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Comment by TheEarthisNotFlat on November 17, 2009 at 2:48pm

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Comment by Kathryn McEwen on November 17, 2009 at 1:50am

Contact Your Senators and ask them to oppose the "Motion to Proceed" on the Health Care bill unless Senator Reid includes the Stupak-Pitts anti-abortion funding amendment.




LAST CHANCE: Senate May Vote This Week to Fund Abortion in Health Care
November 16, 2009 | Share with Friends

Dear Kathryn,

Despite the pro-life victory when Congress passed the historic anti-abortion funding amendment sponsored by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) and Rep. Joe Pitts (R-Penn.), the Senate could begin debate on the health care bill this week without any guarantee the government will pay for abortions!

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) may begin the process next week and he does not plan on keeping the "Stupak-Pitts" pro-life amendment in the Senate version of the bill. Senator Reid is expected to take up the House bill, and then replace it with a "Senate substitute" which will fund elective abortions. To do so, Senator Reid must start with the House bill for technical reasons since he has failed to craft a Senate bill yet.

Senator Reid will have to file a "motion to proceed" to the House bill, and this "motion" needs 60 votes before he can replace the bill with the Senate "substitute" that will use taxpayer funds for abortions -- this vote must be stopped and may happen as early as Thursday! E-mail your Senators and urge them "to vote No on any procedural vote to move to the health bill unless Senator Reid's version of the bill contains the Stupak-Pitts amendment to ban government funding of abortion."

Contact Your Senators and ask them to oppose the "Motion to Proceed" on the Health Care bill unless Senator Reid includes the Stupak-Pitts anti-abortion funding amendment.

Comment by Kathryn McEwen on November 11, 2009 at 3:56am

CNSNews.com
House Health-Care Bill Does Not Prohibit Paying Federal Funds to Health Providers Who Withhold Food and Water From Patients
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
By Karen Schuberg

(CNSNews.com) – The health-care bill that cleared the House on Saturday says federal funds cannot be used to "promote" assisted suicide, euthanasia or mercy killing. But Rep. Charles Boustany, Jr. (R-La.), who is a surgeon, says the bill does not prohibit the use of federal funds to pay health care providers who provide “end-of-life care” that involves denying food and water to a patient.

“H.R. 3962 does not rule out using federal funds to reimburse health providers should they withhold nutrition or hydration,” Boustany spokesman Rick Curtsinger said.

“The bill says end-of-life care planning materials may not 'promote' assisted suicide, but it leaves this term intentionally vague so the ban might not apply in states with ‘death with dignity’ laws.”

Michael Steel, press secretary for House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), agreed, saying, “Our understanding is that this sort of thing would be allowed.”

Assisted suicide has been approved by voters in two states, Oregon in 1994 and Washington in 2008, and cleared by a lower court in Montana.

Sec. 240 of H.R. 3962, titled “Dissemination of Advance Care Planning Information,” stipulates the kind of end-of-life planning that health providers in the government-exchange insurance program may provide to patients. The section expressly prohibits "promotion" of assisted suicide and euthanasia but does not prohibit funding health care plans that pay health care providers who withold food or water.

Under the heading, "Prohibition on the Promotion of Assisted Suicide," the bill says "information provided to meet the requirements of subsection (a)(2) shall not include advanced directives or other planning tools that list or describe as an option suicide, assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing, regardless of legality."

The next paragraph says: "Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to apply to or affect any option to—(A) withhold or withdraw of medical treatment or medical care; (B) withhold or withdraw of nutrition or hydration; and (C) provide palliative or hospice care or use an item, good, benefit, or service furnished for the purpose of alleviating pain or discomfort, even if such use may increase the risk of death, so long as such item, good, benefit, or service is not also furnished for the purpose of causing, or the purpose of assisting in causing, death, for any reason.

It further says, “Nothing in this section shall be construed to preempt or otherwise have any effect on State laws regarding advance care planning, palliative care, or end-of-life decision-making.”

Another section of the bill, Sec. 1233 titled “Voluntary Advance Care Planning Consultation,” lays out acceptable procedures for end-of-life planning.

Aaron Albright, press secretary for the majority Democratic members of the House Education and Labor Committee, told CNSNews.com the bill does not address the question of payment for end-of-life care. “We leave the current system intact,” Albright said.

When asked if the health-reform bill would rule out the use of federal funds to reimburse health-care providers who withdraw or withhold nutrition or hydration, Albright said it was a “false question.”

