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White House 'Reality Check' Site on Healthcare Silent on Abortion

August 11, 2009 RSS Feed Print

By Dan Gilgoff, God & Country

Checking out the White House's new "Reality Check" Web site on health insurance reform, I'm struck that it doesn't mention abortion.

Officially launched yesterday, the site aims to counter what the White House calls "rumors and scare tactics" and "a lot of the outrageous claims floating around" regarding the Democrats' healthcare reform proposals. With Democrats claiming that one of the biggest myths about those proposals is that they'll use taxpayer money to cover abortions, I'm surprised that the White House site is mum on the issue.

The site tackles allegations that the Democrats' healthcare plan will finance euthanasia, lead to healthcare rationing, force people to give up their current healthcare plans, burden small business, and cut Medicare. I wonder what's behind the silence on abortion.

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IN THE NAME OF JESUS WE CLAIM JUSTICE FOR THE LIVING UNBORN AND FOR THE AMAZING GRACE WE RECEIVE TO KEEP ON KEEPIN ON .

GOD BLESS OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT.

I AM FOR LIFE ON ALL LEVELS-- NO MORE ABORTION--NO EUTHANASIA-- NO SLAVERY ( PRAISE JESUS ) -- AND NO MORE 18,000 DEAD ANNUALLY DUE TO VESTED INTEREST SELFISH DESIRES--IN OTHER WORDS-- DUE TO LACK OF AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE IN PLACE -- THESE ARE PEOPLE -- NOT NUMBERS-- LOVED ONES !.

..THIS CURRENT "SYSTEM" ( OR LACK OF) IS "UNSUSTTAINABLE"

--THE STATUS QUO MUST GO !

SO WITH OR WITHOUT THE HEARTY SUPPORT-- IT MUST--IT WILL COME INTO FRUITION...

... SCARE TACTICS ASIDE --WE SHOULD ALL ASK GOD TO BLESS US WITH AN ETHICAL HEALTH CARE PLAN -- THE BEST ONE YET.

KEEP PRAYING --IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT !

GOD BLESS AMERICA -- THANK YOU GOD - IN ADVANCE !

14 of FL 3:15PM August 24, 2009

Love your tactics Gilgoff. Don't talk about what is or isn't real, just leave an open-ended question about "why the White House is silent on abortion" hanging out there to fuel myths and rumors. Classic right-wing stuff "appeal to the uneducated, unwilling to find out more, vote by messaging and fear not facts Rovian strategies"

I pray God will give people good sense or that Democrats will become as good at exploiting fears as the right-wing radicals.

Sick!

angela of FL 2:42AM August 18, 2009

Hi Let me get this straight. Abortion is bad.....but denying health care to people in order to make millions is ok

Lulu Smitz of DE 5:51PM August 15, 2009

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Dan Gilgoff covers religion for U.S. News & World Report. He is the author of The Jesus Machine: How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Evangelical America are Winning the Culture War, and is a former politics editor at beliefnet. E-mail Dan at godandcountry@usnews.com.

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