News From Nevada LIFE
December 20,
2009
Reid-Nelson
Language Unacceptable, Still Funds Abortion.
Vote Scheduled For Christmas Eve. Harry
Reid Is Giving Abortions For Christmas.
The health care
language agreed to between Harry Reid and “pro-life”
Senator Ben Nelson is totally unacceptable. It will
subsidize abortions throughout pregnancy for any
reason. States may opt out of coverage but will be
required to pass laws opting out of abortion coverage in
their states. It’s unclear if Nevada’s current
provisions barring state funding of abortions will
suffice. Even if Nevada were to pass such a law,
Nevadans will be paying for abortions in other states
and for people from other states to have abortions in
Nevada. It will lead to the most massive increase in
abortions since Roe v. Wade and will lead to a timely
bailout of Planned Parenthood and the abortion
industry. No wonder Harry Reid was named a Nevada
legislator of the year by Planned Parenthood.
A
final vote in the Senate is scheduled for Christmas Eve
when Americans will be giving and opening gifts to
celebrate the gift of a baby- the birth of Jesus
Christ. Meanwhile Senator Harry Reid has scheduled a
vote for his abortion laden health care reform bill for
Christmas Eve. Harry Reid is giving abortions for
Christmas.
Below is our
press release to the Nevada media regarding the Reid
health care bill and its abortion provisions.
Press
Release
Nelson-Reid Language Still Subsidizes Abortion
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 20, 2009
Contact
Don Nelson, Nevada LIFE, 775-530-0029
The following statement can
be attributed to Nevada LIFE President Don Nelson:
Nevada LIFE opposes the Reid health
care bill for its abortion funding provisions and rejects
the language Senator Ben Nelson has agreed to. The
language Nelson agreed to will fund abortion throughout
pregnancy for any reason at taxpayer expense by providing
subsidies to purchase insurance from insurance companies
that cover abortion. This explodes the “status quo” on
abortion and overturns the longstanding and widely
supported policy of not using federal government funds for
abortion. Federal subsidies will be provided to tens of
millions of people at taxpayer expense and lead to the
most massive increases in abortion since Roe. Reid’s
claim that his bill will save lives ignores the lives of
innocent unborn children who will be destroyed due to
Reid’s abortion funding bill.
States would be able to opt out
of abortion coverage, but it appears that they would
have to pass laws to do so. It’s not clear that
Nevada’s current provisions against taxpayer funding of
abortion would apply. No matter what Nevadans do,
Nevada taxpayers will be paying for abortions in other
states.
The Mikulski amendment passed by
the Senate on December 3 makes matters worse and
empowers the Secretary of Health and Human Services to
compel every health care provider in America to provide
abortion coverage. While it does not mandate that
abortion be covered, it allows the Department of Health
and Human Services to mandate every private health plan
in the country cover all abortions, merely by listing
abortion as a “preventive” service”. Mandatory abortion
coverage will depend on who is president and who he or
she appoints to be secretary of health and human
services.
There is much more wrong with the
bill, but Senator Reid alone is responsible for the
abortion provisions in the health care reform bill and
could easily have left abortion funding and subsidies
out. Reid could have just as easily included the
House's Stupak Amendment to prohibit government funding
and subsidies of abortion. Reid knew it takes 60 votes
to put abortion language in or take it out of the bill.
By including abortion language that will fund abortion
throughout pregnancy for any reason Reid made his choice
to give abortion advocates the advantage.
A final vote is
scheduled for Christmas Eve
when Americans will be giving and opening gifts to
celebrate the gift of a baby- the birth of Jesus
Christ. Meanwhile Senator Harry Reid has scheduled a
vote for his abortion laden health care reform bill for
Christmas Eve. Harry Reid is giving abortions for
Christmas.
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