Bart Stupak: “The motion to recommit purports to be a right-to-life motion, in the spirit of the Stupak amendment. But as the author…”

“The motion to recommit purports to be a right-to-life motion, in the spirit of the Stupak amendment. But as the author of the Stupak amendment, this motion is nothing more than an opportunity to continue to deny 32 million Americans health care. The motion is really a last- ditch effort of 98 years of denying Americans health care. The motion to recommit does not promote life. It is the Democrats who have stood up for the principle of no public funding for abortions. It is Democrats, through the President's executive order, that ensures the sanctity of life is protected, because all life is precious and all life should be honored. Democrats guarantee all life from the unborn to the last breath of a senior citizen is honored and respected. For the unborn child, his or her mother will finally have pre-and postnatal care under our bill. If the child is born with mental problems, we provide medical care without bankrupting the family. For the Republicans to now claim that we send the bill back to committee under the guise of protecting life is disingenuous. This motion is really to politicize life, not prioritize life. We stand for the American people. We stand up for life. Vote ``no'' on this motion to recommit.”