Sen.
Brownback (R-KS) explains
in Politico what is at stake for the pro-life movement in the health care
bill. Excerpt:
For over 30 years, the Hyde amendment has
prevented the expenditure of federal funds on abortion, which so many regard as
the taking of an innocent human life. Named after the late Henry Hyde, longtime
member of Congress from Illinois and pro-life hero, the Hyde amendment
established the principle that taxpayers should not be required to pay for
abortions, even if the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade had effectively
overturned 50 state laws to legalize the procedure across the nation.
Today, with the health care reform bill
emerging from the U.S. Senate, that principle is being thrown to the winds and,
with it, the hard-fought efforts of Henry Hyde and the pro-life movement to
maintain this basic protection for the unborn.