Democrats reach abortion deal on health care bill (Stupak would make Judas Isacriot proud)
Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak, a leader of House Democrats opposed to abortion rights, announced Sunday that he had reached a deal with the White House that will allow him to back the health care reform bill.
He also said the deal will give Democratic leaders more than enough votes to pass the bill.
“We’re well past” the 216 votes needed for passage, Stupak said. “This bill is going to go through.”
President Barack Obama will issue an executive order “after the passage of the health insurance reform law that will reaffirm its consistency with long-standing restrictions on the use of federal funds for abortion,” White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said in a written statement.
“While the legislation as written maintains current law, the executive order provides additional safeguards to ensure that the status quo is upheld and enforced, and that the health care legislation’s restrictions against the public funding of abortions cannot be circumvented.”
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