{"id":248,"date":"2009-12-29T12:55:24","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T12:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lynnvsekulow\/2009\/12\/abortion-when-will-you-ever-be.html"},"modified":"2009-12-29T12:55:24","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T12:55:24","slug":"abortion-when-will-you-ever-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lynnvsekulow\/2009\/12\/abortion-when-will-you-ever-be.html","title":{"rendered":"Abortion: When will you ever be satisfied?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jay, <\/p>\n

Will your side ever be happy? <\/p>\n

Here, Sen. Ben Nelson has dramatically expanded anti-choice legislation<\/a> – to the disappointment of pro-choice advocates – and yet, you are still complaining. <\/p>\n

As Cecile B. Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America stated<\/a>, <\/p>\n

“”The Nelson language is essentially an abortion rider…. There is no sound policy reason to require women to pay separately for their abortion coverage other than to try to shame them and draw attention to the abortion coverage.<\/p>\n

“After the passage of the Stupak amendment in the House,” she continued, “we heard loud and clear from women across the country that they will not stand for the undermining of their rights and their access to benefits. This Nelson abortion check provision will no doubt create the same outrage, as women learn that they are being made second-class citizens when it comes to health care coverage.” <\/p>\n


\nRichards has made a very valid point. I see why the Nelson language is
\nso upsetting to pro-choice advocates. But I have no clue why
\nanti-choicers are all up in arms over this.<\/p>\n

If it had been up to Planned Parenthood or the National Organization
\nfor Women (NOW), the health care bill would never have been used as a
\nplatform to discuss abortion. It was the anti-choice proponents that
\nwanted to make health care reform about abortion, and they’ve gotten
\njust what they wanted in both the House and Senate versions of the
\nbill. Yet, they are still unhappy. <\/p>\n

National Right to Life<\/a> and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops<\/a> say they will not support the Senate version of the bill. <\/p>\n

“In all the areas of our moral concern,” the bishops said, “the Senate
\nhealth care reform bill is deficient,” On the issue of respect for
\nunborn human life, the bill not only falls short of the House’s
\nstandard but violates longstanding precedent in all other federal
\nhealth programs. <\/p>\n

This is incomprehensible. Even in the Senate version of the bill,
\ninsurance funding for abortion is being curtailed well beyond what it
\nhas ever been before. This should be a “victory” for you (although a
\nsad day for womens’ rights). What is it going to take for you, and
\nother anti-choicers, to finally be satisfied?<\/p>\n

We’ll see where all this goes in 2010. <\/p>\n

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