Abortion-rights groups are using "desperate measures to make sure that the government funds abortion through health care," according to a Washington Times opinion piece by 40 Days for Life National Director David Bereit, Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser, Students for Life Executive Director Kristan Hawkins and Americans United for Life President and CEO Charmaine Yoest.

The four antiabortion-rights advocates denounce abortion-rights supporters for criticizing Democrats who voted for Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) amendment to the House health reform bill (HR 3962) and for attacking the Roman Catholic Church, which they say is "standing up for its deeply held conviction." They also accuse their opponents of misleading the public by saying that the restrictions in the Stupak amendment would limit abortion coverage in the private health insurance market.

The fight is "not over yet, far from it," and antiabortion-rights groups will continue "making noise and demanding abortion funding be taken out of health care legislation," according to the opinion piece's authors. They claim that the Senate bill (HR 3590) "provides for government-funded abortions." The authors conclude by urging President Obama and Congress not to "ram an unpopular and immensely immoral bill through the Legislature" (Yoest et al., Washington Times, 1/6).

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