Friday, November 06, 2009

Healthcare Bill Waiting on Bishops

Update Nov. 7: Bishops endorse bill. Read their letter here.
Opponents and supporters of abortion rights are mistrusting of each other. So they're waiting on Bishops to come up with the right language for the House healthcare bill to ensure that abortions won't be taxpayer funded:
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro, Mike Viqueira, and Luke Russert
House Democrats "intend" to bring the health-reform bill to a vote tomorrow on the House floor. But as many as 20 to 30 votes could hinge on abortion.

Fix abortion, the bill passes, one Democrat said. Don't fix it, it doesn't.

Many of these members are waiting for a yay or nay from the Conference of Catholic Bishops on the abortion language. First Read