Posted on 08/31/2009 12:27:03 PM PDT by presidio9
Since launching three weeks ago, the White House Reality Check website on healthcare reform has been updated several times to debunk a growing number of alleged myths about the Democrats' plan.
But the site is still silent on conservatives' charge that the plan will use taxpayer money to cover abortions. It's a stunning omission, given how much the government-funded abortion allegation has dominated this month's congressional town hall meetings on healthcare reform—and given that President Obama himself has called the charge a myth. "You've heard that this is all going to mean government funding of abortion," he said recently. "Not true."
Why does the White House site ignore such a big elephant in the room? I can think of two possible reasons.
The first is obvious: The abortion-in-healthcare-reform debate is one the administration would rather avoid, lest it consume the entire debate over reform. The other is that the White House sees the abortion-in-healthcare question very much as an open one and is still weighing options on exactly how government-controlled healthcare ought to treat abortion.
And that's saying something.
Since this is on the White House site (no?) then taxpayers are paying to promote this pending legislation (no?).
Even the Clintons advertised Hillarycare on tv with private donations.
1. Yes it will fund abortion.
2. We will not defeat this bill by focusing on abortion.
We can barely get the general public roused up over partial birth abortion. Obama has reversed every presidental order prohibiting govt. funding of abortion, and the public reaction has been...yawn.
I’m pro-life, but we won’t stop this bill by focusing on abortion. As much as I hate to say it, most Americans just don’t care.
If they want me to believe that abortions will not be covered then the legislation needs to explicitly state this.
Without it written into the law, a panel can subsequently “find” coverage in the bill.
Prohibiting it in the legislation would require another bit of legislation to pass the house and senate that explicitly funds it.
He denies it is covered. Expose the lies and people know what they are dealing with, a liar. It is then up to them to determine WHEN and WHERE else he may be lying about what the bill does.
why is there so much Obamas healthcare, Obamas stimulas check, Obamas funding for education....thats tax money not obama’s money. why should we fund Obama?
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The problem I see in a few cases it is a real medical situation as opposed to an elective procedure for no real medical reason. This is a big problem and I would suspect that is why they are silent about it as it will cause unrest and argument from both sides of the issue.
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