JUST AN FYI: ABORTION FUNDING HAS BEGUN

October 1 marked the opening of the state health care exchanges...and new abortion funding through them. In March of 2011, I tried to get Congresswoman to oppose Obamacare and provided documents from the USCCB Legal Counsel on how Obamacare funded abortions. 

However, she responded:

“the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provides no federal financing for abortions.” 

To which, I responded:

“...the Bishops have stated that this bill funds abortions.” 

To which, she responded: 

“I disagree with you that H.R. 3590 provides federal financing for abortions.”

(Read the whole conversation  here.)

And now we know:

Obama administration: Lawmakers, staff can get abortion coverage. - Washington Times, September 30, 2013

One in ten abortions will funded through Obamacare mandated subsidies - Charlotte Lozier Institute

“ACA (Obamacare) allows use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions and for plans that cover such abortions, contradicting longstanding federal policy.” - USCCB, June 28, 2012

"...contrary to the policy of the Hyde amendment and regardless of what it may provide in any year, federal subsidies (in the form of such premium tax credits) may be used to help pay for overall health plans whose issuers have decided to include elective abortions." - USCCB, May 24, 2010 

BORDALLO: OBAMACARE WILL BE GOOD FOR GUAM ??????

WARNING!!! GRAPHIC PHOTOS AT END

On August 17, 2013, the Pacific Daily News carried the news story BORDALLO: OBAMACARE WILL BE GOOD FOR GUAM. An OP-ED by the Congresswoman on the same topic was also printed in the same issue in the Opinion section: MUCH OF OBAMACARE APPLIES TO US.

Following is my online comment to both articles:

At the Guam Medical Society forum held last July (7/18/12), the panel of insurance providers confirmed that abortions would be funded through the exchanges (Specifically, it was Frank Campillio of Select Care). Over the course of several months, prior to and after the passage of Obamacare, I sent Congresswoman Bordallo several messages including a legal brief detailing exactly how abortions would be funded through Obamacare. She swore they wouldn't be. We now know that they are. The only question was whether or not Guam would have to set up the exchange. If we do, then we fund abortions, which is why many other states have opted out. Let's see what the "pro-life" Congresswoman Bordallo will do about this.

Here is the legal memo I sent her:

"Legal Analysis of the Provisions of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Corresponding Executive Order Regarding Abortion Funding and Conscience Protection,” issued by the Office of General Counsel of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), March 25, 2010. [See it here.]

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I FIRST EXPRESSED MY CONCERN ABOUT ABORTION FUNDING IN OBAMACARE TO THE CONGRESSWOMAN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2009, SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO ITS PASSAGE. I CONTACTED HER THROUGH HER WEBSITE. SHE REPLIED: