Rep. Bart Stupak (D.-Mich.) has been talking abortion with Dem leaders and has learned a thing or two:
“I really believe that the Democratic leadership is simply unwilling to change its stance,” he says. “Their position says that women, especially those without means available, should have their abortions covered.” The arguments they have made to him in recent deliberations, he adds, “are a pretty sad commentary on the state of the Democratic party.”
Their argument, crass and inhumane, is this:
“If you pass the Stupak amendment, more children will be born, and therefore it will cost us millions more. That’s one of the arguments I’ve been hearing,” Stupak says. “Money is their hang-up. Is this how we now value life in America? If money is the issue — come on, we can find room in the budget. This is life we’re talking about.”
“They don’t even want to debate this issue. We’ll probably have to wait until the Republicans take back the majority to fix this.”
The pressure is great:
“This has really reached an unhealthy stage,” Stupak says. “People are threatening ethics complaints on me. On the left, they’re really stepping it up. Every day, from Rachel Maddow to the Daily Kos, it keeps coming. Does it bother me? Sure. Does it change my position? No.”
Nasty people, those libs.
(Good work here by Robert Costa for NRO Corner)
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