19 Pro-Life Democrats bolt Obama-care over abortion funding. They issued a letter to Speaker Pelosi that included the following statement:
We cannot support any health-care reform proposal unless it explicitly excludes abortion from the scope of any government-defined or subsidized health insurance plan.
Dan Boran (D-OK)
Bart Stupak (D-MI)
Colin Peterson (D-MN)
Tim Holden (D-PA)
Travis Childers (D-MS)
Lincoln Davis (D-TN)
Heath Shuler (D-NC)
Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Mike Mclntyre (D-NC)
Jerry Costello (D-IL.)
Gene Taylor (D-MS)
James Oberstar (D-MN)
Bobby Bright (D-AL)
Steve Driehaus (D-OH)
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
Charlie Melancon (D-LA)
John Murtha (D-PA)
Paul Kanjorski (D-PA)
Kathleen Dahlkemper (D-PA)