Pro-life groups are denouncing the supposed pro-life Democrats, led by Rep. Bart Stupak, who voted for Obamacare based on the transparent excuse of an unenforceable Executive Order.
Were the pro-life Democrats fooled?
No, they are all politically savvy. More likely, they were successfully undercut by their political base, especially the increasingly powerful public employee unions. In the case of Stupak, for example, the unions may include many people who support the Congressman's pro-life views, or are indifferent, but they undoubtedly made it clear to him that they regarded the bill as a priority and his pro-life principles as expendable.
Had the pro-life Democrats held out, they might have forced the original House anti-abortion funding language to be adopted by the Administration and (once again) Speaker Pelosi in the bill itself. Instead, it was Stupak & Co. whose bluff was called. As between their base and their principles, they chose their base.
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