Wallis: Abortion 'Kills' Reform
Maybe there’s a glimmer of hope that President Barack Obama’s health-care reform plans won’t include mandatory coverage of abortion.
Jim Wallis, one of the left-leaning “spiritual advisers” who has the ear of the president as a member of his Faith Council, believes inclusion of an abortion provision “will kill health-care reform.”
Wallis made the remark March 17 in an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network White House correspondent David Brody.
In a video posted here, Wallis says bluntly that he and his Sojourners organization are “against” any attempt to add abortion coverage to the health-care reform package.
And doing that would mobilize bipartisan resistance that would ensure Congress will defeat Obama’s package, Wallis predicted.
“I think there is just Republicans and Democrats, a number of people, who believe this is an issue of deep moral conviction and conscience,” Wallis said. “And there are firewalls, that if they’re breached, will really destroy common ground.”
