Does the recent healthcare bill directly fund abortion with taxpayer money? Depends on whom you ask. Abortion-rights groups like Planned Parenthood call the claim a "myth" that's part of a broader "right-wing campaign against healthcare reform." Who do you believe? Comment below on this critical topic.
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Steve Humble
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Healthcare bill passed because of compromise with pro-lifers Obviously it has now been shown to be a lie that the House's version of the house bill did not include coverage for abortions. The big news this past weekend was that the National Right to Life Committee and anti-abortion Democrats won a compromise with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others to “remove” the provision to cover abortion in order to get the healthcare bill through the House. Now, that’s an example of the peril of single-issue politics: a willingness to open the door to all sorts of bad things for the sake of one issue—a very important issue, for certain, but the compromise most likely will be short-lived once the government-controls-all people get their healthcare bill through. In response to my Facebook comment on the compromise on Facebook, I received a response from one person who said that being single issue oriented is well-justified because “abortion is an incomparable evil.” I agree that abortion is an incomparable evil, at least compared to the other provisions of which I know of in the house-passed healthcare bill. However, the issue, as I see it, is that it is naive to think that you can compromise now and not pay later. Many of those who are committed to government controlled and/or government sponsored healthcare are also committed to a larger agenda. I think they were willing to take a step backward on their larger agenda because they believe that once they have government healthcare in place it will be even easier to press for full “healthcare rights”—including a woman’s so-called “right to choose” and then eventually the “right of the elderly and others to die (with some help in many cases) if they can’t live a quality life. These folks have not given up their agenda, but why not take a step back if you anticipate more easily taking steps forward later? The problem with single issue politics is the lack of a comprehensive view of the big picture. Too many of us pro-life people who are Christians can be quite naïve about those who have comprehensive agendas. While we are trying to stop one terrible evil and to turn culture back to the way it used to be, there are, in fact, others with agendas, and with power too, who have a worldview and an agenda to which they are fully committed—one that is antithetical to true life and true freedom. This perspective was confirmed on Monday when President Obama’s campaign promise, made to Planned Parenthood, to support the Freedom of Choice Act made the news again. That promise clearly has not been set aside; it’s only been delayed in order to make progress on the bigger agenda. |
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