YOEST: EXECUTIVE ORDER "BLATANT ATTEMPT TO SUBVERT DEMOCRACY"
“The
proposal to address the problem of abortion funding in the health care bill
through use of an Executive Order is a tacit acknowledgement that the bill as
it stands is pro-abortion legislation. Both the President and the Speaker have
repeatedly denied this stark fact.
The
American people overwhelmingly do not want to see their tax dollars go toward
abortion and that is why Speaker Pelosi cannot mobilize a majority coalition
for passage. Her multiple attempts to construct esoteric parliamentary
maneuvers to circumvent the clear will of the people is unconscionable.
This Executive Order proposal is wrong in principle because it would be
designed to retroactively address an issue after Congress, as the direct
representatives of the people, failed to do so.
However
it also does not succeed in application. An Executive Order cannot prevent
insurance companies that pay for abortions from participating in the
exchanges. Further, Executive Orders can be undone or modified as quickly
as they are created. This is a blatant attempt to subvert democracy and
should be quickly quashed.”
- Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President & CEO of Americans United for Life Action.
