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New CRS Report Says ObamaCare Allows Federally-Funded Abortions

By Philip Klein on 7.28.10 @ 1:16PM

A new report by the Congressional Research Service reveals that the national health care law allows for federally-funded abortions, despite Democrats' claims to the contrary.

Under one of the provisions of ObamaCare, before the new health insurance exchanges are set up in 2014, the federal government is funding state-based high risk pools to help cover those with pre-existing conditions.

But according to the CRS, the abortion restrictions contained in the new law "would not appear to apply specifically to the funds made available for high risk pools by section 1101."

The report says that President Obama's executive order on abortion "does not specifically address high risk pools and the funds provided under section 1101 of (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act)."

The Department of Health and Human Services sets the guidelines for the operation of the high-risk pools, but according to CRS, those guidelines "neither explicitly provide the authority to cover elective abortions with federal funds, nor do they specifically prohibit the use of federal funds."

In response, 13 Republican Senators have sent a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, urging her to issue regulations that would prohibit federal tax dollars from covering abortion through the high risk pools. You can view the PDFs of the CRS report and the letter below.

Files:

CRS Report for HELP 07232010.pdf (1.1 MB)
Letter to Sebelius HRP and Abortion FINAL doc2.pdf (476.8 KB)

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Alan Brooks| 7.28.10 @ 2:24PM

Bah, you people cry crocodile tears, you secretly want those you don't like to have abortions so they do not continue their gene pools.

Justin| 7.28.10 @ 3:29PM

That WOULD dribble out of the cynical mind of a liberal...

Stan Redmond| 7.29.10 @ 10:45AM

Well Golly, You caught us people. Good thing Obama [pbuh] gave Stupak a piece of paper that is protecting those 'us people' don't like from aborting their gene pool.

DRed| 7.28.10 @ 2:31PM

Apparently not

http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/.....0714d.html

DNalls| 7.28.10 @ 4:34PM

"...where the women's life is endangered." in the link provided by DRed: There are no guidelines. Mom wouldn't be able to finish college on time could be construed by a doctor to mean "endangered". Just ask Mr. Obama...he wouldn't want his daughter to "wreck her life" with an unplanned pregnancy. We were all that age once.

DRed| 7.28.10 @ 5:18PM

I see. I'm sure that's not true in the real world, but it's an amusing line.

Wayne| 7.29.10 @ 12:08PM

Too bad Obama's mother didn't have an abortion.

J| 7.29.10 @ 12:29PM

Last time I checked, abortion was still legal in this country.

MOEY| 7.29.10 @ 4:37PM

So much for the 'Executive Order," Mr. O signed. We knew at that time that he was spitting in our faces. He laughs behind our backs at all the 'wool he is pulling over our eyes!" Disgraceful that this man and his administration is in power in this country. Please let sanity rule at election time.