In
the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Friday, an amendment mandating
abortion funding in the health care overhaul was passed and an amendment prohibiting
taxpayer funding of abortion was defeated.
LifeNews and RedState
report. Also, Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) decried
the votes in a press release.
Excerpt:
Last night's vote demonstrates just how far
Democrats are willing to go to force taxpayers to fund abortion. A week ago, the Democrat-controlled Congress
voted down my proposal to block federal funding for the nation's largest
abortion provider, Planned Parenthood.
Now Chairman Waxman has employed a procedural gimmick to defeat an
amendment that would have prevented federal funding of abortion under the
Democrats' health care plan. This same
amendment had been approved earlier in the evening by the Chairman's very own
committee.
An overwhelming majority of Americans,
including advocates of abortion, oppose using taxpayer dollars to fund
abortion. Across the country American
families are rejecting the Democrats' plan for a government takeover of health care. The recent action taken by Democrats on the
Energy and Commerce Committee will give Americans no comfort as this debate
moves forward.