Senior Democrat “Confident” Stupak Amendment Will Perish in Later Version of Obama Helathcare Bill

As more Democrats attempt to reassure the pro-abortion constituency not to fret over the health bill’s apparent pro-life turn, one senior House Democrat has declared her certainty that the pro-life Stupak amendment, which was passed by the House this past Saturday, is bound to be shot down in a later version of the bill.

“I am confident that when it [H.R. 3962] comes back from the conference committee that that language [the Stupak amendment] won’t be there,” said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the House’s chief deputy Democratic whip, in an appearance on MSNBC.

“And I think we’re all going to be working very hard, particularly the pro-choice members, to make sure that’s the case.”

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