Senator Reid will include an anti-abortion amendment in final Senate healthcare bill

[Better Believe It]

Reid will likely include anti-abortion provision
Politico
November 09, 2009

Harry Reid spokesman Jim Manley signals that the senate majority leader will include a Stupak-like amendment in the final bill he is crafting. He emails:

"Senator Reid opposes abortion except in the cases of rape, incest or when the life of the mother is at risk. Passing comprehensive health reform and improving access to health care will likely go a long way towards reducing the rate of unintended pregnancies and the resulting abortions.

I expect that any bill that Senator Reid brings to the floor will ensure that no federal funds are used for abortion and that the conscience rights of providers and health care facilities like Catholic Hospitals are protected."

http://www.politico.com/livepulse/1109/Reid_will_likely_include_antiabortion_provision.html#

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Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) is waiting for cost estimates of provisions of the bill he is cobbling together, and he hopes to bring it to the Senate floor before Thanksgiving. The battle over abortion has been more muted in the Senate, but Jim Manley, Reid's spokesman, predicted that would change.

"The debate in the House highlighted some of these issues that we're going to have to face here in the Senate, and on this issue in particular, it's something is going to have to talk with his caucus about," Manley said.

Obama left the abortion issue unmentioned Sunday when he appeared in the White House Rose Garden to give brief remarks congratulating the House on its "courageous" passage of the bill.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/09/AR2009110902194.html

[villager]

1. unrec'd, eh? DU is becoming as truth-adverse as Freerepublic, sadly enough...

n/t

[Demeter]

6. A rec is a sign of approval, not truth

[WyLoochka]

17. I consider a rec to be so people

will be sure to have the opportunity to see the posts about things they need, or want, to know about.

I don't approve of Reid adding the abortion verbiage, but I think people should know that
Reid is likely to do that. At least by this report.

[Aramchek]

7. the amendment is not anti-abortion, it is anti-subsidy. That is the truth.

[tridim]

11. Maybe it's because Politico is a RW outlet?

I didn't unrec BTW, but I might depending on where this thread goes.

[Better Believe It]

13. I don't unrecommend any posts because that's undemocratic.

[villager]

14. so you're saying, specifically, that Reid's spokesman didn't say that in an email?

Hard to imagine he was "misquoted" in this instance, given what we know about Harry...

[Better Believe It]

22. Right. You can only believe what appears in "tridim's" list of reliable media sources.

And those sources are .... please list all of them "tridim".

We're listening!

[tridim]

25. Jesus christ would you fucking relax.

Politico IS a RW funded outlet. That's all that I said.

[Dreamer Tatum]

26. Which means what, exactly?

If Politico encouraged you to hold your breath underwater, what would you do?

[tridim]

27. Which means it MIGHT be the reason that the OP was unrecced

As I stated in response to the original question.

[Better Believe It]

28. So the story is a lie? Links please!

[tridim]

29. Never claimed it was, you're overreacting.

[Hello_Kitty]

2. Gee, who coulda seen that coming? eom

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

3. Words fail...

[Demeter]

4. Of Course Harry Will

He is a man without conscience and consistent. Consistently screwing over the entire nation to the benefit of the GOP crazies and corporate criminals.

[Deep13]

5. Well, that's nice.

Who is going to protect the health of young women who will be seriously hurt by this? Why to personal and largely irration beliefs of medical professionals allow them to shift the cost of their beliefs onto their unwilling patients?

[WI_DEM]

8. Well of course, if we couldn't get it passed by the house with it in there it certainly wouldn't

pass the senate.

[Better Believe It]

10. Big surprise, hey?

Well, the only question is how much worse the final Senate bill will be than the House bill and how much will the Senate destroy what's in the House bill when they meet in conference.

[tblue]

9. Know what I want for Christmas? A NEW SENATE MAJORITY LEADER!!!

[Leo The Cleo]

12. I never liked Harry Reid!

[Thrill]

15. I have no problem with Reid getting beat

Its the best thing for the party

[Leo The Cleo]

16. beat with a hose?

[Thrill]

19. In his re-election bid

[IndianaGreen]

18. This is a bad bill that further infringes on reproductive rights

I won't lift a finger in support of it. No bill is better than a bad bill.

[Jennicut]

20. I dislike Reid immensely.

At least with Pelosi you knew she tried her best to deal with Stupak but had to bring the amendment to the floor to get the bill passed. Reid won't even try. If he lost, I would be happy.

[Freddie Stubbs]

21. Might as well, since this thing won't become law without the anti-abortion provision

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

23. It's chess! Stupak will be removed in conference after being passed by both houses.

(joke, in case one could not tell)

[polichick]

24. Glad you made that joke part clear - I was getting worried. nt

[kath]

30. eek - I didn't realize that Reid was an anti-choicer.

Jeebus - on top of his freakin' spinelessness and everything else, he's also anti-choice.
sheeeee-it.

[Better Believe It]

31. He's also the leading right-wing Mormon in the Democratic Party

[vaberella]

32. I'll wait for the bill. You also pushed that Reid wouldn't put the PO in the final bill.

His announcement said otherwise.