By Fred Lucas,CNS NEWS
One day after the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops vowed to “vigorously” oppose the health care bill under consideration in Congress if it is not amended to explicitly prohibit federal funding of abortions,the White House for the second time in a week said the bishops are wrong to assert that the bill permits funding of abortion.
White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs told CNSNews.com the bishops do not understand the existing law restricting federal funding of abortion.
The “law” Gibbs was referring to is the Hyde Amendment,which has been included in each year’s annual Health and Human Services Appropriation since fiscal 1977. This amendment prohibits funding of abortion only in that particular fiscal year and only among funds appropriated through that particular bill.
The programs being set up by the health-care bill under consideration in Congress would not be funded through the annual HHS appropriations bill and would not be subject to the Hyde amendment–even if Congress deems to include the Hyde Amendment in future-year HHS appropriations bills.
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