Obama's Health Care Reform – (OHCR)

Fact Card

OHCR would nullify all state and federal laws that “interfere with” access to abortion before “viability” as determined by the abortion provider.  It would overturn partial birth abortion bans, eliminate parental notification, and force taxpayers to fund abortion.

·         OHCR advocates claim that the bill’s purpose is to codify Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision allowing abortion on demand.  But FOCA will invalidate all pro-life laws that the Supreme Court has upheld since Roe.

·         OHCR creates a fundamental right to abortion.

·         OHCR would repeal the Hyde Amendment, allowing unlimited federal funding for abortion.

·         OHCR  would overturn bans on partial-birth abortion, a gruesome late term procedure that partially delivers the baby, inserts a device to suction the brains form the baby’s skull, crushes the skull and removes the baby from the birth canal. 

OHCR would invalidate state and federal laws protecting women and health care providers, including:

• Full disclosure to the patient ( ultrasound of the baby, information about pain inflicted on the baby or possible complications to the mother) 
• Parental notification or consent for minors seeking abortions
• Waiting periods
• Restrictions based on fetal viability allowing for abortion on demand through all nine months of pregnancy
• Protections for doctors and nurses who decline to commit or assist in an abortion
• Protections for religiously affiliated hospitals and public hospitals that do not perform abortions
• Exclusions for abortion coverage from health care plans of federal employees

 The Obama Health Care Reform plan is a slick way to pass the Freedom of Choice Act , which is extreme even for many who identify themselves as “pro-choice.”  Say NO to this Health Care Reform Plan!