Federal Funding for Abortions? 07/29/2010
Part of the "agreement" made to get the votes for passage of the health care bill was that federal dollars would not go to provide abortions. In fact, Pres. Obama even signed an executive order to that effect. Is anyone really surprised that they lied? If they were honest about not wanting federal dollars to cover abortion, it would have taken exactly one line in the already 2,000 page plus health care bill. -Federal dollars will be going to cover Pennsylvania's "high risk" pool (see government health care tab for more on how the federal health care bill works). Technically, "elective abortions" will not be covered. This means that: 1) "non-elective" abortions will be covered. Don't even get me started on that term. If a woman gets an abortion, she elected to do it. Nobody is holding her down forcing her. 2) those wanting elective abortions simply need a doctor's note saying there is some possible health benefit to getting the abortion. Let me give you a hint, go to Planned Parenthood. Getting this note is not going to be a problem. -Similar circumstances exist in New Mexico. As it has become clear that the executive order denying federal abortion dollars is a joke and will not be enforced, other states are following the Penn and NM example, and re-wording their coverage standards. On one last note, Planned Parenthood had been receiving state and federal support for years. While the money is earmarked for non-abortion use, let's get realistic. For example, an organization gets $50 in federal funding to help pay office bills. They can use that $50 for office bills. Fine. But they can now use $50 in personal donations that they would have had to use for office expenses to provide abortions. It's a simple fact of life. Just like when you provide money to St. Judes, a church, or other non-profit, you have to realize a certain percentage is going to be used for administration and further requests for donations. In fact, most non-profits include the % right in their appeal letters! Comments07/30/2010 12:50
It's all part of his health care czars philosophy.
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