Pennsylvania Senate Bill 3 and House Bill 1977 were designed to prevent tax payer funding of at least some "Obamacare" abortions. Though SB 3 passed on 6/7/11 and HB 1977 passed on 12/12/11, they were NEVER reconciled and sent for Governor Corbett's signature:
- (It should be noted that pro abortion Planned Parenthood has given Senator Greenleaf a fair rating and Senator McIlhinney a glowing rating.)
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(It should be noted that pro
abortion Planned Parenthood has given Representatives Petri and Quinn fair
ratings and Representatives Farry and O'Neill glowing ratings.)
So, why were SB 3 and HB 1977 NEVER reconciled and sent for Governor Corbett's signature? "HB 1077, the bill to mandate an ultrasound at least 24 hours before an abortion, hit a wall when it was voted out of committee, and the resulting controversy may have crippled the chances of the bills to block insurance coverage of abortion in the exchange created by healthcare reform, HB 1977 and SB 3" (6/4/12 ACLU memo to its board of directors). Translation? It seems that at least some of our "pro life" elected officials got scared off!
Abortion opt out legislation is still SB 3 in the Senate, while it's now HB 818 in the House. The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference reminds us that : "As the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Affordable Care Act and Pennsylvania has chosen not to set up a state exchange, Pennsylvania must take steps to prevent abortion coverage in the federal insurance exchanges used in PA. Please send a message by clicking here to your legislators requesting that this important pro-life issue be addressed as soon as possible!" (https://www.votervoice.net/PACC/Campaigns/25554/Respond)
We cannot allow SB 3 and HB 818 to have the same fate as SB 3 and HB 1977! Send our elected officials an email or give them a call (http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/findyourlegislator/#address).
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