Posted on 12/19/2009 11:17:42 AM PST by Sub-Driver
National Organization for Women opposes Senate health bill By Michael O'Brien - 12/19/09 01:55 PM ET
A leading women's group called on senators on Saturday to defeat its healthcare reform bill.
The leader of the National Organization for Women (NOW) excoriated the language in the health bill curtailing federal support for insurance plan covering abortions, which was inserted to win the 60th vote of Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.).
"The so-called health care reform bill now before the Senate, with the addition of Majority Leader Harry Reid's Manager's Amendment, amounts to a health insurance bill for half the population and a sweeping anti-abortion law for the rest of us," NOW President Terry O'Neill said in a statement.
"We call on all senators who consider themselves friends of women's rights to reject the Manager's Amendment, and if it remains, to defeat this cruelly over-compromised legislation," O'Neill added.
The feminist group, founded in 1966, has been a longtime advocate of abortion rights, an issue that has been central to the healthcare debate in the House and the Senate.
The compromise to win Nelson's vote was included in the manager's amendment to the Senate bill, which was released by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) this morning. The compromise measure seeks to segregate federal funds from going to subsidize plans covering abortion.
By contrast, groups and lawmakers opposing abortion rights have blasted the Senate bill as falling well short of protecting against federal funding for abortion.
good. we need all the support we can get. when you’re drowning you don’t care who throws you a life preserver. you don’t care who’s driving the boat that rescues you. When we needed help in WW2 it didn’t matter that Stalin was in charge of Russia.
If NOW can help defeat the bill, by all means, welcome aboard.
Heh
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
Don’t worry about it, sweeties. Nelson’s been bought and paid for. All of the pro abortion language will be in the final bill.
Not to worry, ladies. This is just a first step. Had to be this way. You will get all the abortion you want down the road. These guys know the ropes and have everything under control.
This is just positioning for Hillary-bots.
All these Friends of Obama coming out now is a little too late. They have no love for our country and want the bill to pass as much as Congress and Obama and Soros do.
It is really stupid for them to come out now as they can’t do anything about it.
Dont believe a word of it
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