http://www.realhealthcarerespectslife.com Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:30:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.realhealthcarerespectslife.com/?page_id=388&cpage=1#comment-6 AUL’s Statement in Response to President Obama’s Address Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:46:09 +0000 http://www.realhealthcarerespectslife.com/?page_id=388#comment-6 [...] AUL’s Staff Counsel, Mary Harned, said, ” “No matter how President Obama and Congress change the structure of the health care reform proposals — whether there is a public option, co-op, exchange, or the like — any legislation that provides government funding for health care must contain explicit language that excludes abortion.  Abortion is not health care; however, based on how courts have interpreted Medicaid, we know that courts will interpret any legislation relating to government-funded health care as requiring abortion coverage unless there is an explicit prohibition (like Hyde).” [...] [...] AUL’s Staff Counsel, Mary Harned, said, ” “No matter how President Obama and Congress change the structure of the health care reform proposals — whether there is a public option, co-op, exchange, or the like — any legislation that provides government funding for health care must contain explicit language that excludes abortion.  Abortion is not health care; however, based on how courts have interpreted Medicaid, we know that courts will interpret any legislation relating to government-funded health care as requiring abortion coverage unless there is an explicit prohibition (like Hyde).” [...]

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