Washington (CNN) - House Speaker John Boehner announced Thursday that the House of Representatives will consider legislation to permanently bar federal funding for elective abortions, calling the measure "one of our highest legislative priorities."
"A ban on taxpayer funding of abortions is the will of the people and it ought to be the will of the land," Boehner said at his weekly press conference on Capitol Hill.
Asked why House Republicans were making the social issue a top priority when GOP leaders have repeatedly said economic issues were their main focus, Boehner said he's making good on a promise Republicans made last year. "Our members feel strongly about the sanctity of human life. We listened to the American people, we made a commitment to the American people in our Pledge to America and we're continuing to fulfill our commitment."
The House GOP unveiled their policy agenda in their "Pledge to America" last fall, which put a heavy emphasis on job creation and fiscal responsibility. But in a nod to social conservatives it did include a short section mentioning the issue of abortion: "Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to using tax dollars to pay for abortion, and the executive order issued by President Obama in conjunction with congressional passage of the health care law is inadequate to ensure taxpayer funds are not used in this manner."
The bill, which Boehner labeled "HR 3" – the low number reserved for prominent legislation - was introduced by New Jersey Republican Chris Smith, who has pushed the issue for several years. Smith has advocated since the 1980s for permanent restrictions on federal funding of elective abortions. Currently, Congress renews those restrictions each year by attaching the so-called "Hyde amendment" to annual funding bills. It was named after the late Illinois Republican Congressman Henry Hyde who opposed abortion rights, and first attached the amendment to a spending measure in 1976.
Boehner reiterated his view that the compromise language included in the health care bill last year did not adequately preclude the federal government from using funds for abortions. During last minute negotiations before the health care vote last year, President Obama reached an agreement with a group of anti-abortion House Democrats and issued an executive order directing agencies not to use federal money for abortions.
"There is an awful lot of doubt as to where the administration is on this issue. I think the will of the people is that we enact this clear cut prohibition on the use of taxpayer funds for elective abortions," Boehner said.
The abortion rights group Planned Parenthood released a statement opposing the Smith bill.
Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood, said, "Republicans took control of Congress on a promise to create jobs, but instead, one of their first acts is to take away health insurance benefits that the majority of women currently have. The true intent of Congressman Chris Smith's bill is to end insurance coverage for virtually all abortions, including private insurance coverage that Americans pay for with their own money, even in cases involving the most severe dangers to a woman's health."
But Smith's office maintains that the bill includes exceptions for abortion coverage for victims of rape or incest, or in cases where the life of the mother is in danger.
Abortion rights advocates also object to a provision in the Smith bill that would prohibit those enrolled in insurance plans that cover abortion to claim tax deductions for high health care costs.
GOP leadership aides tell CNN a vote on the bill has not been scheduled yet.
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Aaaaaalrighty then...and this creates jobs how?
"A ban on taxpayer funding of abortions is the will of the people and it ought to be the will of the land,"
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And Obama agrees with you according to the agreement he signed to get the healthcare scam passed. It always has been the unwritten law but it is good to have it clearly spelled out. The liberals want government to pay for this sort of thing but it shouldn't be. It is your personal responsibility to deal with it.
Thank God for people who will stand up against our tax dollars paying for abortion. Best wishes to Mr. Boehner.
Mr Boehner and his colleagues need to realize that many real Americans don't hold his views on abortion but do pay taxes and do have legal rights.
Once again we see the right working to control not govern and prioritizing their own religious beliefs over freedom and liberty.
When the country has so many other more important issues, how does one justify imposing such a waste of time and taxpayer money.
The GOP is doing what is called in the work place "make busy work" which amounts to shuffling papers around like a deck of cards. They should be placed on the "Rediculous" list.
This will save a lot of mony – cut federal funds from Mr Boehners district. Close Write Pat AFB, OH.
I thought jobs and putting Americans back to work was the highest priority of this congress, where are the jobs John?
I thought these guys were against government reaching into our private lives
So what? The bill will get vetoed, the GOP members in swing districts will feel the heat and back off, and the issue will die as long as the Loony Right decides to focus on jobs instead of this predictable side show. I hope they show as much interest in the world these kids will be inheriting, which does not seem likely.
Just ask your GOP member if they believe in the 2012 apocolypse; chances are, they do. If they do, they will vote for all the short-sighted garbage possible.
Go ahead, waste your time and our money. If I have to pay for YOUR WARS, you have to pay for my abortion. Know why? This is a FREE country and I am not your freakin' DOG to order when and when not to have puppies. It's MY right, MY body. When we can all pick and choose where our tax dollars go, THEN you can waive your tax dollars from going to "abortions" and I can waive my tax dollars going to pay for YOUR WARS. It's called WOMEN'S LIBERATION from the TYRANNY of men like John Boehner.
