AUL: Stupak deal “a tragedy for America”
Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President and CEO of Americans United for Life Action, has responded to the Stupak deal with the following statement:
This deal to pass the largest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade is a tragedy for America. We believe that Mr. Stupak’s choice to succumb to the intense pressure of the last week has resulted in his endorsement of a charade that does not even begin to address the anti-life provisions in this legislation. The American people do not support taxpayer funding of abortion and Speaker Pelosi and the President have undermined representative democracy by working to pass this legislation with this unprecedented contortion of the legislative process.
The AUL has herewith lost whatever credibility it still had as a nonpartisan prolife organization.
The EO is good news, indeed.
Hyde will prevail.
“The AUL has herewith lost whatever credibility it still had as a nonpartisan prolife organization.”
Matthew–
I assume the operative word in that sentence is “nonpartisan”, but I don’t understand the sense in which you mean it. Do you think that AUL would have reacted differently if Stupak were a Republican?
As of last night, at least, the USCCB opposed the idea of an executive order and insisted that the bill was unacceptable unless its language was changed. I had assumed Stupak compromised in consultation with the bishops, but now I don’t know.
Do you think that AUL would have reacted differently if Stupak were a Republican?
Mark Proska,
That is somewhat like asking if they would have acted differently if Stupak were a creature from Mars. Republicans and creatures from Mars are not attempting to pass a health care bill. Democrats are. Your questions is hypothetical in the extreme.
Maybe Stupak called the nuns?
Thanks for that one, David!
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