American’s United for Life has compiled answers to some questions pro-life advocates may have about the current health reform proposals making their way through Congress.
- What do the health care reform plans currently in Congress say about the unborn?
- You say the plans would mandate abortion coverage. How would they do that?
- Doesn’t the Hyde Amendment protect taxpayers from having to fund abortions?
- I heard that the health care reform plans would enable people to choose which insurance plan they want. Those plans would then be funded by individuals’ premiums. Wouldn’t that ensure that taxpayer money would not pay for abortions?
- I get my reproductive-health check-ups from Planned Parenthood, but I would never consider getting an abortion. If Congress followed Americans United for Life’s principles for health care reform, wouldn’t that force me to find another provider?
- Is it true that the health care reform plans would encourage doctors to perform euthanasia?
- Do the plans really contain provisions for “death panels”?
Their answers to these questions can be found here .
Dear Reader,
Can I be direct with you?
War abroad. Socialists on the rise. AI upending human life. Endless uproar online. The modern attention economy doesn’t want readers — it wants users enslaved to the tyranny of the present.
First Things is the antidote: literary excellence, timeless truths, and a fixed point of reference in a culture that has lost its bearings.
But we can’t do it without readers like you.
Our goal: Raise $150,000 by November 1 to sustain First Things in the year ahead.
Your gift anchors readers in the permanent things.
Make your Fall Campaign gift now using the button below.
If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Giovanni Del Piero, Director of the Editor’s Circle, at gdelpiero@firstthings.com or 212-627-1985.
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
The Church in the Age of Therapy
In 1966, Philip Rieff wrote in The Triumph of the Therapeutic that “Religious man was born to…
Canada’s Deadliest Blind Spot
On September 20, the Daily Mail ran a story with the provocative headline, “Our 83-year-old Christian grandmother…
The Faithful Joy of Dolly Parton and Fulton Sheen
Dolly Parton and Fulton Sheen seem to have had little in common. She favored rhinestones; he wore…
