Posted by
Patriot Pastor on Saturday, October 31, 2009 5:35:20 PM
Source: Family Research Council
In a tightly controlled press conference yesterday afternoon, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) released her 1,990 page version of health care overhaul. What does it cost, you ask? That depends on who you talk to. Speaker Pelosi would like us to believe that the bill is cheap--but in truth, the plan clocks in at over $1.5 trillion dollars when you include the companion "Doc Fix" bill also introduced yesterday. Instead of truly reforming the health care system, the Speaker's bill is more about social engineering than helping those in need. The new legislation,
H.R. 3962, guarantees that the government would use tax dollars to fund abortions by using the marketing gimmicks that were prevalent in the Capps amendment.
And the rewards for abortionists don't end there. The Speaker also added a separate bill, the Indian Health legislation, into her overall reform. The move is crafty, because Speaker Pelosi has tied up the Indian Health bill in committee to keep pro-life restrictions from being included. Also missing from H.R. 3962 are protections that appeared in earlier bills to ban federal promotion of assisted suicide (Section 240) and rationing. Other sections of the bill would rewrite current tax law and redefine the family by allowing domestic partners to be the equivalent of spouses (Section 571).
If that weren't enough, Pelosi's plan seeks federal funding for sexual predators (Section 713) and also, in a reward to trial lawyers, prohibits states from using tort reform to reduce health care costs. Further expanding the nanny state, the bill also seeks to regulate vending machines (Section 2572). And while the unborn are left vulnerable, pets are not. Speaker Pelosi makes sure that veterinarians are eligible for millions in scholarships and hand outs (Sections 340m/765). There is still time to make your voice heard. Please sign our petition to keep abortion out of health care and tune into our webcast Tuesday night to learn more about the action you can take!