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Bart Stupak: I got double-crossed on the contraception mandate
Hotair ^ | 03/13/2014 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 03/13/2014 12:10:00 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Consider this a quick follow-up to my earlier post on the National Journal “primer” on the HHS contraception mandate. A day or so ago, the one man who might have stopped ObamaCare at the final hour now says he got shafted. Bart Stupak had held out for statutory prohibitions on abortion funding through ObamaCare but settled instead for an ambiguous executive order — and saw his political career crash to an end. Now he’s unhappy because his fellow Democrats promised him they’d respect conscience objections:

Today, as a private citizen, I’m proud to stand with the Green and Hahn families and their corporations, Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood, in seeking to uphold our most cherished beliefs that we, as American citizens, should not be required to relinquish our conscience and moral convictions in order to implement the Affordable Care Act. …

[W]e received an ironclad commitment that our conscience would remain free and our principles would be honored. With our negotiations completed and our legislative intent established by the colloquy, we agreed to an executive order directing federal agencies to respect America’s longstanding prohibitions on government funding of abortion and most relevant here, to respect longstanding protections for individuals and organizations conscientiously opposed to participating in or facilitating abortions.

I was deeply concerned and objected to the HHS mandate that required all health plans to cover all FDA-approved contraceptives, including four drugs and devices that could terminate human life at its earliest stages by preventing an embryo’s implantation in the womb. The FDA’s own labeling statements, as well as other studies, indicate that drugs such as the 5-day-after pill (Ella), as well as intrauterine devices (IUDs), may operate this way. The Greens and the Hahns cannot, in good conscience, risk subsidizing actions that may take human life.

Democrats from Obama on down promised that people could keep their current plans, keep their preferred doctors, pay lower premiums, and have a website that works. Sorry to see former Rep. Stupak shocked, shocked about being betrayed, but that’s the way most of us felt about Rep. Stupak when he caved on his principles in the first place.

Also, how long does Stupak expect that EO to remain in effect after this? Just asking…


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; bartstupak; contraception; obamacare
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To: eCSMaster

He should change his name from Stupak to Stupid.


41 posted on 03/13/2014 12:44:45 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: SeekAndFind

And the American people got double-crossed six ways to Sunday.


42 posted on 03/13/2014 12:44:57 PM PDT by bamagirl1944 (That's short for Alabama, not Obama)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

He answers to either


43 posted on 03/13/2014 12:57:17 PM PDT by Cyman (We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
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To: SeekAndFind

You shouldn’t have been so stupid, Stupak.


44 posted on 03/13/2014 1:00:10 PM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: SeekAndFind

We got to get him hooked up with Sandra Fluke, match made in heaven.


45 posted on 03/13/2014 1:02:49 PM PDT by AU72
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Fart Buttpak.


46 posted on 03/13/2014 1:10:18 PM PDT by crz
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Or Skunkhead to us locals. Either one works.


47 posted on 03/13/2014 1:11:12 PM PDT by crz
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To: crz

:-) snicker


48 posted on 03/13/2014 1:15:32 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

He bees Stu’ing in his own juices while America gets Stu’ed in OblahMaoscare gruel.
Not Barticularly optimal is it.


49 posted on 03/13/2014 1:29:47 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

I was at a townhall, that he put on, where a couple of guys actually got up and addressed him as “Skunkhead” during this debacle. He went on his hissy fit about respect and all that and the whole place exploded yelling Eff U back at him. He bid a retreat and got to hell out fast.
I wish someone would have made a video it and placed in on You Tube. That was when across the whole nation nasty townhalls were being held-if you remember. This one got real nasty.


50 posted on 03/13/2014 1:41:38 PM PDT by crz
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To: mkboyce

And ya’ can’t fix Stupak.


51 posted on 03/13/2014 1:42:40 PM PDT by Bigg Red (1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
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To: crz

Thats hysterical. LOL!


52 posted on 03/13/2014 2:35:42 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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