Sunday, March 21, 2010

News Alert: Anti-Abortion Democrats Pledge Support for Health Care Bill in House

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Sun, March 21, 2010 -- 4:16 PM ET
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Anti-Abortion Democrats Pledge Support for Health Care Bill in House

House Democrats who had withheld support of the health care
legislation because of abortion concerns said Sunday
afternoon that they would back the bill, all but assuring
that Democrats would have the 216 votes needed for passage.

The White House and Congressional Democratic leaders
announced the deal, and rank-and-file Democrats who had
worried that the bill would somehow allow the use of federal
money to pay for abortions or for insurance coverage of the
procedure appeared at a news conference to say those concerns
had been addressed

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