Unless some guarantee can be made that the Senate will support abortion-funding restrictions–and remember, the Senate voted them down when they were offered as an amendment–a separate-vote deal accomplishes nothing. No serious pro-lifer would take a deal without such a guarantee. And there’s no way to make that guarantee. So: If you want to avoid abortion subsidies, your only option is to vote down this bill.
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Ramesh Ponnuru is the editor of National Review, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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