"We've been able to come up with an agreement to respect the sanctity of life on health care reform. There will be no public funding for abortion in this legislation. We've all stood on principle."
Those were the words of Congressman Bart Stupak on March 21, 2010. The day healthcare passed, the day Bart Stupak sold out himself and sold out America by accepting a shoddy Executive Order instead of a solid amendment to the healthcare plan explicitly banning federal funds being used to fund abortion. Now fast-forward to today and the first healthcare plans funded by the government are going into affect and those plans will pay for abortions.
The "High Risk Pool" which is one of the first aspects to Obama Care to come online is starting to roll out in about 23 states. This pool covers the people with preexisting conditions that would not otherwise be able to get healthcare.
Pennsylvania is one of the first states to get up and running with the High Risk Pool receiving about 162 million from the federal government. This money will help Pennsylvania subsidize the cost of these insurance plans. These plans cover abortion services. That of course is the loophole. The federal money is not being spent directly on abortion, it is just being used to pay for the plans that covers abortions.
According to the text of Patient Protection and Health Care Act the healthcare plans can cover any type of abortion for any reasons that do not contradict existing state law. In Pennsylvania abortion is legal for any reason other than to determine the sex of the child.
So there you have it. Bart Stupak ruined his carreer in politics for a President who played him.