Bart Stupak: Abortion Amendment Unlikely To Prevail In Senate

Detroit Free Press:

WASHINGTON -- Michigan's Bart Stupak, the Democratic congressman who set off a firestorm of controversy with an amendment restricting abortion coverage in the health care reform legislation, says he doesn't believe his proposal will survive in the Senate.

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Comments

[dylansfan]

08:56 AM on 12/08/2009

Stupak stu pid, that's all I can say. Get off that horse congressman, you've had your time in the headlines.

[joeprochoice]

08:36 AM on 12/08/2009

Has anyone seen the Inside Health Policy story...the insurance industry is saying that the Nelson amendment will ban abortion for women.

We can't let this stand. Here is the full story:
As abortion debate heads to Senate floor
Insurance Source Says Nelson-Hatch Amendment De Facto Ban On Medical Procedure

A key insurance industry source says the abortion amendment sponsored by Sens. Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) expected to be debated in the Senate Tuesday would act as a de facto ban on the medical procedure. Insurers would essentially stop offering coverage if the language were accepted, the source says.

The Nelson-Hatch amendment essentially mirrors the Stupak language passed by the House and would bar federal funding of abortion unless it is due to rape, incest or the life of the mother per the long-standing Hyde amendment.

...the industry source that while certain states sell so-called “rider” policies that cover abortion, which would be allowed under the Nelson-Hatch amendment, “nobody buys them.”

Meanwhile, both the National Right to Life Campaign and Planned Parenthood announced their intentions to “score” tomorrow's vote.

For NRLC, a yes vote “can only be construed as a position-defining vote in favor of establishing a federal government program that will directly fund abortion on demand, and a second federal program that will provide government subsidies to private insurance plans that cover abortion on demand,” according to the group.

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[champions1]

06:36 PM on 12/07/2009

As Mr Stupak would say.....We are Family i got all my sisters with me.....opps i mean the brothers with me............these are some sick people...face it America...we are OFF the grid