Mikulski Amendment

On Thursday, December 03, 2009, the United States Senate approved the Mikulski amendment by a vote of 61 to 39. Every Republican except Vitter, Snowe and Collins voted against the amendment. All Democrats and Independents except Nelson and Feingold voted for it. The amendment states that anything classified as preventative care or screenings for women by the ealth Resource and Services Administartions would become a mandated covered service. This would result in insurance plans covering abortion. Pro-life leaders opposed the amendment because of their strong stance against abortion. The National Right to Life Committee states, "If Congress were to grant any Executive Branch entity sweeping authority to define services that private health plans must cover, merely by declaring a given service to constitute 'preventive care,' then that authority could be employed in the future to require all health plans to cover abortions.” Supporters of the prolife movement from all over must fight against the bill so they do not have to give their hard earn tax money to a cause that they do not believe in.