Bart Stupak Is My Hero

You won't often hear me praising Democrats on this blog. But I want to give a shout out to Congressman Bart Stupak from Michigan. Stupak is a Democrat (and not a particularly conservative one either) who is leading the fight in Congress to eliminate taxpayer funding for abortion from the House health care bill. Now it's pretty lonely being a pro-life member of the overwhelmingly pro-abortion Democratic Party, but Stupak doesn't seem to mind and he doesn't intend to shut up about the issue of life. While President Obama prattles on about how his health care plan fulfills the biblical mandate to "help the least of these," Congressman Stupak is taking action to help the most truly vulnerable and defenseless members of our society -- unborn babies. While Obama & the Democratic leadership in Congress lie through their teeth about how there will be no taxpayer funding of abortion under ObamaCare, Stupak is calling them out on it publicly. Since several committees controlled by Democrats in both the House & the Senate have defeated health care amendments to prohibit taxpayer funding for abortion, Stupak has now co-sponsored a similar amendment that he wants to bring to the House floor for an up-or-down vote. And guess who is refusing to even allow this amendment to be voted on? His own party's leadership! By being a voice for the voiceless, Stupak is getting the cold shoulder from the House leadership and from his Democratic colleagues and is doubtless forfeiting any future chance for statewide or national office. We need more politicians with that kind of political courage and moral principle. Bart Stupak is my hero.