A Victory over the Culture of Death
There was another server shutdown all day yesterday, or I would have posted something before this about the final vote on the health care bill in the House. It was certain exciting. The biggest and best news was that after months of underhanded maneuvering to keep the Stupak-Pitts Amendment keeping public-funded abortions out of health care from reaching the floor for a vote, Speaker Pelosi finally had to relent, because it was becoming increasingly clear that the legislation would not pass without it. The Stupak-Pitts Amendment passed resoundingly 240-194, with 64 prolife Democrats supporting it. The final vote on the health care bill was much closer: 220-215. There is no guarantee, however, that this amendment will stay in the bill in conference, or when when combined with the Senate’s own bill.
In spite of my sneaky suspicion that it’s not really Christian to do so, it does feel sweet to listen to the proponents of the Culture of Death wail and gnash their teeth over this defeat.
Planned Parenthood, for one, says that now it has no choice but to oppose the health care bill. Because you know, it was never about real health care for women for them, but about abortion.
These are the folks who would accuse of being single issue voters! Maybe Rep. Patrick Kennedy should stand up and tell them that one side should not deal in “absolutes.” On the other hand, I can’t really see him doing that.
The thing is, you can promote either absolute good, or absolute evil. I know which I would rather do.
There’s a whole lot more at Jill Stanek’s blog.
