[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 48 (Thursday, March 25, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H2441-H2442]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. MORAN of Kansas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MORAN of Kansas. The National Right to Life Committee and Planned 
Parenthood don't agree on much, but over the past few days they both 
agree that the executive order regarding

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abortion that President Obama signed is meaningless. This order states 
that no public funds will be used to pay for abortions in the health 
care insurance exchanges set up under the plan. But an executive order 
cannot change law, and the bill President Obama signed into law on 
Tuesday allows taxpayer money to fund abortion.
  Directing taxpayer dollars to fund abortion is a violation of many 
Americans' deeply held beliefs, and we should not be forced to 
compromise our core moral principles as a means to health care reform.
  This new law represents a retreat from the Hyde amendment, which has 
banned the use of taxpayer funds for abortions since 1976.
  Republicans and Democrats in the House have agreed on little during 
the health care debate. The one amendment that passed with bipartisan 
support was eliminated in the rush to pass health care reform using 
reconciliation.
  Expediency replaced principle.

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