Sunday, November 15, 2009

Top Obama Advisor Says President Will Have Abortion Funding Ban Removed from Bill

As if the Patriot's loss to the Colt's didn't give Sadie more than enough reason to frown, I opened my computer, nearly asleep myself after she drifted off and saw this article:
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) --"Top Obama advisor David Axelrod on Sunday confirmed what pro-life advocates already suspected would happen. He said President Barack Obama will work with congressional Democrats to remove the abortion funding ban the House approved in its version of the government-run health care bill.

Axelrod says that, because the Stupak amendment allegedly goes beyond the status quo under the Hyde amendment (which bans abortion funding under Medicaid), Obama will make sure the amendment is yanked during the conference committee.

That's the part of the legislative process that will occur if and when the Senate approves its own health care bill, which will likely start debate with abortion funding.

"The president has said repeatedly, and he said in his speech to Congress, that he doesn't believe that this bill should change the status quo as it relates to the issue of abortion," Axelrod said today on CNN's State of the Union program.

"This shouldn't be a debate about abortion. And he's going to work with Senate and the House to try and ensure that at the end of the day, the status quo is not changed," he added. "I believe that there are discussions ongoing to how to adjust it accordingly."

Axelrod said that an agreement with ruling Democrats in Congress to remove the ban on taxpayer funding of abortions "can and will be worked through before it reaches his desk."

Axelrod's comments come after Obama's own remarks which made it appear he would favor removing or weakening the Stupak amendment."

Read full story here.
This just goes to show that even when it seems as though we're gaining ground, we can't stop fighting for a moment. There is truly great evil in this world and it is intent on normalizing the idea that killing one's own children is absolutely acceptable. And they'd like to make sure that we all take part in the slaughter when we pay our taxes (it already happens in California, I know that for sure... I can't say about other states).

3 comments:

  1. Yeps, the pro-Life fight must continue. I refuse to comply to abortions knowingly :)

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  2. It's so frustrating, because I know so many people who are against abortion who just refuse to recognize that Obama is Pro-Choice. And every time he says some little lie about how "abortion won't be federally funded" they gobble it up and say "see, he says it won't be!" I keep hoping if I keep posting it'll help some people to see the truth behind what he believes, who might not have otherwise.

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  3. Exactly, it's frustrating w me too, people just refuse to see the light.

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