How Should Abortion Be Dealt with in Health Care Reform? There Must Be a Permanent Prohibition on Taxpayer-Funded Abortions, a Provision to Allow a Right of Conscience for Doctors and Nurses and Other Health Care Providers to Refuse to Perform Actions They Oppose, and There Can Be No System of Denial or Delay or Rationing of Care

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Byline: Tony Perkins, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

While liberal Democrats on Capitol Hill are working to pass President Obama's plan to overhaul the nation's health care system, few are talking about this essential issue: Will health care reform force taxpayers to pay for abortions for the first time in 30 years?

The short answer is yes, because there is no explicit provision in the bill to:

* Prevent taxpayer funding of abortions as part of the health care benefit Congress is considering. It is ironic that taxpayer-funded abortions would be considered a health care benefit since the baby gets no health care benefit from abortion.

* Prevent delays …