National Right to Life, NRTL, bullied the House Republicans in November to vote for Stupak. As a result, HC passed the House. Without NRTL the House would have fought over HC till Christmas.
The NRTL organization, more than anyone else, is responsible for this whole mess, and they will have lakes of baby blood at their feet over the decades.
NRTL is a detestable, disgusting organization, on the level of Planned Parenthood.
The bill that was passed in November never passed the Senate and isn't really relevant, IMO.
The continuing attempt to lay this disaster at the feet of the Catholic church is really rather strange. The Church can't even tell its own members how to vote without raising the "separation of church and state! Papist takeover!" hue and cry, and now they're supposed to stop a bill from going through Congress?
I'll tell you who I blame for this disaster: the American voter.