St. John the Evangelist - Ancient Faith, Modern Relevance

News sources report that senators debating health care legislation are headed for a clash over abortion, the issue that threatened to derail the bill in the House.

Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., plans to unveil an anti-abortion amendment as early as Thursday that abortions rights supporters inside the Senate and out say they can’t support.

In some cases, “abortion rights supporters” are gathering their forces to keep abortions restrictions out of the health care bill. Nelson says he won’t vote for the underlying bill without his strong abortion language. Then again, behind the scenes, Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., who opposes abortions but wants to vote for the overall health care bill, has been working to find language that could satisfy both sides.

This discussion shows that legislative subtleties can sometimes mask issues of ethics to which the public needs to give attention. For more see http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Abortion-showdown-looms-in-apf-2238278395…. , http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/30/health.care/index.html, and http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/03/abortion-showdown-looms-senat….

(contributed by Rev. Rudolph)