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Abortion in "Health Care Reform" --
A Grave Danger to the Pro-Life Cause

The Obama Administration, working with powerful Democratic leaders in Congress, is trying to use "health care reform" legislation to smuggle into law provisions that would put the federal government in the business of funding elective abortions, and in a big way.  Among other problems, the pending legislation would result in an insurance plan operated entirely by the federal government (the "public option") funding elective abortions directly, entirely with federal funds (which President Obama, in a political hoax, wants to label as "private" money), and would also subsidize private insurance plans that cover elective abortion.  To read a summary of the current legislative situation and to learn what you can do to help, click here.  
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: Letter to Senate condemning the abortion language in Senator Reid's health care bill -- November 20, 2009 (PDF file)

Public opinion on abortion in health care:  A summary of recent polls -- November 19, 2009

NRLC: Reid abortion language "completely unacceptable" -- November 18, 2009

NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson on C-SPAN Washington Journal -- November 13, 2009

MEDIA UPDATE: NRLC, media reports examine abortion issue as health care bill moves to Senate -- November 13, 2009

USCCB Factsheet: "What Does the Stupak Amendment Really Do?" -- November 12, 2009 (PDF file)

PolitiFact and NPR examine Stupak-Pitts amendment, Obama -- November 10, 2009

Obama Speaks, NRLC Responds on Stupak-Pitts Amendment -- November 9, 2009

NRLC:  House rejects pro-abortion smuggling effort -- November 7, 2009

The Stupak-Pitts Amendment: the official text of the NRLC-backed amendment to H.R. 3962, adopted by the U.S. House of Representatives on November 7, 2009 (PDF file)

NRLC letter to U.S. House regarding H.R. 3962 as amended -- November 7, 2009
To view or download the PDF version of the letter, click here.

NRLC letter to U.S. House of Representatives on the Stupak-Pitts Amendment to H.R. 3962 -- November 7, 2009
To view or download this letter in pdf, click here.

NRLC statement on Pelosi-Ellsworth money-laundering scam -- November 4, 2009

NRLC letter to U.S. House of Representatives: Vote for H.R. 3962 "rule" is a vote to establish new federal agency program that pays for elective abortion with federal funds -- November 2, 2009
To view or download the PDF version of the letter, click here.

Federal agency directly funds abortions under new Pelosi bill (H.R. 3962) -- October 29, 2009

AP cites abortion clash as NRLC warns House on public plan -- October 23, 2009

NRLC letter to U.S. House of Representatives opposing H.R. 3200 and the anticipated Rule blocking the pro-life Stupak-Pitts Amendment to the bill -- October 21, 2009
To view or download PDF version, click here.

To view or download a memorandum from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) confirming that all funds spent by the proposed federal "public plan" (or abortion or anything else) would be federal funds, click here. -- October 9, 2009 (PDF file)

NRLC: White House press secretary's remarks show White House still engaged in smuggling operation for government funding of abortion -- October 8, 2009
To view or download a pdf version of this press release, click here.

Key Points on Pro-Abortion Provisions in Obama-Backed Health Care Bills --  October 6, 2009  (PDF file)

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops say in letter to Congress "we will have no choice but to oppose the bill" unless fixed -- October 8, 2009

Press release: National Right to Life says new events in Congress further uncover pro-abortion agenda in health care bills -- September 30, 2009

To view a letter from 183 U.S. House members to Speaker Pelosi, in support of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment to H.R. 3200, click here. -- September 28, 2009
To view the lists of Democrats and Republicans who signed, click here.

NRLC rebuttal: PolitiFact adopts odd premises to dispute one NRLC statement about abortion in health bill, while approving of another NRLC statement -- September 22, 2009

NRLC UPDATE: "They say, we say" -- New NRLC rebuttals to
pro-abortion misinformation on health care bills -- September 18, 2009

NRLC: Baucus bill has abortion subsidies, dangerous Medicare provisions -- September 16, 2009

NRLC responds to Sebelius comments -- September 13, 2009

Obama perpetuates abortion funding myth in address -- September 9, 2009

NRLC Media Advisory: On government-funded abortion, Obama has duped the news media with head fakes and doubletalk -- September 8, 2009 (to view or download the PDF version, click here)

NRLC Memorandum: Regarding the use of federal funds (public funds) to pay directly for elective abortions and to pay for insurance plans that cover elective abortion under H.R. 3200 (rebutting the "private funds" myth) -- September 7, 2009  
To view or download PDF version, click here.

