Should the Government Pay for Abortions? Stupak Pitts Amendment to Health Care Reform

The Stupak Pitts Amendment to health care reform includes a ban on government funded health care paying for abortions. Information on the Stupak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StupakPitts_Amendment
Information on Roe v Wade http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade. Information on the Hyde Amendment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Amendment. Information on health care reform in the senate http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/11/23/health-highligh...

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[synapsecracklepop]

there will be no "public option"

there will be no tax dollars paying for or subsidizing abortion

there will be negligible reduction in rates

private insurance will remain in it's current condition

there will be moderate regulation

if you get your information from from cable news, you will be under informed - your understanding will be limited to the incessant, left/right dog and pony show

[new211]

@synapsecracklepop thank you for your response. I made this video 3 months ago, when the public option was still on the table, also the Stupak amendment applies to the insurance companies that buy into the exchange. I also don't talk about the public option so I'm confused as to how your post relates to my video.

[synapsecracklepop]

@new211 too late for me to remove it.  I feel like that Gilda Radner charactger... "oops, nevermind." Be patient with the old people, OK? sorry.

[new211]

@synapsecracklepop Oh it is ok! I just wasn't sure if you were referencing my video or another commentator. Just being sure

[LiberalElitistMedia]

Those of us in the pro-choice camp are the only one's who see the abortion issue objectively. With the options today, No I don't see abortion brilliant means of birth control either. That being said..Girls that do not have the means or the dedication or responsibility to properly raise a child, get pregnant a lot. These are the ones that can least afford to pay for an abortion.. As important as the health care bill is to Americas future, we can't sell out on RvW.

[new211]

We can't sell out on RvW. I guess another problem is that the government doesn't subsidize actual birth control and so abortion has become a fall back for poor people who cant afford to go on the pill. Funny though, medicaid will cover a man's Viagra.

[GrandArchitect3D]

@catholicmom05 Yes. I agree. Abortion helps get rid of poor people but I don't think it goes far enough. We need manditory abortio s for low income families. This will help to lower healthcare costs. I don't care what race if you are low income you are a drain on the economy and instead of sucking up welfare just nip it in the bud and abort It.

[Unklebillybob]

The majority of abortions are considered Elective Surgerys. How many other forms of elective surgery are allowed in this bill? Ergo, abortions, being an elective surgery, should not even be in this bill.

[catholicmom05]

Operating on the premise that abortions should be a "right" is a faulty premise--although it is legal, it is NOT MORAL.

FOR EVERY 1.3 BLACK BABIES BORN 1 IS ABORTED.

ABORTION IS THE #1 KILLER OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE US

Margaret Sanger (the founder of Planned Parenthood) is jumping for joy--this is just what she wanted, "to get rid of negros and poor" that is why Planned Parenthood is in black & hispanic poor neighborhoods--ITS TRUE EUGENICS--it is EVIL!

[nfrance]

I think you're a smart girl and you'll make the right decisions in life, eventually. You have a analytical mind and although I don't know you, It seems as though you have a good heart. Keep thinking it through, don't put too much stock in what you'll here, or read, on YouTube. Pray on it, you'll get it right. I think you have a future as a conservative, you're fair in your thought process.

[moe231]

re:comment about a constitutional right to and abortion and the poor not been able to pay...we have the right to LIFE, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...i don't think the gov't should pay for your happiness.

blacks/slaves

Jews/holocaust

babies/abortion.

not matter how you slice it, a fetus is a human and it is legal to kill them. Why can't we extend abortions till our kids are 18 since we have to support them till then? WHERE is the threshold? just thoughts and questions?

[TheJoozie]

AND if you're "raped" ... which is probably only 1% of abortion reasons, I would be willing to pay for that but there better be a rape kit and police report. Otherwise abortions are done mostly for convenience and that's not my problem or the problem of other taxpayers.

again, PJs are great and you're still fabulous even though I disagree.