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Anti-abortion Democrats were given a false promise from the House leader that the government health reform bill would not fund abortions unless the pregnancy was due to rape or incest and in cases when the womens life was in danger. The Huffington post reported that this amendment to the bill was a big win for U.S. Catholic Bishops. I wonder if we truly ‘won’ anything at all Considering that as Catholics we value each life in pregnancies equally, and this Bill considers one life (the mother) to be of greater importance than the fetus. If this was not enough for the Catholic Bishops to take pause in declaring a victory, Fox News reported that this amendment may not make it past the upcoming negotiations between the House and Senate if the Senate can pass their own health care bill. When you read the article below, take note that Rep. Henry Waxman, D-California is the Chairman of United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which has broad influence with everything that occurs in the House of Representatives. Although closer than ever before to stop public funding of abortions, this should be seen as a small victory as it still needs to be negotiated out between the Senate and the House. The final bill that will be presented to both is a long way and Planned Parenthood is already stating that by passing this amendment it is punishing women who get pregnant. Excerpt of the Fox news report is below.

Republicans Question Abortion Agreement in Effort to Stop Health Care Momentum Nov 07, 2009 4:36 PM EST

House Minority Leader John Boehner, who has vowed to do all he can to derail President Obama’s health care overhaul, sought on Saturday to cast suspicion on an abortion agreement that helped secure the support of several moderate Democrats. The agreement, reached late Friday, allowed Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., and other abortion opponents to insert tougher abortion restrictions into the legislation during debate on the House floor. But Boehner accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of secretly promising Democratic supporters of abortion rights that the restrictions that would strengthen a ban on federal funding to end pregnancies would not make it into the final version of the health care bill. Boehner made the move in part to give pause to Democratic opponents of abortion whose votes are needed to pass the legislation. Boehner asked Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., whether he could guarantee the restrictions would remain in the bill. Waxman said he could not make that guarantee because it would be up to the Senate and House negotiators if the legislation advanced that far.

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