Senate Rejects Abortion Amendment

The media blew this debate all out of proportion:

The Senate on Tuesday rejected an amendment to tighten restrictions on federal funding for abortion in the health care bill.
On a 54-45 vote, the chamber agreed to table the amendment, which effectively killed it from further consideration.
Rejection of the amendment means the Senate health bill, if approved with the current abortion language, would differ from more restrictive language in the House version passed last month.
The amendment filed Monday by Sens. Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska, and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, would mirror language from the health care bill passed by the House of Representatives last month that prevents any health plan receiving federal subsidies from offering coverage for abortion.
CNN