Hey Bone Head, leave all of the social issues alone and do what you were elected to do and that is produce JOB.
Nevermind, come 2012 all of you reThugliCan't GOBPers Purtid Tea Scum will be voted out of office and then President Obama will be able to contnuie to move this country forward. rethugliCan't you got back i power and yet you have done nothing for the America people and you never will. I see America is turning into a third world country, thank rethugliCam't
Right.. it's not jobs, or the economy, or dependence on foreign oil, or ANY of the pressing issues of the day.
It's abortion. Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back to the culture wars.
Where are the jobs, Mr. Speaker? Jobs, jobs, jobs! Get off that bar stool and create JOBS. The American people have spoken; the want jobs!
I see the "new" Republican Congress is STILL all about wasting tax payer's money and time! WHERE ARE THE JOBS??!!!!!!
For those of us who don't think the GOPers have any ideas, Boehner is signalling his agreement to us with this insistence of his to concentrate soley on social issues - the economy be damned.
Once again, turning their backs on their promises, blatantly ignoring the will of the people, and bowing down to the money that put them into power. "Unemployment? National security? Education? Heck, we don't need to worry about that none! Let's get on with the important bizness of doing what's going to get us re-elected! Pander to the narrow-minded zealots with deep pockets"
Another waste of America's time. Sigh. The Republicans are worse the Democrats. I didn't think it was possible.
Abortion is already banned from using Government money. Where are the JOBS you twit???
Funding of retro-active abortions will be continued.
And how many jobs is THIS going to create??? Oh yes. None. But it is another symbolic waste of time. Maybe they can spend next week creating "symbolic" jobs with "symbolic" wages and then help the "symbolically" employed convince their REAL creditors to take the "symbolic" money to pay the rent, bills, etc. These people are a joke.
So, apparently idiot boy wants to re-enact wire-coathanger abortions. What is this? The dark ages? Does Roe v Wade account for nothing?
THANK YOU SPEAKER BOEHNER!!! I am sick and tired of our tax dollars funding murdering unborn children.
I am for anti abortion but I have problem with GOP
‘Our members feel strongly about the sanctity of human life’
Republican only care about human before they born. That is ridiculous
Speaker Boehner...it's the economy stupid! Jobs, jobs, jobs.
Because nothing says "FREEDOM" like a bunch of old/young right wing nuts telling a woman what to do with her body!! You are going down come 2012. Keep going back to things that are already in place instead of your campaign pledge (excuse me while I choke) of CREATING JOBS!!!!!!!!
DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO WITH MY BODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey "Genius", It's already on the books...and it's hurt women ever since.
Yes, that will solve all of our problems. By spending most of congresses time on cutting this insignificant portion of the budget we will save 1,000s of jobs by spending less money. Way to make it look like you are doing something bonehead. The masters of the fake wedge issues are back in the house!!!!
screw jobs and screw america.
go have a cocktail
Lets cut the Boehner and the rest of the Republican officials government run health care that would save tax payers alot and if they don't want the people to have health coverage then they shouldn't have it either. WE PAY FOR IT. And lets take away the tax breaks for the wealthy, their not bringing forth any new jobs and some of you believed the Republican rhetoric about how the have these plans to bring back jobs. WHERE ARE THE JOBS!!! I hear a lot of noise but not one single idea for getting us back to work. And I do believe the Republicans slipped in a tax break for those companies that have taken our jobs over seas. Good going uneducated tea baggers maybe a little money into real education might bring out some intelligence.
Where are the jobs republicans promised when we voted for them. I think they fooled us again.
For those of you who were excited about the Republicans focusing on the economy they nearly destroyed ... wow ... the shortest honeymoon in history.
turn up that pandering to the uneducated Evangelicals!
thought is was jobs, jobs, jobs
Where are the job bills?
I'm still waiting on my republican friends to create jobs jobs jobs....NOT, gonna happen!
Not a single bill to create jobs....just pander to the right wing looney base with tax cuts, repeal of healthcare, abortion, death panels etc etc!!!!
This is one of the GOP's "highest priorities"?
I thought that jobs were their highest priority. No wait, its repealing health care. No wait, its allowing people to carry guns into the Capitol building. No wait, its ....
How many times can the newly elected republican leadership align there views as the will of the people? Abortion was purposely avoided in the last election , now its repeal is the will of the people? Boner hasn't learned a thing from the past, nor does he want any real change. They claim deficit reduction after they and W. expanded the national debt shamelessly, they were elected by a disenfranchised public who was frustrated at the lack of microwave recovery that came from just over 1 year in office by Obama. Polls have shifted just in the past few weeks in favor of a balanced democratic approach amongst factual data of a slow growing steadily improving economy. In 2 years Obama has saved wall street, the auto industry, maintained military defense, and expanded insurance to 32 MILLION Americans. WHAT DID W. DO in * years?
