Nov 12 2009,
Excerpts from article "Politics in the Atlantic"
1:58 pm by Chris Good
Stupak On The Stupak Amendment
Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-MI) abortion amendment, which passed Saturday night has set off a firestorm of criticism from pro-choice lawmakers and interest groups, and it's being viewed as a coup for pro-lifers in Congress.
In an interview today, Stupak said his amendment does nothing more than apply current abortion law (the annually renewed Hyde amendment) to health care reform, and that pro-choice Democrats have only themselves to blame for its passage on the House floor Saturday night.
The amendment prohibits federal subsidies from being used to purchase insurance plans that cover elective abortions.
Speaker Pelosi went to present what she agreed to with us, that it would be part of a manager's amendment. There never should have been a vote on this. We had agreed to put it in a manager's amendment, which would have been less than what I actually got--Hyde-lite as I call it, Hyde language lite--and it was the pro-choice people that rejected it. read whole interview
Comment: The Hyde amendment has been federal law for 37 years and prohibits federal funds for abortion. Having said that...Will we never learn that you cannot legislate morality?
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