I had hoped that my senator, Ben Nelson from Nebraska, would stand up for the sanctity of life. His vote turned out to be decisive for moving the health care legislation forward in the Senate, and it looked as though he would hold out for something like the Stupak amendment to the Senate bill, a clear reaffirmation of Hyde amendment, the long standing principle that our tax money would not be used to pay for abortions.
But Nelson caved, and it appears that another sad chapter of the story of abortion in America is about to be written.
For an analysis of the supposed “compromise” Nelson agreed to, see the report by the National Right to Life Committee.
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