Karen Schuberg
CNSNews.com
3/26/2010
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), a professed Roman Catholic, told CNSNews.com Wednesday that federal funding of health plans that cover elective abortions is “not a question of morality” but “a matter of health — public health.”
“Obviously there’s going to be some legal decisions that are going to be coming forward, I’m sure, that are going to adjudicate this,” Kennedy said at the Capitol. “But obviously, we’ve got to protect women’s health. Half of our population are women, and — this is a matter of public health.
He added: “It’s not a question of morality or anything; it’s a matter of health — public health. Our mothers, our sisters, our spouses, I mean, this is a simple issue. It’s not making any judgment on people. It’s just a matter of providing — making sure that they’re safe. And there’s only one way to make sure they’re safe, and that’s making sure that it’s legal.”
Kennedy was responding to a question posed by CNSNews.com about the House version of the health-care bill, which contained an amendment sponsored by Reps. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) and Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) barring taxpayer funding of abortion – an amendment Stupak gave up last Saturday in exchange for an executive order from President Obama to that effect.
The interview and article continues at CNSNews.com
UPDATE: Thoughts from Dan Riehl of RiehlWorldView, 3/26/2010:
Kennedy Reveals ObamaCare Abortion Ploy
See, this is what was really going on with the abortion play in ObamaCare [references CNSNews article above]. And Stupak and others knew it. Now that it’s passed, the abortion lobby will go to court and taxpayer funded abortion will very likely become the law of the land. This would have happened with or without Obama’s executive order, which he will drop before defending it in the courts, anyway. I’m not a Pro-Life activist. But Stupak deserves an embarrassing loss for his complete dishonesty.
“Obviously there’s going to be some legal decisions that are going to be coming forward, I’m sure, that are going to adjudicate this,” Kennedy said at the Capitol. “But obviously, we’ve got to protect women’s health. Half of our population are women, and — this is a matter of public health.