Senate Expected to Debate Pro-Abortion Health Care Reform Bill in Mid-October
- Steven Ertelt - LifeNews.com
- Oct 2, 2009
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Now that a Senate committee has rejected pro-life amendments to the Baucus health care measure to remove the abortion funding found in it, the next battle for pro-life advocates and the next step in the Senate is a full floor debate on the pro-abortion health care bills in mid-October.
As LifeNews.com reported on Wednesday, the Senate Finance Committee defeated an amendment from Sen. Orrin Hatch on a 13-10 vote that would have stripped the Baucus bill of its abortion subsidies.
The other health care bill in the Senate, the measure named for the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, also contains provisions that would result in sweeping pro-abortion mandates and government subsidies for abortions.
Majority Leader Harry Reid said after the committee votes yesterday that he expected the Senate to begin debating the government-run health care measures the week of October 12. The Senate had been expected to take a recess for the week of Columbus Day, but that will apparently be canceled.
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