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Obama Continues His Flip-Flop On Abortion
By JOHN ROSSOMANDO, For The Bulletin
On Sept. 9, Barack Obama famously stood before Congress and said “no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions” and that federal conscience provisions would remain in place for health care providers.
In August, the president told faith leaders it was “untrue” and a “fabrication” that the pending House health care bill allowed federal money to be spent on abortions in spite of the 1976 Hyde amendment, which bars federal dollars from paying for abortions through Medicaid.
“You’ve heard that all of this is going to mean government funding of abortion. Not true,” Obama said. “These are all fabrications that have been put out there in order to discourage people from meeting what I consider to be a core ethical and moral obligation ─ and that is that we look out for one another, that I am my brother’s keeper.”
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs continued this line in the face of criticism from the nation’s Catholic bishops and other pro-lifers that the House health care bill allowed federal funding for abortion through the back door.
That was before the passage of the Stupak-Pitts amendment, which would prevent federal money from being used to pay for abortions except in cases of rape, incest or the life of the mother.
Now word is he wants the amendment, which passed the House overwhelmingly by a bipartisan 240-194 margin, stripped from the final version of the health care bill.
Apparently the amendment’s passage has caused him to show his radical true colors, which according to a 2007 speech he gave to Planned Parenthood view abortion as “essential care.”
Obama adviser David Axelrod told CNN last Sunday the Stupak-Pitts amendment changed the “status quo” on abortion and the president would not allow it to remain in the legislation, although he would not say if it would trigger a veto.
The president’s stance on abortion in the health care debate is only the latest example of where he has taken a position out of political expediency rather than conviction.
Barack Obama cannot be allowed to get away with his double-talk on abortion in the health care bill. Pro-lifers need to keep pressure on Congress as the bill moves forward.
In August, the president told faith leaders it was “untrue” and a “fabrication” that the pending House health care bill allowed federal money to be spent on abortions in spite of the 1976 Hyde amendment, which bars federal dollars from paying for abortions through Medicaid.
“You’ve heard that all of this is going to mean government funding of abortion. Not true,” Obama said. “These are all fabrications that have been put out there in order to discourage people from meeting what I consider to be a core ethical and moral obligation ─ and that is that we look out for one another, that I am my brother’s keeper.”
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs continued this line in the face of criticism from the nation’s Catholic bishops and other pro-lifers that the House health care bill allowed federal funding for abortion through the back door.
That was before the passage of the Stupak-Pitts amendment, which would prevent federal money from being used to pay for abortions except in cases of rape, incest or the life of the mother.
Now word is he wants the amendment, which passed the House overwhelmingly by a bipartisan 240-194 margin, stripped from the final version of the health care bill.
Apparently the amendment’s passage has caused him to show his radical true colors, which according to a 2007 speech he gave to Planned Parenthood view abortion as “essential care.”
Obama adviser David Axelrod told CNN last Sunday the Stupak-Pitts amendment changed the “status quo” on abortion and the president would not allow it to remain in the legislation, although he would not say if it would trigger a veto.
The president’s stance on abortion in the health care debate is only the latest example of where he has taken a position out of political expediency rather than conviction.
Barack Obama cannot be allowed to get away with his double-talk on abortion in the health care bill. Pro-lifers need to keep pressure on Congress as the bill moves forward.
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