A Question for Bart Stupak
For the last several months Bart Stupak was the major impediment to the healthcare bill. He and his voting bloc held up healthcare reform from President Obama because of concerns over funding of abortions. It is currently federal law (Hyde amendment) that no direct federal tax dollars fund abortions.
According to pro-life politicians, ObamaCare provides for public funding of abortions.
Well, today President Obama took care of that. He has promised an executive order that states that no public dollars will be spent on abortions. With that, Stupak and his bloc agreed to ObamaCare.
It seems too easy. If that is all it took, why wasn’t this done months ago? Seriously. If Stupak et al. were willing to sign off on this with only a promise that President Obama will sign an executive order, then Stupak has not been credible. He held out, drew attention to himself, and arguably drove a larger divide among all Americans because he said he wouldn’t cave until a guarantee was had. There is no reason to think this could not have been had at Christmas.
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Tags: abortion, character, healthcare, Obama, Politics, Stupak, video
By Mark
on 22 March 2010 @ 5:28
You are correct in reference to Stupek. He wanted a deal. There is no way in this political climate that federal funding for abortions will happen.
I notice not ONE Republican voted for the bill. I know some Democrats voted for the Bush Tax Cut and the Medicare prescription bill. Let not forget the No Child Left Behind Bill that was championed by the last Administration. So Republican will hope for a repeat of 1994.