Glad it is only 1 of their priorities since federal funding of abortions is ALREADY banned.
JOBS, JOBS, JOBS! We don't want to hear your cultural, conservative bull crap! Nobody likes the idea of abortions but it is NOT a topic for BIG GOVERNMENT in any way, shape or form.
You want to impress me with a "prolife" position? Do something about killing people in false wars or executing innocent men in prison.
You want to impress me on healtcare reform, then stop your useless waste of time talking about repeal. You are showboating. I can get behind medical malpractice reform if a DIRECT link to lower costs can be captured in the legislation. But I want to kick your rear for right-wing-base grandstanding on "repeal" that will NEVER happen
hey grrace...it is your body and go ahead and do what you want with it. but how in the hell do you think that the government should pay for it! i'll bet you don't even have a job and aren't paying any taxes!
"one of our highest legislative priorities."
Didn't he say the same thing about cutting health care to anyone making less than the average GOP member?
Already law Mr. Job Killing (opps sorry – destroying) grandstander. Anyway, now that we've settled this issue, perhaps you could focus on jobs? Oh wait, couple rounds of marriage wars first, right?
So, let me get this straight; Republicans care about people before they're born but once they are alive and kicking, they want to cut you off at the knees?
Why do we have to pay for a woman's abortion???? Why can't she, her boyfriend or husband pay for it or her friends???? Why can't women just use the IUD intrauterine contraception method that keeps you from getting pregnant????
Speaker Boehner is well aware that the federal government will not pay for abortions. certainly every government employee knows that. It is just a way to stir up the electorate and provide his base of support another opportunity for another hot topic. Please Speaker Boehner get to the real issue jobs for the unemployed. that was supposed to be the first order of business – getting Americans back to work.
If a poor woman gets raped and becomes pregnant, we'll force her to carry the baby to term. On the other hand, those who can afford an abortion will have no problem. What a country!!
I am a conservative. I am opposed to abortion. We have problems even greater than abortion. Mr Boehner; PLEASE quit playing to the press and do what is best for our country. Thank you.
Um, I thought the number one priority was creating jobs?
GOP: You lie!
Great. Keep up the good work Boehner.
what happened to fixing the economy?
Federal funds are already banned for elective abortions you moron. What happened to jobs, jobs, jobs.
No you weren't voted because of healthcare or abortions, ITS THE ECONOMY STUPID. And come 2012 I won't be stupid and vote Republican again.
Republicans in congress need to give up their health care. Boner will do anything to get the electorate's minds off his campaign promise to focus on jobs. By the way, republicans are now taking credit for creating 1.3 million jobs in 2010 even though they voted against every job creation bill. They should change their party symbol to a large pile of crap.
I thought it was about "jobs, jobs, jobs". What a load of crap.
This ought to really get the economy going and create jobs.
Wrong thing to do.
Keep your religion in the church, and OUT of government.
The republicans care more about a fetus than they do about the poor. It just goes to show that the republicans have your back until you are born, then you are on your own. The republicans are simply pandering to the bible thumpers, never saw that one coming. If these guys are so Christian why do they turn their backs on the poor and have parties at bondage clubs. Oh, that's right they're hypocrits..
Another useless bill that will not pass the senate!!!
Get to work Boehner !!
Boehner is an idiot! When will we get some real republicans in office to take care of real problems instead of doing nothing but showboating and golfing. He doesnt know what reality is. I dont care for some of Obamas ideas but at least he was trying to help this country. Boehner and his cronies are nothing but do nothing liars with the iq of a second grader!!!! Next election all republicans have to be replaced with intelligent republicans. Or at least some that are not bought buy corperations.
I personally do not approve of abortion, but if I was a rape victim I'm not sure I wouldn't have an abortion. I know people say there is always adoption, but what about the 9 months of carrying your rapist's baby? Or what about when the mother's life is in danger? Do we trade the babies life for the mothers? All this being said, if the Repugnant republicans truly believe this is the highest priority I feel pity for them. What about the war? what about the families that are astarving in our country? What about the accessability of guns? I would think those should be a higher priority.
"Why do we have to pay for a woman's abortion????"
If you mean why should abortions be federally funded, they aren't - hush, though. It is a well hid secret in GOPerville land and GOPers would like to keep it a secret for as long as possible.
Okay, first thing. No one and I mean NO ONE, even Planned Parenthood don't like abortions. But it is a woman choice what to do with their body. It is big government that gets in the way of woman's freedom to do what they want with their body. second thing, this will kill jobs in the healthcare field. These Rethuglicans just don't get it! Work on JOBS fools!!!
"So the progressives think they can have a Supreme Court decision over ruled by the Executive branch? I guess they think this is Venezuela! These fools are a danger to our country."