NRLC Memorandum:  Why the "Hyde Amendment" will not prevent government funding of abortion under H.R. 3200, the House Democratic leadership health care bill -- September 3, 2009   
To view or download PDF version, click here.

FactCheck.Org:  "Which Side is Fabricating on Abortion?"  The independent FactCheck.org has examined President Obama's August 19 claim that it is "not true" and "a fabrication" that his health plan will "mean government funding of abortion," and NRLC's challenge to the Obama claim.  Read the full FactCheck.org article here.

Obama Says "Government Funding of Abortion" is "Fabrication," But the White House-Backed House Bill Explicitly Authorizes It -- August 19, 2009

NRL News Update: Congress to Vote in September on Obama-Backed Health Bills that Would Greatly Expand Abortion -- August 6, 2009  To view or download PDF version, click here.

NRLC Factsheet: What do the "health care reform" bills backed by President Obama have to do with abortion? -- August 13, 2009 (PDF file)

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urges U.S. House members to oppose advancing H.R. 3200 unless pro-life amendments allowed -- August 11, 2009 (PDF file)

Associated Press analysis confirms: "Obama plan would allow coverage for abortion" -- August 5, 2009

Click here for the text of the pro-abortion "Capps Amendment," written by staff to Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Ca.), and offered by Rep. Lois Capps (D-Ca.), both of whom have 100 percent pro-abortion career records. This amendment to H.R. 3200 was adopted by Waxman's Energy and Commerce Committee on July 30, 2009, over the objections of the pro-life members of the committee. The amendment explicitly authorizes a new federal government insurance program (the "public option") to cover all elective abortions. The committee's majority rejected authentic pro-life amendments to the bill. -- July 30, 2009

NRLC warns House Energy & Commerce Committee: H.R. 3200 needs Stupak-Pitts amendments to remove abortion mandates and abortion subsidies -- July 29, 2009 (PDF file)

Nancy Pelosi Doubletalks on Abortion in Health Care -- July 26, 2009

To read the letter sent by NRLC to members of the U.S. House of Representatives on July 15, 2009, opposing H.R. 3200, the revised "reform" bill backed by the House Democratic leadership and the White House, click here. (PDF file)

NRLC release: Obama-backed health bills threaten biggest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade -- July 20, 2009

To view a three-minute video showing key Democrats on the House Education & Labor Committee arguing against removing abortion from the White House health care bill, click here.

Memo from NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson to "journalists and other interested persons" regarding "sweeping pro-abortion mandates in pending 'health care reform' legislation -- July 10, 2009

To read a letter sent by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) to other members of the U.S. House of Representatives, quoting Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and five pro-abortion groups regarding the abortion mandates they want in "health care reform," click here. -- July 9, 2009 (PDF file)

To read a detailed article that documents the commitments that Barack Obama made to Planned Parenthood to include pro-abortion mandates in "health care reform," and the grave dangers this poses to unborn children, click here.
For pdf version, click here.
 
Read what the head of the "Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice" (RCRC) says about using the pending "health care reform" legislation to expand access to abortion, click here.  (A list of the religious bodies that makes up the RCRC is here.)

To read a letter from 19 U.S. House Democrats to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in which the signers say they cannot support a health care bill unless it explicitly excludes abortion, click here -- June 25, 2009 (PDF file)

To view or down the Congressional Research Service memorandum, "Availability of Funds in the Health Insurance Exchange Trust Fund in Section 207 of H.R. 3200," August 28, 2009, click here.  (PDF document, one page)

To view or download the Congressional Research Service memorandum, "Availability of Funds in the Public Health Insurance Option Account in Section 222(b)(1) of H.R. 3200," August 31, 2009, click here.  (PDF document, one page)

To see the latest news updates and videos about pro-life issues in the congressional health care debate, go to http://stoptheabortionagenda.com/

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