I’m pro-choice, but I don’t want to pay for abortions

Have you checked out John Boehner’s blog lately? I saw this little tid bit today:

Beginning on line 7, p. 118, section 1303 under “Voluntary Choice of Coverage of Abortion Services” the Health and Human Services Secretary is given the authority to determine when abortion is allowed under the government-run health plan. Leader Reid’s plan also requires that at least one insurance plan offered in the Exchange covers abortions (line 13, p. 120).

What is even more alarming is that a monthly abortion premium will be charged of all enrollees in the government-run health plan. It’s right there beginning on line 11, page 122, section 1303, under “Actuarial Value of Optional Service Coverage.” The premium will be paid into a U.S. Treasury account – and these federal funds will be used to pay for the abortion services.

Section 1303(a)(2)(C) describes the process in which the Health Benefits Commissioner is to assess the monthly premiums that will be used to pay for elective abortions under the government-run health plan and for those who are given an affordability credit to purchase insurance coverage that includes abortion through the Exchange. The Commissioner must charge at a minimum $1 per enrollee per month.

I’m about as pro-choice as someone can be. The decision to have an abortion is a personal one, and is none of the government’s business. With that said, this individual decision requires individual responsibility. Therefore, if an abortion is obtained for reasons other than to save the life of the mother, incest, or rape, she needs to pay for it herself. I don’t want my tax dollars bailing out any more irresponsible people.

The pro-choice lobby is complaining about the Stupak Amendment on the House health care bill, saying it hampers a woman’s right to choose, but it doesn’t. It merely requires women to take responsibility for their actions. I imagine that any Senate health care bill will have to be amended to make attach similar protections. If it doesn’t, the bill won’t go any where, and rightly so.