Zoe Lofgren, a Democratic Congresswoman from California admitted in a recent town hall that abortions would be covered in a health care bill. The video is below. (you have to go to the 6:51 mark to hear the question and answer) The Brody File has the transcription below:
QUESTION: "[This is a ] health care plan that is covering abortion, which we know that over 90% of abortions are purely elective, not medically necessary. Why is this being covered when abortion is clearly not health care?" (Applause).
REP. LOFGREN: "[This is a] basic benefit plan developed by, um, health professionals... Abortion will be covered as a benefit by one or more of the health care plans available to Americans, and I think it should be."
Hey folks, let's put this in proper context. Lofgren's district is overwhelmingly Democratic. 70 percent of people in her Central San Jose, california district voted for President Obama. So it's not like this is a conservative area. Did you see the angry reaction to her abortion comments?
Also, if you go 4:36 minutes into the clip you can really see some of the anger and frustration boiling over at this town hall. It runs through much of the clip. At one point, one of the organizers of the event says, "If you keep this up we are going to have to close the meeting."
Oy-vey. The White House has a problem on its hands.