Today everything came full circle for me. The Mad as Hell Doctors had their DC Rally, a freshman Congressman from one of the Happiest Places On Earth stood up and said what everyone else was thinking, and Anthony Weiner stood firm and made it clear that there would be NO MORE Compromises. Yet, simultaneously in another political dimension, the Senate met to again discuss the many amendments to the healthcare reform legislation. Today Orin Hatch came up with an amendment that would create a safety net for taxpayers in federal laws that prohibit public funding of abortion. This was of particular interest to me as I shockingly learned several months ago that most insurance companies pay 100% for elective abortions, but pay either 80% or 60% for a birth. Most individual policies will require a rider if you want to have a baby, and most of the time, the baby is not covered long after he or she is born. Of course abortions are much cheaper then prenatal care, and delivery, so why wouldn't insurance companies choose to fund 100% of this procedure. The only problem is that the majority of those opposed to the public plan also value life, and one of the main reasons so many have shown up in droves to tea parties is the fear that the government would fund abortion. So today Orin Hatch of Utah, attempted to make sure that this never happened. Sadly, he was defeated. One may think that the blue dog democrats would have backed up such an issue, after all, they are so concerned about these things, aren't they? Yet, a bored Grassley, and an arrogant and overly confident Backus, along with others, voted against the amendment, citing that the present laws would continue to prohibit public funds from paying for abortion. How do they think that is possible when there will be a mandate forcing all Americans to contribute to the profiteering insurance industry that considers the birth of a baby a cost factor and encourages mothers to terminate their babies based on financial incentives? This mandate will be supported by a tax payer government subsidy that will "help" individuals and families pay for health insurance to companies who have been consistently encouraging abortion for decades. This is immoral, appalling and disgusting, and it is time that Americans open their eyes. While fighting tooth and nail against a public option, one where the taxpayer would be guaranteed that his or her money would not be used to abort the unborn, the same politicians are now attacking an amendment that would only do the same to all private corporations who would be offering care to those who might have chosen the public option if it were available. I am a pro choice pro life voter. I believe in strong education, birth control and choosing life. I believe that if all women were really educated about when life begins, given the facts and taught about the unintended consequence of abortion, many pregnancies would be avoided, and abortions would not be chosen as freely as they are today. For many years I supported the right pro life movement, but realized when the Pro Life Right had complete control of both houses and the white house, that the issue was nothing more then a political ploy. Some on the right, like Hatch, may be sincere, but blue dogs are nothing more then insincere hypocritical wolves who have deceived their constituents into believing that they are something that they are not. I hope and pray that this incident will help those who have been deceived for far to long to see things as they really are and understand that the key to prevention of abortion, is education, knowledge, birth control and free will. Only then will the slaughter of the innocent be reduced and will people understand the true sancity of life. I believe that with this knowledge, most will choose to protect life in responsible behavior and understanding of what it means to share ones body with another human being for nine months. Only then will the majority truly choose life.