Barack Obama approves taxpayer funding for abortion

  During the healthcare reform debate it looked as though Bart Stupak and a coalition of pro-life Democrats might actually derail the healthcare bill. The issue at hand was Bart Stupak’s concern that federal taxpayer money would be used to fund abortion. Bart Stupak and Barack Obama reached a deal that assured final passage of the healthcare reform bill when Barack Obama agreed that he would sign an executive order that would prohibit federal funding of abortion.

  Needless to say, I was quite upset at Bart Stupak for caving in so easily on abortion based solely on a promise by Barack Obama that federal monies would not be used for abortions.

  This is what I had to say back then:

He must have more faith in the president actually keeping his word for once than I do. It really isn’t surprising that Bart Stupak and his pro-life coalition has finally caved in on this issue– we all knew that eventually he would– but it is disheartening to see our last line of defense penetrated at the last instance. Especially on a promise and not with anything that is actually binding

  Of course it turns out that Bart Stupak sold the vote of his coalition for more than just a promise by Barack Obama– there was a little money involved— but that is neither here nor there for the purpose of this post.

  Today it was learned that $160 million in taxpayer funds will be sent to Pennsylvania to set up a “high risk” insurance pool, and this pool will allow taxpayer money to be used to provide abortions.

  Barack Obama remained true to his word; he signed the executive order that banned the federal funding of abortion just as he promised Bart Stupak he would, but we can see that Barack Obama’s word means absolutely nothing with this news, (we knew that anyway, but this is further proof), because the law trumps Barack Obama’s executive order.

  Federal funding of abortions will be allowed in Pennsylvania, but this is just the first step in what will be many as this new healthcare reform bill becomes law over the next several years. It is only a matter of time before federal funding of abortion is commonplace.

  Bart Stupak and the rest of the people who claimed to be pro-life Democrats should be ashamed of themselves. Bart Stupak’s decision to cave in on a Barack Obama promise cost him his job, but it cost a hell of allot more than just that, it cost untold multitudes of unborn babies their lives– for the price of an airport– and you and I get to pay for it.