Have I missed something?
Anti-abortion Democrats have reignited the national abortion wars with their victory Saturday on an amendment to House health care legislation that would prevent women from obtaining abortions through government-sponsored insurance or any plan that receives government subsidies.
Reignited the abortion wars? When did those flames go out, exactly? This is just one more front (or one more battle, if you will) in a war that hasn't diminished one iota since Roe v. Wade.
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I'm a little confused about this whole fight. I'm for the public option, and I don't care if there's an anti-abortion clause in it. Did anyone really think government health care was going to pay for abortions? I thought that was just a scare tactic opponents of the bill(s) were using. Democrats ought to just quietly accept that condition, along with an amendment barring, oh, I don't know, medical probes by aliens aboard UFOs. The effect would be the same.
I'm sure a dittohead is going to point out how wrong I am, but I'm genuinely puzzled why this is a big deal.