Obama And Bishops At Odds On Abortion Coverage

The elitist progressive Barack Hussein Obama's White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind Obamacare socialized health care.

The Catholic Bishops were instrumental in getting tough anti-abortion language adopted by the House, forcing Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), to accept restrictions that outraged liberals as the price for passing the Democratic Obamacare bill. Harry Reid (D-NV), now faces a similar choice: Ultimately, he will need the votes of Democratic senators who oppose abortion to get his bill through the Senate.

A top Obama administration official praised the new Senate health care bill's attempt to find a compromise on abortion coverage even as an official of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Reid's bill is the worst he's seen so far on the divisive issue.

So far, Reid has steered the Senate bill in a direction that abortion rights supporters can live with: allowing coverage for abortion in federally subsidized health care plans, provided that beneficiaries' own premiums are used to pay for the procedure. But abortion opponents say his compromise would gut current federal restrictions on abortion funding.

But Richard Doerflinger, associate director of the Bishops' conference Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, said Reid's "is actually the worst bill we've seen so far on the life issues."

He called it "completely unacceptable," adding that "to say this reflects current law is ridiculous."

At the White House on Thursday, health reform director Nancy Ann DeParle praised Reid's effort to find a compromise on abortion.  This is smoke and mirrors on elitist progressive Reid’s Obamacare bill.  There is no way to segregate the part of premiums someone pays and say this can pay for abortion.  The House has already said there will be abortion coverage in the final Obamacare socialized health care bill.

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