“We do not change any practice, or any law, or anything like that,” Albright said. “(End of life decisions) will be left up to the patient and their doctor and their family.”

Albright said that assisted suicide is a “very difficult” and “intensely personal” decision, to be made by patients, families and doctors. End-of-life counseling and the use of advanced directives can guarantee a person’s wishes will be carried out, he said.

“I think by making sure what patients want at the end of their life that this could help a lot of people,” he said. “These heart-wrenching decisions, you know, a lot of families won’t have to go through this because they know exactly what their family member wanted.”

But a source close to Republican members of the committee, said that it would be up to the government--Medicare and the Department of Health and Human Services--to develop guidelines to specifically prevent government-funding going toward withdrawal of feeding tubes and water. Those guidelines are unlikely to occur.

David O’Steen, executive director at the National Right to Life Committee, said he finds it troubling that the bill does not include language to protect individuals from discrimination based on age, illness, or disability.

O’Steen noted that Medicare, which under the bill would pay health-care professionals to counsel seniors on "advance medical directives," is hoping the counseling sessions would save “a lot of money.”

While advanced directives are positive when they promote life, O’Steen warned, “This factor of an older person being counseled by an authority figure like a doctor and being nudged towards signing away their right to life-saving treatment is chilling.”

At the same time that it could make doctor-assisted suicide more frequent, the bill contains other elements that could make euthanasia more frequent, including health-care rationing, O'Steen said..

Action on health-care now moves to the Senate, which might not happen until after the new year.

Here is the text of Section 240 of the House health care bill that prohibits "promotion" of assisted suicide but not funding of it:

SEC. 240. DISSEMINATION OF ADVANCE CARE PLANNING
2 INFORMATION.
3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The QHBP offering entity —
4 (1) shall provide for the dissemination of information related to end-of-life planning to individuals seeking enrollment in Exchange-participating health benefits plans offered through the Exchange; (2) shall present such individuals with—(A) the option to establish advanced directives and physician’s orders for life sustaining treatment according to the laws of the State in which the individual resides; and (B) information related to other planning tools; and (3) shall not promote suicide, assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing. The information presented under paragraph (2) shall not presume the withdrawal of treatment and shall include end-of-life planning information that includes options to maintain all or most medical interventions.
(b) CONSTRUCTION.— Nothing in this section shall be construed—(1) to require an individual to complete an advanced directive or a physician’s order for life sustaining treatment or other end-of-life planning document; (2) to require an individual to consent to restrictions on the amount, duration, or scope of medical benefits otherwise covered under a qualified health benefits plan; or (3) to promote suicide, assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing.
(c) ADVANCED DIRECTIVE DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘advanced directive’’ includes a living will, a comfort care order, or a durable power of attorney for health care.
(d) PROHIBITION ON THE PROMOTION OF ASSISTED SUICIDE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), information provided to meet the requirements of subsection (a)(2) shall not include advanced directives or other planning tools that list or describe as an option suicide, assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing, regardless of legality.
(2) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to apply to or affect any option to—(A) withhold or withdraw of medical treatment or medical care; (B) withhold or withdraw of nutrition or hydration; and (C) provide palliative or hospice care or use an item, good, benefit, or service furnished for the purpose of alleviating pain or discomfort, even if such use may increase the risk of death, so long as such item, good, benefit, or service is not also furnished for the purpose of causing, or the purpose of assisting in causing, death, for any reason.
(3) NO PREEMPTION OF STATE LAW.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to preempt or otherwise have any effect on State laws regarding advance care planning, palliative care, or end-of-life decision-making.

Comment by Kathryn McEwen on November 9, 2009 at 2:57am

.Courts deem pro-life groups lack standing
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 11/8/2009 4:10:00 AM
Pro-life groups will continue to fight against implementation of federal funding of human embryo research.

The Christian Medical Association is one of several groups that filed suit to stop the destruction of tiny human beings, even for scientific purposes. Despite the number of plaintiffs, the court found that each of them lacked standing. The stored embryos are categorized with the plaintiffs because, under the law, "embryos are not 'persons.'"

Spokesman for the CMA, Dr. Gene Rudd, tells OneNewsNow a federal court threw out the lawsuit. He says, "The court used a legal concept of standing to say to us, 'You know you really shouldn't be concerned about this. You have no reason bringing this to court, so buzz off.'"

