Why we rejoice after the House vote on ObamaCare

Social conservatives are among the most vocal opponents of ObamaCare. We fought the law in Congress and after final passage, filed lawsuits against it in federal court. With conservative success in the midterm elections, due in large part to the Republican pledge to repeal Obamacare, the legislative battle against this disastrous law began anew. Yet to this day, radio callers continue to ask why we so strongly oppose the government's latest attempt at health care reform.

Social conservatives oppose any federal funding of abortion. After thorough analysis, leading pro-life and conservative legal organizations concluded that despite the President's executive order, ObamaCare keeps open the door to a massive increase in federal funding of abortion.

Abortion dominated much of the ObamaCare debate in the 111th Congress and is back in the forefront in the 112th. After the House voted to repeal ObamaCare Wednesday, a vote was scheduled on a resolution that requires any new health care legislation to include "provisions that ... prohibit taxpayer funding of abortions and provide conscience protections for health care providers."

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