RSSSneaking Abortion Funding Into Every Bill
Warner Todd Huston | February 19, 2009
-By Warner Todd Huston
For some thirty years Congress has built into bills a legislative device called a “pro-life rider.” These riders prevent public funding for abortion from being slipped into bills under the radar. These riders have wide bi-partisan support having resisted elimination since the 1970s.
But, now these riders are coming under threat by the new Obama administration and his pro-abortion Democratic Party cohorts. A bi-partisan group of House members, however, seek to quash the effort by Obama and his followers to reverse a thirty-year tradition, one that conforms to the majority opinion of the American electorate.
Heath Shuler (D-NC), Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and nearly 100 of their fellow House members have signed a letter urging the House majority leaders to retain pro-life riders into the coming session and beyond. (see text of letter here, .pdf file format)
Jay Sekulow over at the American Center for Law and Justice posted an entry about this letter and reports that the ACLJ has taken an in-depth look at the 15 pro-life riders that were approved by Congress in 2008. (view their report here also in .pdf format)
Sekulow said:
Our position is very clear: With a pro-abortion Congress and White House in place, the conscience rights of the American taxpayer and the American health care professional are at stake. Pro-life riders that prohibit federal funds from being used for abortions and that provide conscience protections for health care personnel must be retained in upcoming appropriations legislation. Otherwise, the federal government runs the risk of forcing Americans to violate their consciences by making them pay for – or perform – abortions.
Exactly right.
There are two other organizations trying to do something about convincing Congress to retain the pro-life riders.
CitizenLink.com has an “ask your representative” form you can email to your Congressman.
And Focus on the Family Action has a petition being readied that you can sign.
Respecting the right to life of our most vulnerable fellows is the right decision. Let’s take action to make sure our often times wayward representatives respect that right.
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i think what you people to lil people like a baby is not right they are just like you and me they are just growing maybe we should do it to you and see how you feel about tit maybe your mom wanted to do it you and then maybe she said no i want to let them live y cant you people let the baby’s live to you tell me i am 17 and i know that what you people are doing is wrong so just think your mom could have killed you before you are born but no she let you live………
abortion is MURDER! it is discusting and cruel. you people are truely sick….
abortion is CRUEL!!!
go suck on it….
abortion ? screw it . some people are just ‘babies’ to raise a child. children are OUR future , and your killing the future and throwing it in the trash ! stop murdering , and start loving!