Wait for it… wait for it… here it comes… LIE
There we go. I knew it was only a matter of time before overwhelming proof of Sutton’s abortion lie would surface.
Tele-Town-Hall 2009
Constituent – Joe from Avon:
60% of Ohioans oppose abortion. 70% of Ohioans oppose the use of taxpayer dollars to pay for abortions. Both H.R. 3200 and the senate, that is the Kennedy bill, contain provisions for federal subsidies for abortion. Will you refuse to vote for any healthcare bill that does not explicitly exclude federal funding of abortion?
Pinocchio Betty Sutton:
Thank you very much Joe. Um, let me, let me just first address something that you said in your, in the course of your question. H.R. 3200 DOES NOT provide for the use of taxpayer funded, ah tax payer dollars to fund abortions. And in fact it is federal law, ah that taxpayer funds are not allowed to be used to fund abortions. Under the bill, that remains in tact. Under the bill, federal funds will not be permitted to fund abortion. So, I hope that that ah will, will clear up any misperception that exist that it is well understood in federal law that you can’t use taxpayer funds to fund abortion. Thank you very much for the question.
So, Betty, if it’s “well understood” that taxpayer dollars cannot be used to fund abortion, why is the funding of abortion being discussed on the hill? Why was Rep. Lois Capps’ amendment included, but Stupak’s was eliminated? Better yet, why did you vote yes on Capps, but no on Stupak?
Congressman Bart Stupak: And we’re just saying maintain the law that’s been on the books for 35 years and let’s live up to the President’s word. No public funding for abortion in the health care plan, and we’re all happy, and we can go away.
CNS: Earlier on Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the nearly 2,000-page-long final text of the House health-care bill. The bill envisions creating “exchanges” in each state that would be the only place people receiving federal health insurance subsidies would be allowed to buy insurance. It also includes an amendment by Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.) that would require that at least one health insurance plan in each of these exchanges cover abortions. Stupak’s proposed amendment would nullify Capps’ by stating that no federal money could pay for any part of any insurance plan that covers abortion.
NPR – Rep. Jan Schakowsky: “Comprehensive health care does include reproductive health care, prenatal and maternity care, screening for breast, cervical and other cancers or [sexually transmitted infections] abortion, contraceptive services. That these are basic health care for women [emphasis added] that we have a right to by virtue of our reproductive organs and our right to control our own bodies.”
Sounds like a lot of people missed your Tele-Town-Hall.
Catholic Online – Kristen Day, DFLA Executive Director: “I want to be clear, pro-life Democrats want to help pass health care reform but our coalition can in no- way support reform that includes tax payer funded abortions. If the leadership will remove that language, we feel confident that we can deliver enough votes to help put this much needed reform over the top in the House.”
“We believe in a big-tent Democratic Party, but to not allow Hyde language to be included in health care reform would force some pro-choice and pro-life Democrats to vote against health care reform. If we add this language, we believe we can help Speaker Pelosi get the votes to pass this legislation.”
OneNewsNow – Marjorie Dannenfelser: “It does this by funding premiums from private insurance plans that do cover elective abortions. Current law says that no federal funds may go to subsidize private health plans for elective abortion.” She concludes that “this bill would change all that.”
Earned Media: Democrats For Life of America (DFLA) announced today that they have 40 votes that will vote against the House health care reform legislation if tax payer funded abortion language is not removed from the bill.
I understand that killing children in our poor communities is right up your alley, but why go to such lengths to mislead your constituents. Just say it like it is. Here, I’ll help you. Repeat after me.
I, Betty Sutton, support the killing of poor children in OH-13. I promise to vote yes on any bill that will promote and or fund the elimination of poor children.
There, that wasn’t so hard.
Congresswoman Sutton, the good old days when you could freely lie and mislead the people of OH-13 have come to an end. We are not going away. We will hold you accountable for your words, and your action.
For the record, you never answered Joe’s question. What a surprise.
Further reading on this issue
An excerpt from : Tax Dollars Shouldn’t Fund Abortion – Wall Street Journal – Charmaine Yoest
WSJ: The Capps Amendment would side step the Hyde Amendment and other provisions in federal law. If it becomes law as part of health-care reform it would make abortion coverage a part of the public option, funnel tax dollars to private health plans that cover abortion, and ensure that every area of the country will have at least one health insurance plan that covers elective abortion. If this should happen, for the first time in more than 30 years the federal government would be in the business of funding the destruction of unborn human life.
The Capps Amendment sets up an accounting mechanism that is supposed to make sure that federal dollars do not directly pay for elective abortions. But this is a dodge. Federal dollars would still subsidize insurance plans that pay for abortions.
Here’s the actual amendment voted on by Betty Sutton’s Subcommittee on Energy and Environment: Capps
SUMMARY: A “compromise” amendment backed by committee chair, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) that yielded some ground to pro-life concerns about mandated abortion coverage in private plans, preemption of state abortion laws, and retention of federal conscience laws. However, it weakened the application of the Hyde Amendment funding restrictions and had provisions to ensure that abortion is included in the public plan.
In favor of Capps with a YES vote, our very own Betty Sutton! The congresswoman’s yes vote came prior to the Tele-Town-Hall.
