US House to Vote on Protect Life Act as Early as Tomorrow

The US House of Representatives is preparing to take up HR 358, the Protect Life Act, as early as tomorrow. HR 358 would have the sweeping impact of removing the abortion -expanding components of Obamacare.

To review, the federal health care law, known as Obamacare, was enacted when, at the last minute, Rep. Bart Stupak removed his demands that his amendment to make the law abortion-free be included. Duped by a bogus executive order signed by President Obama, Stupak and his colleagues caved in and we are left with a law laden with abortion components. As the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) states in a letter to Members of the House, Obamacare contains “multiple provisions that provide authorizations for subsidies for abortion, both implicit and explicit, and also multiple provisions that opened doors to abortion-expanding administrative actions.”

Douglas Johnson, NRLC Legislative Director further explains: “The Administration’s 2010 pretense that Obamacare did not expand abortion grows more tattered with each passing month. While running for mayor of Chicago, former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel boasted of his role in devising a strategy for ‘the Stupak Amendment not to exist by law.'” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius piled on by telling a NARAL Pro-Choice audience in Chicago last week that “we are in a war” with critics of the law.

The time to act is NOW — TODAY!! Take action to contact your Congressperson here.

Barbara Lyons