Steven Ertelt,LifeNews.com
The Obama administration released a Statement of Administration Policy today threatening to veto a bill the House plans to vote on that ensures no federal taxpayer funding for abortions under ObamaCare.
On September 9,2009,President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress and claimed about the Obamacare legislation:“And one more misunderstanding I want to clear up—under our plan,no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions,and federal conscience laws will remain in place.”
To hold him accountable to that pledge,the House of Representatives will vote Thursday on legislation that would stop abortion funding in the program. H.R. 358,Protect Life Act,makes it clear that no funds authorized or appropriated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA),including tax credits and cost-sharing reductions,may be used to pay for abortion or abortion coverage. It specifies that individual people or state or local governments must purchase a separate elective abortion rider or insurance coverage that includes elective abortion but only as long as that is done with private funds and not monies authorized by Obamacare.
But the new Obama administration statement says:“The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 358 because,as previously stated in the Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 3,the legislation intrudes on women’s reproductive freedom and access to health care and unnecessarily restricts the private insurance choices that women and their families have today.”
“Longstanding Federal policy prohibits Federal funds from being used for abortions,except in cases of rape or incest,or when the life of the woman would be endangered,” the new Obama administration statement says,referring to the Hyde Amendment,which does not apply to the Obamacare law.
Obama officials rely on the disproved argument that Obamacare,and a subsequent executive order Obama signed related to it,prohibit taxpayer funding of abortions under the law,even though pro-life groups almost unanimously say the bill and the order are not sufficient to stop abortion funding.
“The Affordable Care Act preserved this prohibition and included policies to ensure that Federal funding is segregated from any private dollars used to fund abortions for which Federal funding is prohibited,” the administration claims. “The President’s Executive Order 13535 reinforces that Federal funding cannot be used for abortions (except in cases of rape or incest,or when the life of the woman would be endangered) and ensures proper enforcement of this policy.”
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The Obama administration released a Statement of Administration Policy today threatening to veto a bill the House plans to vote on that ensures no federal taxpayer funding for abortions under ObamaCare.
On September 9,2009,President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress and claimed about the Obamacare legislation:“And one more misunderstanding I want to clear up—under our plan,no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions,and federal conscience laws will remain in place.”
To hold him accountable to that pledge,the House of Representatives will vote Thursday on legislation that would stop abortion funding in the program. H.R. 358,Protect Life Act,makes it clear that no funds authorized or appropriated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA),including tax credits and cost-sharing reductions,may be used to pay for abortion or abortion coverage. It specifies that individual people or state or local governments must purchase a separate elective abortion rider or insurance coverage that includes elective abortion but only as long as that is done with private funds and not monies authorized by Obamacare.
But the new Obama administration statement says:“The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 358 because,as previously stated in the Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 3,the legislation intrudes on women’s reproductive freedom and access to health care and unnecessarily restricts the private insurance choices that women and their families have today.”
“Longstanding Federal policy prohibits Federal funds from being used for abortions,except in cases of rape or incest,or when the life of the woman would be endangered,” the new Obama administration statement says,referring to the Hyde Amendment,which does not apply to the Obamacare law.
Obama officials rely on the disproved argument that Obamacare,and a subsequent executive order Obama signed related to it,prohibit taxpayer funding of abortions under the law,even though pro-life groups almost unanimously say the bill and the order are not sufficient to stop abortion funding.
“The Affordable Care Act preserved this prohibition and included policies to ensure that Federal funding is segregated from any private dollars used to fund abortions for which Federal funding is prohibited,” the administration claims. “The President’s Executive Order 13535 reinforces that Federal funding cannot be used for abortions (except in cases of rape or incest,or when the life of the woman would be endangered) and ensures proper enforcement of this policy.”
Read more.
An election for President and Commander in Chief of the Military must strive to be above reproach. Our public institutions must give the public confidence that a presidential candidate has complied with the election process that is prescribed by our Constitution and laws. It is only after a presidential candidate satisfies the rules of such a process that he/she can expect members of the public, regardless of their party affiliations, to give him/her the respect that the Office of President so much deserves.
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