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To: indylindy

as far as I know, Community Health Centers do not perform abortion.


18 posted on 11/10/2010 8:16:47 AM PST by ChurtleDawg (voting only encourages them)
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To: ChurtleDawg

They probably just channel funds to abortionists.


21 posted on 11/10/2010 8:19:38 AM PST by dforest
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To: ChurtleDawg; indylindy; little jeremiah; wagglebee
as far as I know, Community Health Centers do not perform abortion.

From the article, Planned Parenthood’s Obamacare Grand Slam:

How much abortion funding?
 
Perhaps the largest pot of gold awaiting Planned Parenthood under Obamacare is the $7 billion that has been earmarked for the Community Health Centers program for primary health care, which specifically includes gynecological and obstetrics care. This money appears in the bill without restrictions on the use of the money for abortion.
 
It is not restricted by the Hyde Amendment, since the Hyde Amendment applies only to funds flowing through the annual Health and Human Services appropriations bill.
  
The bill also contains $5 billion for a temporary high-risk health insurance pool program, and $6 billion in grants and loans for health co-ops. These are directly appropriated funds with no abortion limitations.
 
The bill contains a provision under which private plans that cover elective abortion would qualify for a federal subsidy. Every enrollee would be required to pay an abortion surcharge, which would be used to pay for other people’s abortions.
 
And, of course, abortion coverage could be mandated if the Secretary of HHS simply places abortion on the list of “preventive” care services. In fact, the bill grants tremendous power to the Secretary of HHS and other federal entities to determine what will be covered under the health care program.
 
The Mikulski Amendment does not preclude abortion from being listed as a “preventive” service, in which case, coverage would be mandated. Mikulski refused to revise the amendment to exclude abortion.
 
In addition, pro-abortion legislators blocked the inclusion of language that would prevent penalties for health care providers who refuse to participate in abortions. The so-called conscience protections that do exist in the bill are extremely narrow.

25 posted on 11/10/2010 8:23:39 AM PST by markomalley (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus)
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