obama administration hasn’t lifted a finger to implement the executive order.” And National Review’s Kathryn Jean Lopez says that when Boehner asked Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius about the executive order’s implementation…
“Sebelius eventually responded with a bit of a non-response response: She said the administration was working on guidance, no specifics. Boehner, I am told, subsequently raised similar questions with the president and got nowhere. Sebelius’s progress report on Obamacare last week mentioned nothing about it.”
This is yet another reason why Boehner is fighting to repeal this government takeover of health care and start over with common-sense reforms that will actually lower costs for families and small businesses.
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- Boehner Backs Efforts to Repeal ObamaCare, Start Over With Reforms That Lower Costs (6/30/10)
- ObamaCare a “Gigantic Burden Being Dumped on the Buckeye State” (6/28/10)
- Already Deep in Debt, ObamaCare Slaps Ohio Taxpayers With Another $1.45B (6/18/10)
- Boehner: The Problem Is ObamaCare, Not the Sales Pitch (6/8/10)
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