Reconciliation Won't Stop Abortion Funding

President Obama is working to get the House to pass the Senate health care bill with the stipulation that changes will be made to the bill under the process of budget reconciliation. The current Senate bill opens the door for taxpayer funding of abortion. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced in a press conference today that prohibiting the funding of abortion is not an option for the reconciliation process. According to thehill.com, Speaker Pelosi, referring to the issues of abortion funding and immigration, had this to say:

"PELOSI: Under the budget resolution you can only take up issues that are central to the budget. None of these issues..are dealt with in the budget.

"Neither of these issues is central to the bill. This is not an immigration bill, this is not an abortion bill. It is a bill that would provide
more healthcare for all Americans.

"QUESTION: Is that your message to your Democrats? That these issues are not central to the bill? Because they are in the Senate bill.

"PELOSI: They are not central to the budget. That's what I just said. In order to be part of the budget bill, it has to be central to the budget....It's a very strict rule."

So, can Speaker Pelosi deliver enough votes to pass the Senate health care bill? Representative Bart Stupak (Michigan), who has taken much abuse because he insisted on an amendment to the House bill to prohibit public funding of abortion, has indicated he will not accept the Senate wording concerning the funding of abortion. Please pray for this pro-life leader in the House. The pressure on him has been intense. May God give him strength to continue to stand against our country's paying for the destruction of its own babies.

May God have mercy on our nation.
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