Victoria Cobb, President
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Action Alert: Urge Governor to Protect Life!
Please contact Governor Bob McDonnell and ask him to protect you from having to subsidize abortion in Virginia’s health exchanges!
A few months ago, Virginia had the option of whether it wanted to set up its own health insurance exchange in accordance with “ObamaCare” or whether we wanted the federal government to do it for us. Virginia opted for the federal government to set up the exchange. But not to be left without a voice in the discussion, the General Assembly passed legislation this year that allows the State Corporation Commission to have appropriate state oversight of the federally-created Virginia exchange. These two oversight bills (SB921 and HB1900) now sit on the Governor’s desk awaiting his action.
While opposed to the concept of “ObamaCare” overall, the one major aspect The Family Foundation is concerned with is the taxpayer funding of abortion. You may remember a similar discussion in 2011 when the General Assembly adopted an amendment submitted by Governor McDonnell that prohibits subsidizing abortion through exchanges; but today, there is some question as to whether that amendment will be enough. Therefore, The Family Foundation and other pro-life organizations are asking Governor McDonnell to continue the intent of his 2011 amendment by further adding pro-life amendments to SB921 and HB1900 to assure that taxpayers will not be asked to fund abortion on demand.
Unfortunately, abortion industry apologists have politicized the issue and are calling the amendment “extreme” and an attack on “women’s health.” The truth is that Virginia has the authority to choose to prohibit insurance plans that cover abortion from participating in the exchange and as already mentioned, the policy already exists and has for two years. However, we need the Governor to amend current legislation to ensure that the policy continues.
Governor McDonnell has been a true pro-life ally, signing several pro-life measures and working to ensure that previous health care exchange legislation had pro-life language. It is extremely important that he amend the two bills on his desk now – SB 921 and HB 1900 – with language that protects Virginia taxpayers from being forced to subsidize abortion.
ACTION: Contact Governor McDonnell and tell him you don’t want to be forced to subsidize abortion! Urge him to amend SB 921 and HB 1900 with pro-life language.
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