Ever heard of checks and balances? Last I checked, SCOTUS decisions are not inviolate if they can be shown to be tainted by the kinds of bias that would invalidate any other court's decisions. I question what kind of foaming-at-the-mouth hissy fit would take place if it became public knowledge that Sotamayor or Kagan attended closed-door meetings with the NAACP or ACLU or prominent LGBT organizations during the pendency of the inevitable SCOTUS proceedings on CA's Prop 8. You guys would be fit to be tied.
Huh – that is that is the plan for creating jobs and getting the economy going again. Good plan!
Oh, you knew they were going to do this... Orange face is at it again. They don't want gov. in our lives except when they do want gov. in our lives telling women what they can and can't do with their own bodies. Hitler made women conceive and have babies too. Congratulations, GOP, you're in good company!
"Our members feel strongly about the sanctity of human life. We listened to the American people, we made a commitment to the American people in our Pledge to America and we're continuing to fulfill our commitment." Pretty ridiculous statement for anyone to believe, or to publicly make when your own record shows just the opposite. "Sanctity of Human Life". You republicans changing what you call yourself, Pro-Life instead of Anti-abortion, doesn't fool most people that think instead of follow like sheep. You call yourselves Pro-life because is sounds better than Anti-Abortion. It is nothing more than a public relations coined phrase to remove the negative image. Pro-life my a$$. If someone was pro-life, they damn sure would not be trying to repeal Health Care Reform Act. You know the LAW that passed that gives access to routine medical care for about 130,000 million people (more than 1/3 of our population), that do not have adequate insurance or no-insurance. Your a biot Bonehead and anybody that buys your rhetoric, your sanctimonious b.s., is a fool
"Republicans care about people before they're born but once they are alive and kicking, they want to cut you off at the knees?"
Well, duh, corporations need cheap oppressed labor from indentured servants and the military needs fodder. Aborted fetuses can't crunch numbers for rich investment bankers and financial advisors for meager pay and we can't throw aborted fetuses at third world countries we wish to exploit or destabilize for our advantage.
Hey ... This is a load ... The Republicans are going to flap those big ears and bluster about a law that already exist ? As far as I can find ... .Federal funds can't be used to pay for abortions, except in cases where a woman's life is in endangered by carrying a baby to term, or in cases of rape or incest.
Big sue, I am not a DOG. When we can ALL pick and choose where and how our tax dollars are spent, I expect EQUALITY. Which means, if I am a poor women and can't AFFORD an abortion, I expect MY Government to which I PAY TAXES, to help me out when I need it. Poor women deserve access to help. The GOP is attempting to cut-off ALL access to abortions. Period.
And don't assume anything about me, because your comments are way off base...
Funny - I thought they got vote in to do something about jobs. Where are the JOBS Boner?
Republicans making the same mistakes again...Social issues are first in the agenda..people are out of work.
Republicans and Tea Party want the government out of our lives and only in the parts they don't like, how accommodating. telling women what to do with their lives, why do Republicans hate women so much?
We're against restrictions on freedom until it's one of our causes.
How exactly is this supposed to fix the economy or create jobs? Clearly, the GOP doesn't care about the people, just about their own myopic views to destroy the separation of church and state. BTW: Federal funds don't pay for abortions now. Boehner is full of himself for wasting the taxpayer's time and money on this.
Now if they would pass a bill to stop tax dollars from funding idiotic wars, we'd be all set.
I'm against abortion - if a man gets a woman pregnant and the woman doesn't want that baby, CUT OFF HIS PENIS and give him the kid to raise and pay for. That will cut down on pregnancies, PERIOD.
Oh this will help create jobs, right? Here we go again, the head neo com trying to control women from making their own choice, and I thought that the GOP wanted to stay out the way of the doctor patient relationship. The GOP care more about the unborn than they do about those are already here. The GOP is finished, just sit back and watch them self destruct in the next two years. The Speaker of the house cares more about his tan and smoking coffin nails, than a womens right to choice.
all the people who cry choice need to read cnn story on Dr. Kermit... then see if you want to spend tax dollars on abortion...
We can all agree that jobs are important. But the murder 50,000,000 babies in the US since 1973 trumps this. Today one third of all pregnancies end in murder. How heartless and cruel some of you are to suggest jobs are more important than stopping this massacre. Actually this is beyond heartless, this is pure evil. The blood of all these murdered babies are on your hands. Going to a abortion clinic doesn't make a woman unpregnant, it simply makes her the mother of a dead baby.
If they are serious about fertilized eggs being "children" then they need to withhold all funding and tax deductions for in vitro fertilization clinics. But they wouldn't dare. Hypocrites!
Fine, I want to ban any tax deductions for couples that have more than two children; one child for singles. I don't have any children and I believe strongly in education, but why should I pay for more? They are a burden to society and running up the costs of education for all. There won't be any jobs for them anyway.
