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NOVEMBER 19, 2009 ARCHIVED STORIES:
WASHINGTON (BP)--The newly unveiled Senate health-care bill has the same problem the House of Representatives version did before it was amended, pro-life advocates say - "The Stupak-Pitts Amendment is the minimum required for any genuinely pro-life person."
-- Richard Land | -- it authorizes federal funds for abortions in a government-managed program and for subsidies of the procedures in private plans.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada released his 2,074-page bill Nov. 18, and the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) pointed to the abortion-funding provision within hours.
The Senate bill, titled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, fails to include a House-adopted amendment that prohibits federal funds for abortion, instead incorporating "completely unacceptable language that would result in coverage of abortion on demand in two big new federal government programs," said Douglas Johnson, NRLC's legislative director.
It appears Reid will call for a "cloture" vote Saturday to bring the legislation to the Senate floor. It is likely he will need all 60 Democrats to win the procedural vote, and it is uncertain how some senators of his own party will vote. A "cloture" vote requires 60 votes to succeed.
Shortly before barely passing its health-care reform legislation Nov. 7, the House approved an amendment ... Read More
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