U.S. Rep. Brad Ellsworth, D-Ind., who has a consistent pro-life voting record, reportedly has proposed an amendment to the House health-care reform bill that would undercut a pro-life amendment to the bill.
"(The) proposed language will allow the new federal government insurance program — the 'public option' — to pay for abortion on demand," said Douglas Johnson, legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee. "The pro-abortion House Democratic leadership is using Ellsworth's phony language to undercut the real pro-life amendment, proposed by Reps. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., and Joe Pitts, R-Pa."
The Stupak-Pitts Amendment would prohibit federal funding of abortion except in rare cases. If the Democrat leadership refuses to allow the amendment to be offered, Stupak and 40 other Democrats have pledged to prevent the health-care bill from coming to the floor for a vote.