" will consider legislation to permanently bar federal funding for elective abortions, calling the measure "one of our highest legislative priorities."
Fine, and you and the baggers will have my full support, when I can designate that none of my tax dollars go to elective wars to started to fill the coffers of big business and built on the coffins of young Americans!
JOBS, JOBS, JOBS, I thought THAT was the highest priority during the campaign, you hypocritical liar.
Yet, not a word about JOBS, only grandstanding about a useless repeal and now anti-abortion crap.
Whether you agree with abortion or not, is not the issue here. Since many think that it is a taking of life, it should not be paid for by public funds. This does not take away the right for woman to choose abortion, just her right to have the tax payers fooot the bill.
@seebofubar wrote THANK YOU SPEAKER BOEHNER!!! I am sick and tired of our tax dollars funding murdering unborn children.
But ur ok with taxpayers funding the WAR that murders millions of ppl and sometimes unborn ones? Ur a real winner
They can use some of my tax money to pay for it. After all i pay taxes and vote.
shari, i agree with you. you call them (the repugs) hypocrites, they could not care less about anybody but themselves. besides i thought their number 1 priority was JOBS. as you can see they have or had no plan for america, but to get back into power.
Focus on jobs, Mr Weeper of the House.
You, know that thing you will not have i 2012 if you keep this deflecting up and trying to hide the fact the party of cons is just that a party of cons with no clue how to create jobs.
Most of us are starting to see that, you may want to check your latest approval rating in the polls.
This is a priority????! Leave women alone you pigs, and go after the thieves of our economy. Oh wait you work for them, while pretending to be public servants. Another distracting social issue to shift the focus , they will do anything.
I don't personally believe in abortion; however, the Republicans are hypocrites. Sarah Palin has mocked Michelle Obama for her stance on childhood obesity by saying that the first lady should stay out of peoples' personal choices. According to her, no one should tell her children what to eat...so what about telling a country of women who do not choose to have a child but cannot afford an abortion. Hypocrites...hypocrites...God, I HATE a hypocrite.
"Sniffit, I want you to look back at your list and tell me which ones are the actually responsibility of the Fed."
Sorry, dude, but when the legislation falls within the purview of the Commerce Clause, the Necessary and Proper Clause or other clause determining the purview of Congressional power, CONGRESS GETS TO DECIDE what their responsibility is, which in each and every case of what the GOP wishes to eliminate, is precisely what Congress did after hearings etc. This isn't a Constitutional question, it's a policy question, which is why my list opints out what is driving GOP policy behind doing things like eliminating low income legal assistance that overwhelmingly goes to benefit people like lower income domestic abuse victims (35% of it) or lower income indivduals who haven't the resources to protect their interests from banks in foreclosures and bankruptcy proceedings (somethin liek another 25% of it). Can you tell me with a straight face that protecting these fellow citizens, be it from their abusive spouse or uber-powerful banks, etc., so that the fairness of the process and the judicial system is ensured and their rights are fairly adjudicated, is not a legitimate governmental interest and activity? If you can, you either have no soul or you've bought into the GOP's repetition of baseless talking point blather that private charity will see to it or characterizing all low income individuals and families as lazy and stupid and irresponsible....or maybe you're both soulless and gullible.
No one is "murdering 50,000 'babies,' unless you're talking about the babies bombed in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's sometimes necessary to abort a fetus, and if it isn't YOURS you have no say. Ditch your church at the door.
You are indeed taking back the country, right back to the '80's!
Where are the jobs?
We voted you into office because you promised to spend every day working on jobs.
We also voted you in because you promised to cut $100 billion in spending in the first few days of office. We are still waiting.
Thou shalt not lie.
@ Claudia, Houston, Tx
I laughed until I cried. Thanks. You said it all. Too funny.
Well, I'm happy to see that most of the posters feel the same as I do. Boner-Boy needs to get his priorities in order. Not to worry, he won't get what he wants. It has to be passed by the Senate and the Cons don't have control there.
As for 2012; the American people will see what these Conservatives do in the next 2 years and it will be Adios for them.
And watch and see Obama whup ass in 2012. He will still be here!!
And this bill will be passed on a party-line vote, just like health-care repeal. And the republicans will congratulate themselves on keeping a campaign promise, just like health-care repeal. And this bill will go to the Senate, and Harry Reid will assign it to a committee, and it will never be heard from again, just like the health-care repeal.
At what point are the House republicans going to quit wasting time on never-pass bills and work on something actually useful, like a budget or jobs bill?
You want the government to stay out of our lives, yet what you're doing is getting into our lives. Earlier today, there was a story about a "doctor" who performed illegal abortions killing women in the process. Is this where we're heading? Where are the jobs?
Here we go once again. The GOP was elected for what, just to roll back everything Obama has accomplished. I guess will never see any new jobs created under their watch. Now isn't this the group (GOP) that knows what the American people want.
