CNSNews.com - Pelosi Dodges Question of Whether Government Health-Care Plan Will Fund Abortion

CNSNews.com - Pelosi Dodges Question of Whether Government Health-Care Plan Will Fund Abortion

(CNSNews.com) – While many pro-life Democrats in the House of Representatives say they will not vote for a health care reform bill unless it explicitly prohibits federal funding for abortion through insurance plans, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has declined to state whether the final legislation should address the issue.

On the July 26 edition of CNN’s State of the Union, for example, host John King asked Pelosi: “If this bill passes and there’s a public option, should that public option cover abortions?”