There's more confirmation that the public does not want abortion funded in any healthcare reform.
Deirdre McQuade, assistant director for policy and communications at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' secretariat of pro-life activities, tells OneNewsNow her organization conducted a poll this month. "And that survey found widespread public opposition to the inclusion of abortion and any erosion of conscience rights protection for healthcare workers, while at the same time finding that those views are shared by those who favor efforts to pass healthcare reforms," she notes. McQuade says the public perception that opponents of abortion are trying to kill healthcare reform is not true. But the opposition to financing abortion, she says, goes beyond any government proposals for reform. "We asked the question, 'If the choice were left up to you, would you want your own insurance policy to include abortion?' -- and 68 percent of U.S. adults said no, and only 24 percent said yes," McQuade points out. She says the basic message to Congress is that abortion is not healthcare, and that not only Congress but the White House needs to understand that as well. She believes it is not a question of needing a religious exclusion -- but a matter of basic human rights.
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