Abortion Services Included in Health-Care Bill

July 13, 2009
Deal W. Hudson

The day after President Obama reaffirmed his commitment to abortion reduction to Benedict XVI, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) admitted, in a stammering way, under questioning from Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) that the new health-care bill will pay for abortions at women's health care clinics, such as those run by Planned Parenthood.

Sen. Mikulski, as many know, identifies herself as a Catholic.

Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), to his credit, voted against the bill in the Senate committee, but it still passed 12-11. Casey admitted that, given the way it was written, it "could be" interpreted to include abortion. He could have said, "would be" but something is better than nothing. the rest