Wow: Dozens of Democrats lining up against ObamaCare over … abortion ?

Hot Air ^ | July 22, 2009 | ALLAHPUNDIT

[RobinMasters]

The Standard counts no fewer than 53 Dems on record as having problems with the House bill, but so lopsided is the blue majority that the GOP would need to peel off 40 of them to block it. That’s not going to happen on Obama’s signature policy initiative. Assuming their objections are economic in nature, Pelosi will simply shower the fencesitters with legislative goodies until enough of them are willing to choke down ObamaCare.

But what if their objections are based on something more profound than economics?

Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak said he is “optimistic” that his campaign to include explicit language condemning the use of federal funds for abortion in the House health care bill will pass the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The congressman from Michigan did however say on today’s “Washington Unplugged” that the House will likley not vote on the bill before their July 31st deadline.

[Lady Jag]

Freedom isn't free. It's work and we can do it.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Thanks.

[Czar]

Mark...

[Liz]

Thanks for the heads-up, Mrs D.

For those who don't already know:

What Obama amd Michelle "Believe" re Aborted Babies Born Alive
FR POSTED http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2253212/posts?page=6

In February 2004, US Senate candidate Barack Obama's wife, Michelle, sent a fund-raising letter with the "alarming news" that "right-wing politicians" had passed a law (prohibiting doctors from stabbing half-born babies in the neck with scissors, suctioning out their brains and crushing their skulls).

Michelle Obama called partial-birth abortion "a legitimate medical procedure. " She urged supporters to pay $150 to attend a fund-raising luncheon for her husband, who she promised would fight against "cynical ploy[s]" to stop it.

BACKGROUND Legislation was presented on the federal level and in various states called the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. It stated all live-born babies were guaranteed the same constitutional right to equal protection, whether or not they were wanted. BAIPA sailed through the U.S. Senate by unanimous vote. Even Sens. Clinton, Kennedy and Kerry agreed a mother's right to "choose" stopped at her baby's delivery. The bill also passed overwhelmingly in the House. NARAL went neutral on it. Abortion enthusiasts publicly agreed that fighting BAIPA would appear extreme. President Bush signed BAIPA into law in 2002.

But in Illinois, the state version of BAIPA repeatedly failed, thanks in large part to then-state Sen. Barack Obama. Obama worried aloud that legislation protecting live aborted babies might infringe on women's rights or abortionists' rights.

In 2003, as chairman of the next Senate committee to which BAIPA was sent, Obama stopped it from even getting a hearing, shelving it to die much like babies were still being shelved to die in Illinois hospitals and abortion clinics.

BAIPA passed in 2005.........after Obama left.

[Liz]

And if they say no to abortion, he will force them to have it.

[Marine_Uncle]

No apologies needed don-o. I may be wrong but I think more Demowits are starting to wake up to the fact, they could be voted out in 2010 and upward.
Zero and Pelosi are loose cannons. Even some younger folks I work with are starting to catch on to what has been happening, and they are not sure they like what they see. Be it the global warming issues, health care and taxes etc..
It's the whole socialist agenda that must be exposed to the masses. People once they see they are being used, and taxed for those that work, and those that have lost jobs are not going to be so quick to support the zero administration, and this socialist controlled congress.

[OneWingedShark]

>>Democrats literally hunger and thirst for the dead flesh of human babies. Pelosi will get the votes she needs if she has to start murdering opponents on the streets of DC.
>
>That is really helpful. /sarc

Dead people can’t vote ‘no.’ [/sarc][/cynic]

[OneWingedShark]

>This is shocking, I thought all the bastards hated the defenseless.

Why do they oppose deregulation of the firearm and ammunition markets then?

[OneWingedShark]

Thier plan is to get illegals all in here, give ‘em health care, and then unionize them into the Service Employees Union primarily, then gradually they will increase the number of people paying into SS.

That sounds like a good recipie for bloodshed.

[incredulous joe]

Democrats literally hunger and thirst for the dead flesh of human babies.”

There really is nothing else that I can think of to explain their motives ~ it seems to be what drives liberalism.

It’s a death cult.

[don-o]

You are the best!

[Lady Jag]

I know you are but what am i?

[devolve]

"I can't be responsible for every undercapitalized small business in America...."

- followed up by:

"Jul 22, 2004 ... "I can't go out and save every undercapitalized entrepreneur in America!"


-- Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton

[ Nationalized Healthcare ]

[Faith]

I don’t think all Dems are minions of Satan - naive, perhaps, but of course that’s what Satan loves. I’m glad at least some of them seem to be having a wake up call.

Either they are blissfully clueless (You mean I have to read this bill before I vote on it?) or they think that the citizens of this country are unbelievably stupid. This is the letter I received from my senator. How dumb does he think we are????

Dear Mrs. XXXXX:

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on upcoming health care reform legislation. I can understand your view that tax dollars should not be spent to fund abortion services. Please be assured, your tax dollars do not fund abortion services and it is against the law to use federal funds for this purpose.

After the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade, Congress enacted restrictions on the use of federal money for abortions. The so-called "Hyde Amendment" restricted the use of Medicaid funds for abortion services.

In 1970, Congress passed the Family Planning Services and Population Research Act. This act contained a section entitled Title X that provides grants to public and private nonprofit agencies that supply voluntary family planning services. The law stipulates that no clinic may be fully funded by Title X funds, nor may Title X funds be used to perform abortions.

There are no plans in the current Congress to overturn these laws nor to include coverage for abortion procedures in upcoming health care legislation. Thank you again for getting in touch with me.

Sincerely,

Sherrod Brown
United States Senator

[SunkenCiv]

thanks xtinct for the following, and thanks Mrs. Don-o for the ping:

House Blue Dogs flex new muscle on health care
Boston Herald | 7/23/09 | staff
Posted on 07/23/2009 11:35:58 AM PDT by xtinct
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2299386/posts

[Mrs. Don-o]

Last year alone, according to Planned Parenthood’s own annual report, it received nearly $350 million in revenue from government grants and contracts.

Perhaps you could write to Sherrod Brown and explain the concept of fungibility?

[potlatch]

 

 

[Faith]

Perhaps you could write to Sherrod Brown . . .

Absolutely! Already sent it.

[devolve]

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Excellent potlatch!

“I can access your bank account from the White House!”

— Barack Hussein Obama

[americanophile]

thanks!