Abortion: Which Side Is Fabricating?

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Abortion: Which Side Is Fabricating?


Despite what Obama said, the House bill would allow abortions to be covered by a federal plan and by federally subsidized private plans.

August 21, 2009

Summary

Will health care legislation mean "government funding of abortion"?

President Obama said Wednesday that’s "not true" and among several "fabrications" being spread by "people who are bearing false witness." But abortion foes say it’s the president who’s making a false claim. "President Obama today brazenly misrepresented the abortion-related component" of health care legislation, said Douglas Johnson, legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee. So which side is right?

The truth is that bills now before Congress don’t require federal money to be used for supporting abortion coverage. So the president is right to that limited extent. But it’s equally true that House and Senate legislation would allow a new "public" insurance plan to cover abortions, despite language added to the House bill that technically forbids using public funds to pay for them. Obama has said in the past that "reproductive services" would be covered by his public plan, so it’s likely that any new federal insurance plan would cover abortion unless Congress expressly prohibits that. Low- and moderate-income persons who would choose the "public plan" would qualify for federal subsidies to purchase it. Private plans that cover abortion also could be purchased with the help of federal subsidies. Therefore, we judge that the president goes too far when he calls the statements that government would be funding abortions "fabrications."

Note: This is a summary only. The full article with analysis, images and citations may be viewed on our Web site:

factcheck.org/2009/08/abortion-which-side-is-fabricating/

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A modern day cowboy has spent many days crossing the plains without water. His horse has already died of thirst.

He's crawling through the sand, certain that he has breathed his last breath, when all of a sudden he sees an object sticking out of the sand several yards ahead of him.

He crawls to the object, pulls it out of the sand, and discovers what looks to be an old briefcase..

He opens it and out pops a genie. But this is no ordinary genie. She is wearing a FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) ID badge and a dull gray dress.

There's a calculator in her pocketbook. She has a pencil tucked behind one ear. 'Well, cowboy, ' says the genie. 'You know-how I work....You have three wishes.'

'I'm not falling for this, 'said the cowboy... 'I'm not going to trust a FEMA genie......'

'What do you have to lose? You've got no transportation, and it looks like you're a 'goner' anyway!'

The cowboy thinks about this for a minute, and decides that the genie is right.

'OK! , I wish I were in a lush oasis with plenty of food and drink.'

***POOF***
The cowboy finds himself in the most beautiful oasis he has ever seen ,
and he is surrounded with jugs of wine and platters of delicacies.

'OK, cowpoke, what's your second wish?'

'My second wish is that I was rich beyond my wildest dreams.'

***POOF***
The cowboy finds himself surrounded by treasure chests filled with rare
gold coins and precious gems.

'OK, cowpuncher, you have just one more wish. Better make it a good one!'

After thinking for a few minutes, the cowboy says...... 'I wish that no
matter where I go, beautiful women will want and need me.'

***POOF***
He was turned into a tampon.

The moral of the story:

'If the government offers to help you , there's going to be a string attached."


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[dgriffin]

Hahahahahaha!

That's terrible!