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Gabrielle Cusumano on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 7:58:50 PM
“But now, to say that we’re going to encourage insurance companies that pay for the killing of unborn children, that somehow taxpayers want their dollars spent that way, again, I think is another tragedy,” said Rep. Trent Franks"
The Senate version of health care reform allows federal funds to go to insurance companies that pay for abortion. When asked if he thinks the House will approve this version of the bill or something similar in House legislation, a spokesman for House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said that the final outcome rests with pro-life Democrats.
“Everyone knows what Leader Boehner’s position is on protecting human life, and we don’t do the whipping for Majority Leader [Steny] Hoyer,” Michael Steel, Boehner’s press secretary, told CNSNews.com.
“The question is: Will pro-life Democrats support this version of the bill?” said Steel. “Will they pledge to oppose any health care bill that increases the number of abortions, particularly taxpayer-funded abortions?”
Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) called the Obama administration the “most pro-abortion administration” in the nation’s history.
“It’s a disgrace in my judgment that this administration has turned out to be the most pro-abortion administration in the history of the nation,” Franks told CNSNews.com. “I mean, Mr. Obama is becoming the abortion president.
“One of his first acts in office was to send taxpayer money, in the midst of an economic crisis, overseas. He sent this money to be able to facilitate the killing of children, and I just think it’s an astonishing disgrace,” Franks added.
“Now, that’s of course manifest in this amendment today,” said Franks, in reference to a health care bill amendment by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) to prohibit federal money going to insurers that provide abortions, but which was defeated by the Democrats in committee.
“The administration seems hell bent on the government taking over health care, which I think we could do almost no less damage if we outlaw it. It is a bad way to go in the first place,” Franks said.
“But now, to say that we’re going to encourage insurance companies that pay for the killing of unborn children,
that somehow taxpayers want their dollars spent that way, again, I think is another tragedy,” said Franks ...