Health Care Reform--What Happens Next?

In order for a bill to become a law, both chambers of Congress must pass the identical legislation. The House and Senate versions of health care legislation are markedly different, especially on the issue of abortion funding. Unless the House passes the Senate version, a conference committee will be formed to smooth out the differences. A conference committee traditionally includes the senior members of the standing committees (House and Senate) that worked on the legislation. If this tradition is followed, the health care reform conference committee will consist of abortion advocates. With the pressure from these pro-abortion lawmakers, coupled with the pressure from our pro-abortion President, Representative Bart Stupak (Michigan), who demanded a prohibition on public funding of elective abortion in the House legislation, is on the hot seat. Stupak told CNS News that top Congressional Democrats and the White House have asked him to be quiet on the issue until they have a chance to try to "sell him" the language of the Reid-Nelson Senate compromise on abortion funding. Stupak responded, “Well, I don't need anyone to sell me the language. I can read it. I've seen it. I've worked with it. I know what it says. I don't need to have a conference with the White House. I have the legislation in front of me here." Stupak added, “We're getting a lot of pressure not to say anything, to try to compromise this principle or belief. That’s just not us. We're not going to do that. Members who voted for the Stupak language in the House – especially the Democrats, 64 Democrats that voted for it – feel very strongly about it. It’s been part of who we are, part of our make up. It’s the principal belief that we have. We are not just going to abandon it in the name of health care." Please pray for Representative Stupak and the pro-life Democrats who agree with him in opposing government funding of elective abortion. Senator Ben Nelson (Nebraska), who had consistently supported the unborn, caved in to pressure and compromised on abortion funding. Please pray that Representative Stupak and those representatives who agree with him will continue to abide by their convictions that our government should not fund abortion.

May God have mercy on our nation.
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