Posted on 01/25/2015 7:23:04 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Even though pro-lifers were criticized for saying that "Obamacare" funds abortion, some liberals, including House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, are now complaining about Obamacare abortion funding that the U.S. House voted to remove Thursday.
The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, which passed 242-179, would require that insurance plans that receive government funding no longer cover elective abortions.
In reaction, some liberals have argued that the bill would increase taxes on small business. "Republicans Include Tax Hike In Latest Abortion Bill," announced the headline of a Huffington Post article by Jennifer Bendery.
But arguing that it is a tax increase is an implicit admission that Obamacare, also called the Affordable Care Act, actually does provide funding for abortions, something that many liberals have been reluctant to concede.
"The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act would deny small businesses a tax credit they currently receive through what's known as the SHOP exchange, a part of the Affordable Care Act, if they include abortion care in their health plans," she wrote.
The notion that the bill increases taxes will likely become a Democratic talking point as the debate moves to the Senate. House Minority Leader Pelosi, D-California, shared Bendery's article in a blog post on her website. The article was first shared with me in the form of a press release from a public relations firm, and the same argument can be found in several liberal websites (here and here, for instance).
The complaint that the bill increases taxes is a red herring to begin with. The bill is designed to force companies receiving the credit to remove their abortion coverage. If the legislation were to become law, those companies would not get a tax increase, they would change their coverage so they could continue to get the credit. If those companies wanted to continue to pay for their employees abortions, they could continue to do so, they would just have to set up a separate account that is not paid for with the government funds.
Obamacare was never supposed to fund abortions. President Barack Obama struck a deal with pro-life Democrats in order to get enough votes to pass the legislation. In exchange for their votes, he signed an executive order saying that none of the law's funding would pay for abortions.
Much of the criticism over Obamacare's abortion funding has been related to the state-level exchanges where individual's can purchase insurance, rather than the credit for small businesses. The Charlotte Lozier Institute and Family Research Council set up a website, ObamacareAbortion.com, to provide information about which health plans on the exchanges cover abortion. Not only are government subsidies paying for some of these health insurance plans, but due to the lack of transparency, pro-life customers are having difficulty finding which plans do not cover abortion.
By highlighting the small business tax credit, however, Pelosi, Bendery and other liberals have (perhaps unwittingly) exposed yet another way that Obamacare funds abortions.
OBAMA LIES. That’s all we have to know.
He signed an executive action stating that the Affordable Care Act will NOT fund abortions in order for it to get support from opposing Democrats.
See the executive order here:
Then, after the ACA was passed, we get this:
http://www.operationrescue.org/archives/obama-violates-own-executive-order-funds-abortions/
TITLE: Obama Violates Own Executive Order, Funds Abortions
From “You can keep your healthcare if you like it” to his “evolution” on gay marriage, You CANNOT TRUST anything he says.
Where’s Stupak? Or whatever the fraud’s name is.
What’s wrong with Boner in the accompanying photo. .. he looks like he put brown shoe polish all over his face.
I’m not really closely studying this but I’m happy that Reps are stopping the funding. I’d rather have this than the 20 week ban because making me pay for abortions is making me complicit.
Pelosi’s Syriana Versus Boehner’s Bibi Invitation
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3250472/posts
RE: Where’s Stupak? Or whatever the fraud’s name is.
Bart Stupak chose not to seek re-election in 2010. He knew he wasn’t going to win after what he did to sell out his so-called principles.
He departed Congress in January 2011, and was succeeded by Dan Benishek, a Republican from the Upper Peninsula. Stupak is now a lobbyist with Venable LLP.
Nancy Pelosi, being a proud, “practicing” “Catholic” has no problem with 0bamakill funding abortions. Honestly, how do good Catholics bear to be present with her at a Mass?
Pelosi reminds me of the wicked witch in Wizard of Oz...
Loves to butcher the unborn babies. I am sure the demons in hell are warming up a special place just for her....
As a result of Stupak, no other organization can claim as big an effort, and as big a success in forcing ALL Americans to help pay for abortions as can The National Right to Life, NRTL.
They were the organization who blackmailed the House Republicans into voting in favor of ObamaCare on that final, crucial vote. The Republicans were treated no better than a used up whore.
No other organization had as much clout as did NRTL, and no other organization blackmailed the House Republicans on such a wholesale level.
Without NRTL we wouldn’t have ObamaCare, or taxpayers forced to pay for abortions.
NRTL, evil, or just stupid?
I’ve already decided which it is, what’s your decision?
Apparently you don’t have to have very much to blackmail the republicans. Obamacare would be gone if they’d done what they promised to do in 2010 and defunded it.
But I agree, lots of people are responsible for the demise of this country and the killing of innocent babies. And that includes every voter who votes for a pro-choicer.
Yeah, I know where he is. I was just hoping someone would find the fraud and ask him about this. Brietbart could do it. Fox sure as hell won’t. Not with their number one reporterette being prochoice.
Most Freepers have long forgotten, but it was a big deal at the time. Rush spent a lot of time on it, warning everyone it was a move designed to fake the foolish.
Without the NRTL blackmail operation using Stupaks amendment as cover ObamaCare would have failed to pass.
NTRL, evil, or just fools?
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