The pro-life Susan B. Anthony List blasts Dale Kildee for breaking with Stupak:

Congressman Kildee’s support for the Nelson language goes completely against his pro-life record and principles. His vote for healthcare will be one for abortion and against Life—there is no middle ground. Congressman Kildee has put himself on the side of Barbara Boxer, who last November told McClatchy News’ Rob Hotakainen that the Nelson language was ‘only an “accounting procedure” that will do nothing to restrict coverage.’”
Congressman Kildee can no longer call himself ‘pro-life.’ He has set himself with the likes of NARAL, NOW, and Planned Parenthood, and has betrayed his pro-life principles and his constituents. 75% of voters in Rep. Kildee’s district oppose taxpayer funding of abortion as part of health care reform, according to a survey commissioned by the Susan B. Anthony List this week. 56% of Rep. Kildee’s constituents surveyed also said that they would be less likely to vote for him next Election Day if he supported healthcare with abortion funding.
Congressman Kildee has traded the lives of the unborn. He has made this choice to his own political peril. The Susan B. Anthony List will use all the resources available to ensure each voter in the Michigan’s fifth district knows exactly what Congressman Kildee has done—betrayed his conscience, and the unborn. The voters will remember this come November.”
Rep. Dale Kildee had been a supporter of the Stupak language, which would have prevented federal tax dollars from being used to fund abortions and healthcare plans that cover abortions. Today, Kildee sent a Dear Colleague letter announcing that he will support the Nelson language in the Senate bill, despite the fact that the language has been deemed unacceptable by national pro-life groups, including the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Rep. Kildee is a Catholic and prior to beginning his career as a public servant, spent six years in the seminary.
“Rep. Kildee’s rationale for this support flies in the face of church teaching and the Catholic Bishops, who have condemned the language,” continued Dannenfelser. “Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver called the Senate health care bill ‘not merely defective, but also a dangerous mistake… Catholics and other persons of good will concerned about the foundations of human dignity should oppose it.’”