{"id":4150,"date":"2010-03-09T07:32:33","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T07:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/03\/a-radical-change-on-abortion.html"},"modified":"2010-03-09T07:32:33","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T07:32:33","slug":"a-radical-change-on-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/03\/a-radical-change-on-abortion.html","title":{"rendered":"A radical change on abortion?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Associated Press takes a look at abortion and health care reform<\/a> this morning, and concludes that the legislation being considered would signal a change on abortion — but what that means is, evidently, debatable: <\/p>\n

\nPresident Barack Obama’s health care bill would change federal policy on abortion, but not open the spigot of taxpayer dollars that some abortion opponents fear.<\/p>\n

Abortion rights groups such as Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America say the House and Senate versions of the bill represent the biggest expansion of abortion restrictions in years, yet they’re not trying to defeat the measures. Instead, a bitter dispute among abortion opponents over which version is stricter could derail Obama’s quest to remake the health insurance system.<\/p>\n

Major anti-abortion groups such as the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Right to Life Committee say the Senate provisions expected to come before the House shortly are a backdoor taxpayer subsidy for abortion. Other abortion opponents disagree.<\/p>\n

“I actually think the Senate bill will more effectively prohibit federal funds from going to abortion,” said Stephen Schneck, director of the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies at Catholic University of America in Washington. “That legislation will actually reduce the demand for abortion in the United States.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Check out the rest, which also offers a Q & A about this issue. <\/a><\/p>\n

Meantime, The Anchoress<\/a> is putting things in context over at her place. <\/p>\n

The folks at FactCheck.org<\/a> have a look at what’s going on, too (though their analysis deals only with the House bill and appears not to have been updated since last year…) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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