Two Lawmakers on Pro-abort 'Healthcare'

Key Pro-Life Democrat Bart Stupak Rejects Casey Abortion Funding Compromise

Another key lawmaker is rejecting the Bob Casey compromise on abortion funding in the Senate health care bill -- Rep. Bart Stupak, the pro-life Democrat who led the fight against the abortion funding in the House measure. The compromise was aimed at getting Sen. Ben Nelson's vote but he rejected it.

Stupak said the Casey proposal was a "non-starter," and he expressed confidence that he would have the votes in the House to keep abortion funding out of the bill.


Bob Casey Won't Commit to Oppose Pro-Abortion Health Care, Pro-Lifers Challenge


Pennsylvania lawmaker Bob Casey is increasingly a man without a country as the self-declared pro-life advocate won't get on board with the rest of the pro-life members of the Senate in opposition to the pro-abortion health care bill that could result in hundreds of thousands of additional abortions.

The abortion divide is so large that it has prompted fellow Democrat Ben Nelson to oppose the bill and join Republicans in filibustering it.