The Pro-Life Health Care Amendment

As promised, a pro-life amendment that rejects using federal funds from health care for abortion funding has been introduced in the U.S. Senate.  The chief sponsors: Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT).

We've analyzed the amendment and it closely resembles the pro-life Stupak-Pitts Amendment which was approved in the House.  You can read the Nelson-Hatch Amendment here.   And you can read our analysis of the Amendment here.

Sen. Nelson, a leading pro-life Democrat in the Senate, was joined by a number of other Senators in sponsoring the Amendment - including Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA), another pro-life Democrat. As Sen. Nelson put it:  "The amendment we offer today mirrors the Stupak language added to the House health care bill. For more than 30 years, taxpayers' money hasn't been used for abortions, a standard that has the broad support of the American people."

The fact is that most Americans understand the need for this pro-life Amendment in the Senate health care bill.  And, thousands already have added their name to our petition - supporting the pro-life efforts and calling on the Senate to reject using federal health care funds to finance abortion.

It's important to hear from you now.  A vote on the Nelson-Hatch Amendment could come as early as Tuesday.

If you haven't added your name to our petition yet, take a moment and do so right now. We will keep you posted as this issue develops.