Speaker Boehner, where is the focus on jobs??
This political diversion appears to be another waste of time and our tax dollars, since the Hyde Amendment already deals with this issue for no federal funding for abortions. Enough of the political games, please, when there are more important issues to address for our country.
I am sorry, but I pay a lot of damn taxes and I want my TAXES to help fund abortions so I don't have to pay for the government sponsered aid programs to raise them. Remember Bonehead, there are others out there that pay taxes besides you bible thumping self-rightous do gooders. And we don't want to raise these unwanted kids. So either you adopt them or let my tax dollars fund abortions.
You Promised Jobs.
Where are the jobs.
I don't care about the health care bill right now. I Neeeeeed a job. I waaant to work.
I'm not one of those people thay you republicans accuse of wanting to milk the system. I've worked all of my life that's all that I know how to do.
You're not doing what we elected you to do.
You're Fired.
But I as people want it. I mean government can fund millionaire pockets using tax cuts why not this?
These republican pinheads still don't get it and don't even know why they were elected. The public is mostly for the healthcare plan and mostly against the freebies handed out to the insurance companies in the Obama bill. The folks in the Tea Party are mostly FOR individual rights and they do not want government meddling in individual choices of which abortion is. Whether it is covered under some government plan or a private plan the individual should be allowed to decide what is best for their life. Right, Left, or Center everyone pretty much agrees that bureaucrats suck and should stay out of personal matters, get with program Bonehead Boehner.
First bogus health care repeal now this. What a joke, have the GOP learned nothing.
Is it the government's responsibitlity to provide for us (jobs, food, money, etc.) or is it our duty?
And if we are unable to provide for ourselves, shouldn't provision be made on a local level instead of a federal level?
This is their priority...talk about fooling people.
Not, say, the thousands of Americans who have died in the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Or the millions of innocent lives being losted in various wars in Africa. The highest priority is preventing women from getting abortions.
All you Conservatives need to put your money where your mouth is and IMMEDIATELY cancel your health care coverage because the vast majority of plans cover abortion – including the plans carried by Boehner and all Representatives and Senators.
Don't believe me? Do an Internet search on "Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program" and then search that site for "abortion." It is not provided for "except when the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest."
He even says in his comments that it get added to funding bills every year and federal funds to not go the elective abortions. This guy is the biggest idiot since Bush and Palin and Hheney and Rush and Beck and O'rielly and Mitch.
Oh what the heck they are all idiots on the right.
And because your tax dollars won't be wasted on abortion...they will be wasted on supporting an unwanted and possibly unloved child through 18 years welfare. And then later...statistically...through our judicial and penal system because of a horrific upbringing. Yeah...that will save us a few bucks. (Rolling eyes)
Protect and Defend Freedom of Speech in the USA: And for victims of rape and incest? That's their "personal responsibility" to deal with it?
"Our members feel strongly about the sanctity of human life. We listened to the American people, we made a commitment to the American people in our Pledge to America and we're continuing to fulfill our commitment." Pretty ridiculous statement for anyone to believe, or to publicly make when your own record shows just the opposite. "Sanctity of Human Life". You republicans changing what you call yourself, Pro-Life instead of Anti-abortion, doesn't fool most people that think instead of follow like sheep. You call yourselves Pro-life because is sounds better than Anti-Abortion. It is nothing more than a public relations coined phrase to remove the negative image. Pro-life my a$$. If someone was pro-life, they damn sure would not be trying to repeal Health Care Reform Act. You know the LAW passed that gives access to routine medical care for about 130,000 million people (more than 1/3 of our population), that do not have adequate insurance or no-insurance. Your a bigot Bonehead and anybody that buys your rhetoric, your sanctimonious b.s., is a fool and a self centered, selfish piece of trash.
How any woman, Hispanic, African American or or middle class person could vote for these liars is beyond me. But they did! So to those voters who let the Taliban take the majority....live with it. You reap what you sow....Next they will tell us that the deficit can be reduced if only women wore berkas!
Obama signed an agreement two years ago that federal funding can NEVER be used for abortions........
It is a non-issue, another symbolic vote, and Boehner makes it the GOTP TOP PRIORITY....
He's a bonehead and people that complement him and the repubs on working non-issues are idiots.....
America needs JOBs bonehead..... What's your plan?.... You've had two years to think ONLY about jobs....
BTW...federal funds cannot be used for abortions already- Moron.
Boehner and the rest of his little clowns are going to cause another civil war in this country. I for one will GLADLY lock and load and look for the closet right-wing terrorist to me!!!
What about the JOBS!!
Hypocrisy alert!
These guys protest if the government funds abortions, but NOT when their own private insurance companies do. And almost all insurance companies do! Check your facts! Check your hypocrisy! Why don't you take your principled stand to where you actually spend almost all of your health dollars: private corporations!
