Posted on 03/04/2012 1:41:08 PM PST by NYer
At a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Secretary of HHS Kathleen Sebelius confirmed the fears of many pro-life advocates who worry that the recent HHS mandate requiring all insurance plans to cover contraception and sterilization, regardless of an employer’s moral objection, is just the beginning.
The same statutory authority of the Administration to mandate contraception could just as easily mandate abortion on demand. The Administration believes in essence that employers are not really paying for contraceptives or abortion since they would be cheaper than providing for prenatal care, childbirth or child care.
In an exchange with pro-life Congressman Tim Murphy (R-PA), Sebelius claimed, “The reduction in a number of pregnancies compensates for the cost of contraception.” To which Murphy responded, “So you’re saying by not having babies born, we’re going to save money on healthcare?” The exchange becomes just another example of the Obama Administration’s willingness to trample on basic rights of conscience in order to pay for the massive 2010 federal healthcare law and expand abortion.
As a means of cutting costs under Obamacare, the Secretary of HHS has the authority to mandate coverage of anything he or she adds to a “preventive services” list. The recent HHS edict was the result of contraception being added to that list. Because the list is fluid and left solely to the whim of the Administration, there is no statute preventing an abortion mandate.
Certainly abortion coverage is the next logical step. Even in its initial passage in 2010, Obamacare contained new streams of federal funding for abortion. The Obama Administration fought against pro-life amendments like the Stupak-Pitts Amendment to gut abortion funding from the bill. It has continued to fight against efforts to limit federal funds for abortion. The Obama Administration was willing to allow a government shutdown unless full federal funding for Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, was in place. It’s clear; the Administration would have no qualms about mandating coverage for abortion.
The Blunt Amendment, which sadly failed on a 51-48 vote today in the Senate, would have allowed employers to opt out of the mandated contraception coverage if it went against their convictions. However, it also would have protected pro-life employers from having to cover abortion on demand. Eyes are now on the House where a similar bill (H.R. 1179) sponsored by pro-life Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) is advancing to continue the fight for conscience rights. The bill already has 220 co-sponsors (more than half of the House), including members of both parties.
Pro-life advocates should contact their members of Congress and urge support for H.R. 1179 and conscience protections. Visit http://www.capwiz.com/nrlc/issues/bills/?bill=60964701.
Expect a China style one child policy to be in the making.
Tell that to the baby factories that are pouring across our borders.
What’s pathetic about this is that there are a lot of Republican lawmakers who concur and are all for eliminating certain populations.
By that logic, there being 50 million fewer babies because of abortion, since 1973, our health care system should be in just dandy condition.
And wreck Social Security and Medicare faster than expected.
And the truth comes out.
No, fewer Sebelius and old liberal ghouls will save us health care.
Baby are already healthy, Sebelius crank whores are not.
With that logic, there will be fewer Dems, the only benefit I can see.
Judge Greer had similar arguments for pulling the plug on good people who never commited a crime simply because they were “vegetative”.
I think Greer and all these ghoul “leaders” without life should have their tax plug pulled, rather.
An evil thought, from an evil mind, of an evil woman.
NS Jose
The Netherlands has jus adopted this neat new mobile euthanasia truck, how cool is that?
You can pull up to anyone’s house, you know someone who is a trouble maker, since you look like an ambulance no one will question it, Wala, problem solved.
Did Sebelius graduate from Georgetown?
“I would suggest viewing the documentary “Demographic Winter” for a better understanding as to why the liberals would think this way...”
Our Tea Party shows a movie once a month in different towns around our county. This would be a good one to show. Thank you for sharing. I watched the trailer.
www.demographicwinter.com
Is she saying that abortion promotes good health? I’m no expert, but that doesn’t make any sense.
This is one sick neo-nazi bitch. Shades of the 1930’s when killing Jews, gypsies, “subhumans” (i.e. Russians), and “degenerates”, the physically handicapped and mentally ill, was being made into a national policy.
You learned well from Mengele and Hitler.
Seig Heil Sebelius. Your swastika is on its way.
Statistically, the vast majority of Jewish voters self-identify as "pro-choice" and vote for "pro-choice" politicians.
So you're wrong about the "Judeo-" part.
My mother, who is now 95 years old had a heart attack at age 89. Total cost was $125,000; her copay was about $5,000; her annual premium was about $2,700. She says the last five years have been the best years of her life. She thinks the costs were well worth every penny, and so do I.
people are a liabilty to liberals. just more mouths to feed.
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