NOW President: It’s 'Not Acceptable' for President Obama to Achieve Health Care Reform 'By Pushing Women Back Into the Back Alleys to Die'

Are women 'dying in the back alleys' now?

Obama suggested he would not have the votes to change the status quo.

Federal funds cannot pay for abortions now.

And that would simply continue to be the case.

The dishonesty of the pro-aborts is staggering.

Back alleys would never happen and is a ploy and some people are buying into this when they should be smarter! Democrats must lead by leading and accomplishing -- like health care, which is tied to the deficit and the bankrupting of businesses and families. We cannot let abortion issues become an obstacle and get in our way of passing health care reform, we are smarter than that. We must keep our "eye" on the Prize -- goal! We do not want to wear the title of a "do nothing Congress"!

GOP politicians and operatives continue to dishonestly and deceptively say that they cannot support a public option, they claim that they want to keep costs down for the American people! Really? This they claim all the while knowing that a public option/competition is the only way to really control cost and to bring about true reform thereby putting a definite Halt to the “out of control” medical costs and premiums crippling people and businesses today, making it harder and harder for average Americans and young people to realize and take advantage of the slowly, slipping away American Dream. One could ask themselves, If you happen to lose your job today or tomorrow in these unstable economic times and at a time when we currently do not have healthcare reform for all, who would pay you or your familiy's health care costs, that is, if you are lucky enough to be able to see a doctor without insurance? This American Dream, which has slowly been slipping away, is in the last throes of dying, if we do not forge a new path onwards toward inclusion and cooperation for all. This dream of America will die to be replaced with just another third world country -- becoming another failed experiment and promise, only to go by the wayside.

With all the birth control we have, and even for rape victims, there is the morning after pill.....there should be no abortions!

Don't tell me that someone can't afford birth control, they usually all carry around a cell phone!

If we can have a governor take a life, surely we can get this in our health care...How do these differ? As truly I could never make a call, and take a life thru lethal injection, as my God tells me thou shall not kill......

Well the order came down from a human who truly will need to be forgiven...just as in abortion!!

Think about that one....

Health Care should be centered around preventative medicine....I'd really hate to see the poor using other means...and we do have Roe vs Wade...but its a card that has to be laid down to the conservatives...as many do not favor abortions..However, its not about who favors it or who doesn't....as truly world wide, no one favors it, but it happens...so to hang onto that card is hardly looking at reality....I belive our government should look at reality.......and it should be included in the health care.....

Anything and everything that costs money is more readily available to the rich than to the poor. What's wrong with that? And why should abortion be different?
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Uhm .... because one of the last things we really need is to force people who are already poor to carry through unwanted pregnancies because they are poor? I mean, there are a lot of poor people.

Of course, rich people AND their poodles can have their abortions whenever they want.

And, forgive me for using young Ms. Palin as a perfect example . ... I think people who promote abstinence as the primary or only proper way to prevent teen pregnancies deserve to be called out.
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tierra,
"deserve to be called out" really? rather harsh and judgmental don't you think.
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Not at all. When people go around preaching abstinence - and trying to RESTRICT the teaching of birth control methods - that kind of nonsense HAS to be called out.

Of course abstinence can be one technique offered to a young person, but only in the context of 'however . . if you ARE getting sexually involved with someone you will need to know these techniques and USE one - and here are your options . . .'

"Sounds to me the end effect is abortion is available to the wealthy (if you have the money) - and not to the poor."

Anything and everything that costs money is more readily available to the rich than to the poor. What's wrong with that? And why should abortion be different?

Gallup today: 29% favor healthcare legislation; 38% oppose.

Commensurate with Rasmussen.

bubbles-
you'll be making conservatives very happy. thank you for your wisdom.

Women will not be thrown under the bus! Abortion is a legal medical procedure, and if women are paying health care premiums then ALL health care should be covered. Tell men to get a rider for their Viagra! If they don't take out Stupak, then I will call my Rep. and tell her not to vote for the bill! Obama is such a wimp.

Thank you Terry O'Neill for standing up for women. This is NOT change we can believe in ... this is President Obama and the Dems in Congress throwing women under the bus. We are half the population. We pay more for health insurance, and under THIS plan will get LESS. The Senate must fix this mistake.

Elisabeth, it's a women's right now to have elective abortions paid for by tax payers?

The demagogery is just so absurd.

This is a FANTASTIC article and I am so glad that Terry O'Neill is standing up for women's rights when there's a deafening silence from the WOMEN on Capitol Hill and other groups. We need strong leadership NOW more than ever because women's LIVES are not a bargaining chip that can be thrown out because a bunch of old white men think we're not important. Democrats would do well to remember that women elected them and that pro-choice is a party platform.

And, forgive me for using young Ms. Palin as a perfect example . ... I think people who promote abstinence as the primary or only proper way to prevent teen pregnancies deserve to be called out.
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tierra,
"deserve to be called out" really? rather harsh and judgmental don't you think. although that wouldn't be my choice, i think the palin family have every right to teach their kids their values. they are certainly living with the consequences.

"The president has handed us a bill that reverses Roe v. Wade,” she told ABC News".

What b.s. Roe did ot make federal funding for abortions a constitutional right. It didn't even make insurance for abortions a constitutional right. This woman does not help her cause with this kind of hysterical rhetoric.

Tierra, I like you better when you don't belittle people to make your point. Don't you think Palin and her daughter have been trashed enough? Honestly, she's a kid who made a mistake and is being responsible about it. Are you a parent? It's a tough job!
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I won't tell you if or not I'm a parent, but yes I am.

And, forgive me for using young Ms. Palin as a perfect example . ... I think people who promote abstinence as the primary or only proper way to prevent teen pregnancies deserve to be called out.

Teach them BIRTH CONTROL to be used when having SEX, not some technique that ends up with them pregnant as a teenager.

Ms. Palin demonstrates how that technique does NOT work.

Of course abstinence can be one technique offered to a young person, but only in the context of 'however . . if you ARE getting sexually involved with someone you will need to know these techniques and USE one . . .'

"It is immoral to be anti-abortion " ...
"You either see life as being so precious that government must support that life "

Those 2 statements don't go together. If life is so precious that government must support it, why would the government support abortions?

Ms. Oneil, how does it feel to be used for political reason?..............how naive can you be, can a lot of people are.

So, what you're saying is convenience abortions are just like public transportation? The private choice between two individuals not to use protection or abstain is somehow equivalent to a community's decision to host a sports team? Being too drunk to wear protection is morally equivalent to society's decision to provide for public education?

Really? Why do you think there's a moral obligation for society to pay for an outpatient elective surgey? Should society pay for Lasik? Or the Lap-band? What about veneers?