Right then. Glad to see our country is in such great shape. If THIS issue is our biggest priority, everything must be pretty rosie, right?
We Americans put them in the house so let us deal with what we are getting. They don't have the countries interest at heart, all they want to do is carry out their religious agenda.
In the words of Boehner himself: What's the rush? I thought Boehner wanted to make sure we don't rush any health legislation without having a real debate. Oh, but I guess that only includes bills it never wants to pass in the first place... like any bill that would limit the abuses by their corporate insurance buddies.
Deja Vu...all over again. Sounds like Tom DeLay style wedge issues to justify the GOP doing nothing yet again when they are in power. All they want to do is stall for time, invent distractions / gimmicks / games.
What about all of those that are already born that are unemployed!!!!!! Republicans are say they are all sbout getting government out of people's lives, until it comes to their reporductive choices or whom they want to marry.
Good job guys. Waste time and money on a bill to prohibit something that is already prohibited. Government doesn't fund elective abortions and hasn't for over a decade. While your at it, use the power of government to take away other rights of individuals. Who really believes in individual liberty? It sure isn't the Republicans.
Okay, who the hell is in charge of PRIORITIZING the Republican's agenda?
Is it taking down Obama?
Is it getting jobs to Americans?
Is it repealing healthcare and replacing it with..????
Now defunding abortions.
W-T-F??
And who elected these clueless, spinning bozos back into office to do the same thing they did for the past two years:
NOTHING.
This has to be the most deceptive man in Congress. "Come on in", said the spider to the fly.
Talk about smoke screens! First of all they already put the provisions in the new healthcare bill to ban the use of federal dollars for abortions. Currently there are no programs that allow this. So this is not even necessary. Second, I distinctly remember the comments about the president being out of touch because he was not spending enough time on jobs creation and I am wondering how this improves upon that.
Republicans-same old worthless product in a shiny new wrapper.
Abortion is a legal medical procedure. Move on to a real problem please!
What a waste of time. The Hyde Amendment works just fine and the language baring money for abortion in the Health Care Bill will work just fine too. Oh well, America, you voted these turkeys into power.
The party of no plans refuse to every put out any plan to get this contry moving forward. Thank you American voters that put this fools back in the driver set and I hope they bring this country down to it knees.
Here they go bring out that anti-abortion issue again just in time to make it a big issue during the election. Mark my words. Why do we keep falling for this nonsense. The issue is not abortion, it is a wedge issue that we will all get wrapped around the axle about.
Until you get a uterus of your own, Boehner, you've got no say about mine.
He could act like Pelosi and Obama and spend like they would never have to pay it back for two years but I think we will see something different happen. We know Sniffit and rest the liberal lapdogs will be watching and waiting for those jobs since Obama and company have driven us to double digit unemployment. Boehner will be better than Pelosi and friends but anything will be better than quadrupling our deficit in two years.
Here we go again, Mr. Waterworks and his bad memory, you know, the guy who said JOBS JOBS JOBS. Yeah, where's the jobs jerkee-bway? Social issues? The populace isn't interested. Trash the health care bill (and my right to not be refused treatment for pre-existing conditions)? Brilliant. You repooplicans will never be on the same mindset as the American people, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE! Like W.C. Fields said... "Go away boy, you bother me".
We all knew it would happen... The GOP says one thing during election time (jobs) and they go right back to their old culture wars crap.
Government funds to not go to fund abortions now you blow hole. Honest to God, I am so sick of the morally superior Republicans. they pack a gun in one hand a Bible in the other and off they go making the world a better place for the rich
Millions of people are out of work, thousands losing their homes, many have no health insurance, thousands of families are suffering in one way or another and right now this CLOWN John Boehner wants to talk about abortion. WHAT, WHAT.... IS HIS PROBLEM? Abortion is an issue to be dealt with but right now we have major priorities.Our problems are drastic and we need ever ounce of energy we can muster to keep our country from failing.The Republicans have NO plans for the future and no successes from the last two years. Tell me ONE bill that they have introduced, followed through on and became law. Just one! On the health bill, they said" " Repeal and Replace"...They are trying to repeal but there's no sign of any replacement. That's the Repubs for you !!!!!! There is NO replacement!!!!
The will of the people??? Maybe in Utah but certainly not in all of America. You GOPers need to realize that your opinion is no more valuable than those of all other citizens.
I AM THE PEOPLE, HE IS NOT DOING MY WILL! Why is the will of the people only honored when the republicans get in?
I keep hearing about "nickel and dime" saving tactics; freezing pay, furloughs, taxpayer funded abortions, ad nauseum! You legislators better start cutting some big chunks of fat off of the US pig like getting us the hell outta Afganistan and cutting some big weapon systems at the Pentagon. I want to hear some REAL savings ideas (or money generating ideas) or I will be voting out all incumbents next voting cycle.
