Friday, November 13, 2009

The Health-Care Reform and Abortion: Not What You Thought

The social conservatives have been complaining for months that the healthcare bill might fund abortion while denying lifesaving treatment to the elderly, and other such nonsense. In the final bill, it turns out to be the exact opposite. The Stupak-Pitts Amendment is a major assault on Roe vs. Wade that threatens to limit private insurers from covering abortion, since these insurers will be tied into the new public healthcare system.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/10/stupak_pitts/index.html

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