CBN News reported today that the House of Representatives voted 251 to 175 yesterday to permanently ban federal funding of abortion. More than 60 percent of Americans have stated that they do not want their tax dollars used to pay for abortions.
The article reports:
""As a physician, a family physician who has practiced for 34 years, I can tell you that the taking of innocent life is not health care," Rep. John Fleming, R-La., said.
""And while abortion has been ruled legal by the Supreme Court, in no way does the ability to perform an act require taxpayer funding of the act, especially when it goes against most of their sacred beliefs," explained Rep. Renee Elmers, R-N.C.
"Private citizen Nancy Tanner joined the pro-life lawmakers to voice how much she regrets the abortion she thought would be a quick fix.
""No woman can go through an experience where they take the jar with your baby's body parts and dump it in front of you to count pieces, in front of your eyes," she said. "Makes you think that this is going to be a quick and easy fix.""
As expected, Democrats who support abortion attacked the bill. The article reports:
""This is about whether we should use the tax code as a moral club to impose the religious beliefs of a few members of Congress on the entire nation," Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., said.
""The right to choose is absolutely meaningless without access to choice. And HR-3 creates obstacles to access safe, legal, and constitutionally protected health care," argued Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y."
The pro-life Republicans reminded those Democrats that the law did not restrict abortion in any way--it just prohibited the use of taxpayer money to fund it.
This is a discussion that will continue. Some of the dialogue reported in the article:
"Democratic Iowa Rep. Bruce Braley even claimed, "There are no taxpayer dollars being used to pay for abortions. None. Zero."
"But Republicans countered that without a ban, the government itself estimates it would pay for.
""As many as 675,00 abortions each year," Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, said.
""And forcing taxpayers to pay for the indiscriminate killing of helpless little baby Americans is not good government," Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., said."
One question that comes to mind when you read the statement of Rep. Bruce Braley is, "If there are no taxpayer dollars being used to pay for abortions, why do you opposed this bill?" If what you are saying is true, the bill won't change anything.
I see little hope of this bill making it through the Senate and past the President, but the fact is that more than 60 percent of Americans oppose federal funding of abortion. Is our government going to respect the wishes of the American voter or the wishes of the abortion industry?
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