The GOP is doing nothing but placating their base and blowing smoke to distract everyone else from the fact that they have absolutely NO PLANS to fix the economy. None. Nada. Zip.
Their number 1 priority was supposed to be jobs. Their number 2 priority should have been balancing the budget. They're doing neither.
In the lame duck session of congress they extended tax cuts for the wealthy which increases the deficit. This week, they vote on repealing health care which has no chance of passing the Senate and would be vetoed anyway. It's a waste of time and resources.
Still waiting for some glimmer of leadership from the GOP......how long will we need to wait?
Congress should be concentrating on the economy and job creation. However I do agree with this bill. It doesn't stop someone from getting an abortion. If people want to kill their unborn child they should pay for it themselves. Roe vs Wade will never be overruled in my life time. Abortion is a political hot-potato. The Republicans need the abortion issue as a campaign tool. Its bait for the party's base supporters.
One of the GOP's top priorities?
Wow, I mean fine.. but there is NOT going to be any Federal funding, nor has there been since before the Hyde Amendment,
nor will there be in the future. As a result is a battle that screams to be on the back burner while the focus is on improving the economy as the TOP and ONLY real priority, Anything else, until they get actual results on the big stuff, is wasting time and resources and near treasonous.
Oh sure, the House Republicans are making a ban on tax payer funded abortions, over fixing the national economy, a top priority to fulfill a promise. Right, and Elvis is alive, runs a B&B for aliens from the Orion Nebula in Roswell, and President Obama is really the King of China and wears a fancy red hat to bed. How about… the Republicans (and the Democrats) haven’t got a clue about the economy, or how to fix it, so they throw the gullible public a red herring and waste time fighting over abortion.
Didn't realize that federal funds paid for abortions.
If federal dollars aren't to used to pay for abortions because there are people who pay taxes that are pro-life, then we should ban federal dollars to be used for killing people on death row for the people who are anti-death penalty, right? I'm just saying either stay out of these type of issues 100% or follow the same guidlines across the board.
These people want to take abortion away from the peoples own decision too. They also want to get rid of welfare for people in need. So once these babys are born who is going to pay for some of these kids. GOP has got a big brainfart.
The GOP has proven to be very good at being against anything that benefits the women, minorities, middle and working class and poor. They are great at saying no, lying to get us into wars and increasing the deficit by giving tax breaks to corporate America and the wealthy. They don't mind spending trillions on unnecessary wars. However, there will come a time very soon when even their low information base will wonder what are they for. What solutions do they have for the mess they created, what are their plans for unemployment and the millions who are under or uninsured? When will they devote some time coming up with a strategy for those that are losing or have lost their homes. Some of these low information people will start to remember how we got in this mess and how they had 8 years to bankrupt the country.
Easy for a man to say... Let's hope he never has to face a family member who has been raped, molested, or is at risk of dying due to an unwanted pregnancy.
And none of us seen this one coming? How's that JOBS bill coming for you Congress? Because I am not seeing anything on that front.
Peace ~
So it's ok to use our tax dollars to kill innocent children in the fake wasr we are in to steal oil, but women who are of child bearing age will be penalized if they want an abortion. IF YOU ARE AGAINSGT ABORTION THEN DONT HAVE ONE!!!!! Mind your own business. This is purely a way to discriminate against women because men dont get pregnant. Women can bear children from the age of 9 to late 50's that is a long time to penalize a gender. Personally I would want my daughter to have insurance to cover that because she should have the choice if needed.
So where are the jobs? If anyone really believed the R's care you need a rubber room.
Isn't there already a ban on federal funds for abortion, and no provision in healthcare reform to change that. Smoke and mirrors to make the believers think they are actually doing something. We need jobs not theocrats wasting time with nothing. Maybe we could create jobs by hiring police to protect doctors who provide a legal medical service pad by insurance and people who need them from crazies like he is pandering to.
Federal law requires that states cover abortions under Medicaid in the event of rape, incest, and life endangerment, and ALREADY BANS the use of federal Medicaid funds for any other abortions. So Boehner wants to stop federal funding of abortions for rape and incest victims and women who's lives are in danger!?!?
First of all, i love you, Sniffit! Guns, money, fetuses! that's the GOP's only priorities, and not necessarily in that order. abortion is a tool of the rethugs to get people to vote against their own self-interest and for the people who don't give a rat's rump about the post-born. republicans will never outlaw abortion. it would take away most of their base's reason to vote for them.
Yes, you Republicans are so adamantly opposed to using government funds for unborn children when you so willingly support sending healthy adult Americans to their deaths in unjust wars!!!!
Get a grip you buffoons. Where are the jobs Boehner?????
Oh I forgot. . .you don't really care about any promises you made. Sorry America!!!!