A Senate committee subsequently struck this pro-life prohibition from the bill. >>>
Thompson voted with the senate. The senated took out the pro-life language of the bill. Because of Fred Thompson and the rest of the Senate who voted to take out the pro- life language, Federal Employees don’t have to pay for thier abortions since their Federal health benefits would pay for it, thanks to the senate vote. Had the senate voted for the pro life portion of the bill, federal employees would have had to pay for their abortions out of pocket. Since it costs about $700 for an abortion, some lives could have been saved if the pro-life language remained in the bill.
Has the inevitable Fred-Hunter war started? LOL
Would it have been actually “binding” if it had allowed abortions in the case of the mother’s health, but not under any other circumstances? Or would it have been shot down after the fact due to the wording?
His record actually speaks for itself. He is obviously pro-life. I can’t imagine he would have done such a flip-flop if he thought the bill had a chance of surviving scrutiny the way it was originally written.