{"id":6596,"date":"2009-08-23T09:54:03","date_gmt":"2009-08-23T09:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/08\/factcheckorg-tax-money-will-pa.html"},"modified":"2009-08-23T09:54:03","modified_gmt":"2009-08-23T09:54:03","slug":"factcheckorg-tax-money-will-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/08\/factcheckorg-tax-money-will-pa.html","title":{"rendered":"Factcheck.org: Tax money will pay for abortions under ObamaCare"},"content":{"rendered":"

So now that Factcheck.org said it<\/a>, will you believe it?<\/p>\n

The House leadership’s bill (H.R. 3200) actually made no mention of abortion when it was introduced. Johnson refers to an amendment to the bill adopted by the House Energy and Commerce Committee July 30. Abortion rights proponents characterize it as a compromise, but it hasn’t satisfied the anti-abortion side. Offered by Democratic Rep. Lois Capps of California, the amendment was approved narrowly by the committee, 30 – 28, with most but not all Democrats voting in favor and no Republicans backing it. The Capps amendment states that some abortions “shall” be covered by the “public option” plan, specifically those types of abortions that Congress allows to be covered under Medicaid, under the so-called “Hyde Amendment,” which has been attached regularly to appropriations bills for many years. These are abortions performed in cases or rape or incest, or to save the life of the mother.
\nAs for other types of abortions, the Capps amendment leaves it to the secretary of Health and Human Services to decide whether or not they will be covered<\/strong>. It says, “Nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing the public health insurance option from providing” abortion services that would not be legal for Medicaid coverage. Says the NRLC’s Johnson: “The Capps Amendment MANDATES that the public plan cover any Medicaid-fundable abortions, and AUTHORIZES the secretary to cover all other abortions. … [F]rom day one, she [Secretary Kathleen Sebelius] is authorized to pay for them all. And, she will.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So will the Secretary do so? Of course she will. Obama promised this to his pro-abortion supporters:<\/p>\n

Obama, July 17, 2007: 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 will be a plan that will provide all essential services, including reproductive services, as well as mental health services and disease management services, because part of our interest is to make sure that we’re putting more money into preventive care.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The plan also would subsidize premiums to private healthcare insurance that covers abortions.
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