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Executive order a sham
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Monday, March 22, 2010


Executive order a sham,
says Pro-Life Wisconsin
Will do nothing to stop abortion funding in healthcare legislation

On Sunday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Senate healthcare bill (H.R. 3590) on a vote of 219-212. President Obama secured the votes of Congressman Bart Stupak (D-MI) and other “pro-life” Democrats by promising the signing of an executive order that would purportedly nullify the abortion funding in the legislation.

Pro-Life Wisconsin Director of Legislative Affairs Matt Sande made the following comments:

“The President’s executive order is a sham. It is not worth the piece of paper it is written on. It doesn’t work to stop taxpayer-funded abortions in the healthcare bill because it can’t, and because that’s not what it’s supposed to do. It can’t stop the abortion funding because it does not have the force of law, the courts will never recognize it as lawful and it can be repealed at any given moment. And it was never intended to work because its only purpose was to provide Congressman Stupak and his so-called pro-life Democrat colleagues political cover for their YES votes. 

“The sad fact remains that the Senate healthcare bill contains an abortion coverage mandate and would subsidize private health plans in the insurance Exchange that include coverage for elective abortion, a clear departure from current law. Moreover, the executive order does nothing to address the inevitable rationing of care. The legislation should have been scrapped and begun anew, but now what we’re left with is an immoral bill that will usher in an unprecedented surge in abortions across our land. May God have mercy on our country.”


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