Rudd says that was the basic message, but argues that the medical community does have standing when science wants to take the most basic of human life and destroy it.

"It's not only a moral and ethical problem," he explains, "it's also a legal problem because we have a law in the land that says that federal money will not be used in any way to bring the destruction of embryos, but yet this policy directly contradicts that."

The mentioned policy is called the Hyde Amendment. However, there are provisions in the current healthcare proposals before Congress that would negate the amendment if they were to pass.

Comment by Kathryn McEwen on November 7, 2009 at 4:01am

Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel

The House is rushing toward a Saturday vote on a
massive healthcare bill-and shocking revelations keep
coming across my desk. See below. - Mat

Kathryn,

I have recently learned that Speaker Pelosi's version of
ObamaCare includes the requirement of a monthly abortion
premium to be paid by enrollees in the plan!

This means that not only does ObamaCare mandate
abortion coverage and taxpayer funding, it also
mandates that all enrollees must specifically pay
an abortion "premium" every month!

No matter how hard Nancy Pelosi tries, there is no hiding
the fact that ObamaCare will be the largest expansion of
abortion since Roe v. Wade! And this is just one of the
MANY reasons we find this bill to be so outrageous.

+ + Please keep the calls and faxes coming!

The latest word from Capitol Hill is that the House vote
could take place any time between Saturday afternoon and
Tuesday. Reports indicate that Pelosi is having trouble
securing enough votes and the abortion issue is turning
out to be the key!

We have carefully targeted the most crucial pro-life and
moderate Democrat Representatives to get the best leverage
at this crucial hour. So PLEASE continue to take action...

+ + Fax and Call Congress NOW!

EVEN IF YOU HAVE DONE SO ALREADY THIS WEEK...

I need every Liberty Counsel team member to call their
Representative and take part in our powerful Fax Barrage.

If you can, go to the link below to schedule a round of faxes
to be delivered as soon as possible (even on the weekend) to
your Representative and other key leaders:

http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=22842&CID=297&RID=20861391

After you send your faxes, please call your Member of Congress.
Here is the contact information:

Rep. Miller 202-225-2106

Or, call the Congressional switchboard and ask for your member
of Congress: 202-224-3121.

Also, I have prepared a special audio message with the latest
information. Go here:

http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=22843&CID=297&RID=20861391

Thank you and God bless you!


Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel

Comment by Stacey Williams on November 6, 2009 at 7:41pm

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Comment by Kathryn McEwen on November 6, 2009 at 5:05am

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Comment by Kathryn McEwen on November 3, 2009 at 6:52am

Call and email your Member of Congress and ask him/her to oppose the "Rule" on H.R. 3962 if the amendment to strike abortion funding is not allowed to come to a vote.




URGENT: Vote this Week on Abortion Funding in Health Care
November 2, 2009 | Share with Friends


The Democratic leadership led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi is putting health care reform on a fast track with votes expected as early as Wednesday of this week! The new health care legislation authorizes direct federal funding of elective abortion in the "public option" and subsidizes health plans that cover elective abortion. Amendments in committee to remove the abortion funding were defeated. As the House prepares to vote on this legislation, pro-life Democrat Rep. Bart Stupak and Republican Rep. Joe Pitts want to offer a pro-life amendment to strike the abortion funding from the bill. However, Speaker Pelosi has said she would not allow this amendment to receive a vote!

Rep. Stupak and Rep. Pitts are leading efforts to vote on this pro-life amendment, but if Speaker Pelosi does not allow this amendment to even come to a vote, then Members must oppose the "Rule" governing the floor debate. If the Rule is defeated, the legislation would be effectively defeated. If the pro-life amendment is not allowed, and the Rule passes, this bill will spend government money on elective abortion making it one of the largest expansions of abortion since Roe v. Wade!

Please contact your Representative and ask him/her to "oppose the Rule on HR 3962 if the Stupak-Pitts amendment to remove abortion funding is not allowed." Ask them to support the Stupak-Pitts amendment if a vote on it is allowed. If the amendment fails, ask your Representative to oppose final passage of the bill.

Due to the urgent nature of this issue, please call your Representative by contacting the Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121, and follow up with an email by clicking here.

Click Here to Contact Your Representatives

Sincerely,

Tony Perkins
President
Family Research Council

Comment by RooForLife on October 14, 2009 at 7:33pm

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