The U.S. Senate voted 65-31 today to place Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius in charge of the Health and Human Services Department (HHS).
Sebelius has admitted tax problems and failed to report $23,000 in campaign contributions from notorious abortionist George Tiller.
As HHS secretary, she will profoundly influence federal and state policies on abortion, rights of conscience, bioethics and end-of-life issues. She also will be instrumental in distributing federal funding to abortion businesses such as Planned Parenthood.
On life issues, Sebelius’ record speaks loud and clear. As a state representative, she voted to weaken or eliminate parental-notification and informed-consent measures. And as governor, she routinely opposed or vetoed abortion-accountability bills, including clinic-regulation legislation.
In 2008, she vetoed a measure that would have strengthened the state’s parental-notification law. And last week, she vetoed a bill that would have increased regulations on late-term abortions.
