From Susan B. Anthony List

Some Members of Congress and pro-abortion groups are claiming that the health care bill will follow current law on government funding of abortions (the Hyde Amendment).

Nancy Pelosi has said about HR 3200, “the bill clearly spells out that no federal funds can be used to pay for abortions.”  To the contrary, the legislation, as amended by the Capps Amendment, specifically authorizes the government-run public plan to pay for elective abortions. As the public plan collects funds from various sources those funds become public funds which in turn will pay for abortions.

Pelosi also says that “the bill preserves the status quo in abortion policy.” Again this is not the case. First, the status quo is that federal government programs do not pay for abortions, yet under the Capps amendment the public plan is authorized to issue checks to abortionists to pay for abortion on demand. Second, the current policy with regard to abortion funding is that the government does not subsidize health insurance plans that includes abortion coverage as evidenced by section 507. (b). The Capps amendment breaks with the status quo and establishes an accounting mechanism by which government subsidies (affordability credits) will be allowed to fund insurance policies that cover elective abortions.

So if someone tries to tell you that the Hyde Amendment applies to health care, tell them to “Stop Hyding!”

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