Stupak Trades It All for an Empty Executive Order
“The decision by Rep. Stupak to accept an Executive Order to solve the abortion issues in the health care legislation is unconscionable. The Executive Order fix is a band-aid solution that fails to solve the fundamental problems in this bill, and can be repealed at any time, for any reason, by the President or future presidents. The Order is likely to be challenged by pro-abortion groups, and could be struck down by the courts.
Regrettably, Rep. Stupak has abandoned those who have stood by him during the recent weeks and months.
The Catholic Bishops along with CatholicVote.org and every major pro-life organization oppose this ‘fix.’ We have defended Rep. Stupak for months, but today we stand in protest of his decision.
The Stupak-Obama purported fix also sets the stage for a new front in presidential politics that will further politicize the abortion issue. The decision over taxpayer funding for abortion and critical conscience protections now rests with President Obama, Kathleen Sebelius, and future presidents.
Catholics have worked hard to make the protection of unborn life a two-party effort. Pro-life members of the Democratic Party encouraged these efforts over the last year. But today’s decision by Rep. Stupak and his colleagues, coming only months after the phony compromise of Sen. Nelson will be difficult to overcome.
We are convinced Rep. Stupak will come to deeply regret today’s decision.”
Pretty Amazing… Democrats have taken an insurance reform issue and linked it to the most divisive issue of a generation. So now repealing the bill will not only be politics and public policy, but an issue of supreme moral consequence to many. As people look at every clear pictures of the unborn on their fridges, they can contemplate their tax dollars being used to pay for abortions. That’s gonna bring back culture wars with a vengeance and it didn’t need to be done this way… what a damn mess Obama’s brought America… financially insolvent and morally abhorrent.
Forever afterward, the Congressman will be known as Representative Stupid (D-MI) as in stupid Stupak. Of course, in the closing hours before Stupak flipped, three airports in his district received some Federal funding for improvements and Stupak was able to put out a press release.
An anecdotal dialogue comes to mind: when Churchill asked a lady if she’d go to bed with him for 5 million pounds, she stammered but agreed. When he suggested 5 pounds, she took umbrage and demanded what kind of woman did he take her for? Churchill was to have replied, “Madam, we’ve already established that. Now we’re haggling about the price.”
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