Pro-Life Democrats Refuse to Yield on Abortion Funding

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

While the House version of health care reform seems to be proceeding according to schedule, nearly two dozen pro-life Democrats are maintaining their threat to use a procedural move to block a vote on the bill unless  members are permitted to vote on an amendment specifically prohibiting abortion funding in the bill.

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Mixed Signals from White House on Abortion in Health Care

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

The White House is planning to meet this week with a major pro-life leader about the problem of abortion coverage in health care reform, but at the same time, it is refusing to speak with a pro-life Congressman who claims to have enough votes to derail the House bill if abortion coverage is not specifically excluded.

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