Obama wants a bill even one as tepid and ineffictive as this  to save his presidency. He's wavered and dodged for political cover all these months, and now the hero of women decides they can be thrown under the bus if it suits him politically.

The healthcare bill is no excuse to rob women in a Republican coup that makes abortion almost impossible even if a woman is willing to pay.
The Amendment is entirely prohibitive and Pelosi and Obama will hear about this for a long time.

It appears that the Republicans have once again outsmarted the Democrats in finding their weaknessness and making a core issue count. The Democrats are sadly showing us  again that they don't know how to govern.

  They cannot  be a party of core values and ethics when this kind of legal swindle of tens of millions of women can be tolerated by their fellow Dems.  When the Senate gets through with this it will even be worse, as Obama's weaknesses have surfaced, and he will do anything to get "a bill" through even if it delivers more victims to the Insurance Monopoly.

Obama has also made his backroom silent deal with Big Pharma to accept their offer of $80 million over 10 yrs as "drug reform". Ha! After making profits of $77billion last year the Drug monopoly couldn't be more thrilled. This is a piddling amount. And who did Obama make this deal with?

Billy Tauzin ex Republican congressman/lobbyist who along with Tom Delay screwed the seniors when putting the Doughnut Hole in the current Medicare RX drug bill. The "Hole" is quickly reached in this insurance even as premiums continue. So seniors in a few months find themselves paying for insuranced they can't get when the cap amt reaches "The Hole".