This article sparked a letter to my congresswoman:
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.
If the amendment from Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) passes, said Richard Doerflinger, associate director of the bishops conference, "we become enthusiastic advocates for moving forward with health care reform."
The tenor of my remarks to Rep. Schakowsky was that I am violently opposed to another back-door attempt to take away women's right to choose, and that seeking the approval of an organization that not only strenuously opposes equal civil right for all Americans but aided and abetted child molesters for decades infuriates me. The Catholic bishops make a great show of touting their "morality" and their doctrine, but anyone who's been paying attention for the last few years knows exactly what that's worth.
Bullsquat. A big pile of it.
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It's almost unbelievable that thirty-six years after the Supreme Court decision this should still be being agitated. And for the Catholic Church to be making public pronouncements of any political kind at this point argues for their being stripped of their tax-exempt status. I guess being a "good Christian" means never being ashamed of your own hypocrisy.
Regrettably, churches as well as other non-profits are aloud to campaign on issues, just not on specific candidates. And abortion is still controversial.
What I object to is the back-door approach to gutting women's rights, but it's what's to be expected of the Republicans and DINOs in Congress. They know they won't get away with an outright attempt to repeal Roe v. Wade, but they keep carving away at it -- along with the SCOTUS majority, at present.
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