Feminists Want Taxpayers to Pay for Abortions

When President Barack Obama, in his speech to Congress, said his health care bill will not insure illegal aliens, Rep. Joe Wilson called out "You lie." That was followed by a lot of sanctimonious statements from other Congressmen that reminded me of the Casablanca police chief saying he was "shocked, shocked" to learn that gambling was taking place in the saloon. The American people know that illegals are now getting free health care at emergency rooms, and that the Democrats defeated the amendment to require proof of legal residency in order to be covered by the health care bill.

The big surprise of Obama's speech was that nobody cried "You lie" when he said, "Under our plan no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions." Anyone who follows this issue knows that all Democratic health-care bills do cover abortion funding, and that the Hyde Amendment will not apply to the health care bill because it only prohibits federal taxpayer funding of abortions financed through Medicaid. Obama promised Planned Parenthood that [quote] "reproductive care is essential care. It is basic care, and so it is at the center, and at the heart of the plan that I propose."[close quote] Obama also stated, "We're going to set up a public plan that all persons and all women can access if they don't have health insurance. It'll be a plan that will provide all essential services, including reproductive services." Nobody disputes the fact that the term "reproductive services" includes elective abortions.

Obviously, the feminists in Congress knew Obama was lying when he said that no federal dollars will be used to pay for abortions. If they hadn't believed Obama was lying, the feminists from Nancy Pelosi to Barbara Boxer to Barbara Mikulski would have erupted in audible protest. No way will the feminists allow Obama's health care bill to exclude payment for abortions-on-demand.

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