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August 21st, 2009, 1:45 pm
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Obama: 'No taxpayer-funded abortions in health bill'
Pro-life group calls president dishonest on coverage of procedure
By Chelsea Schilling
© 2009 WorldNetDaily
In a conference call with his supporters Wednesday evening, President Obama accused critics of his health care"reform" of spreading falsehoods when they claim the plan would result in "government funding of abortions."
"You've heard that this is all going to mean government funding of abortion. Not true," he told at least 140,000 people. "These are all fabrications that have been put out there in order to discourage people from meeting what I consider to be a core ethical and moral obligation – and that is that we look out for one another, that I am my brother's keeper and I am my sister's keeper. And on the wealthiest nation on earth right now, we are neglecting to live up to that call."
Douglas Johnson, legislative director for theNational Right to Life Committee (http://www.nrlc.org/), or NRLC, said Obama brazenly misrepresented the abortion-related component of the health care legislation.
Johnson noted that according to the Capps-Waxman amendment passed by the House Energy and Commerce Commmitee on July 30, H.R. 3200 explicitly authorizes the government plan to cover all elective abortions.
(http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=107468#)
"Obama apparently seeks to hide behind a technical distinction between tax funds and government-collected premiums," Johnson said in a statement. "But these are merely two types of public funds, collected and spent by government agencies. The Obama-backed legislation makes it explicitly clear that no citizen would be allowed to enroll in the government plan unless he or she is willing to give the federal agency an extra amount calculated to cover the cost of all elective abortions – this would not be optional. The abortionists would bill the federal government and would be paid by the federal government. These are public funds, and this is government funding of abortion."
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=107468
Is it any wonder that 49% of Americans have lost confidence in Obama?
The Washington Post-ABC News survey found that less that half of Americans -- 49 percent -- say they believe the president will make the right decisions for the country. That's down from 60 percent at the 100-day mark of the Obama presidency.
Obama: 'No taxpayer-funded abortions in health bill'
Pro-life group calls president dishonest on coverage of procedure
By Chelsea Schilling
© 2009 WorldNetDaily
In a conference call with his supporters Wednesday evening, President Obama accused critics of his health care"reform" of spreading falsehoods when they claim the plan would result in "government funding of abortions."
"You've heard that this is all going to mean government funding of abortion. Not true," he told at least 140,000 people. "These are all fabrications that have been put out there in order to discourage people from meeting what I consider to be a core ethical and moral obligation – and that is that we look out for one another, that I am my brother's keeper and I am my sister's keeper. And on the wealthiest nation on earth right now, we are neglecting to live up to that call."
Douglas Johnson, legislative director for theNational Right to Life Committee (http://www.nrlc.org/), or NRLC, said Obama brazenly misrepresented the abortion-related component of the health care legislation.
Johnson noted that according to the Capps-Waxman amendment passed by the House Energy and Commerce Commmitee on July 30, H.R. 3200 explicitly authorizes the government plan to cover all elective abortions.
(http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=107468#)
"Obama apparently seeks to hide behind a technical distinction between tax funds and government-collected premiums," Johnson said in a statement. "But these are merely two types of public funds, collected and spent by government agencies. The Obama-backed legislation makes it explicitly clear that no citizen would be allowed to enroll in the government plan unless he or she is willing to give the federal agency an extra amount calculated to cover the cost of all elective abortions – this would not be optional. The abortionists would bill the federal government and would be paid by the federal government. These are public funds, and this is government funding of abortion."
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=107468
Is it any wonder that 49% of Americans have lost confidence in Obama?
The Washington Post-ABC News survey found that less that half of Americans -- 49 percent -- say they believe the president will make the right decisions for the country. That's down from 60 percent at the 100-day mark of the Obama presidency.