Democrats Compromise On How To Restrict Federal Funding For Abortion

On Friday morning, it was announced that prominent Democrats in the House of Representatives would be making revisions to their health care reform bill in order to attempt to sway undecided voters in their favor. According to The Los Angeles Times, House Democratic leaders worked into the night to come up with a compromise on how to settle the restriction of federal funding for the ever-controversial topic of abortion.

The details of the compromise include that federal funding would be granted to cover the cost of abortions for rape victims, victims of incest or any circumstance where the pregnant woman's life would be considered to be in jeopardy. While earlier reports surfaced this morning that indicated that the pending vote on the health care reform bill would be delayed until Sunday or until an unspecified date next week, it appears that the vote will take place as originally scheduled on Saturday.

While the revisions that have been made to the bill have not appeared to satisfy the demands of every House Democrat, the Democratic Party only needs 218 of its 258 representatives to vote in favor of the bill. Fox News is reporting that the Republican Party is planning to unanimously vote against the Democratic Party's proposed health care bill. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that senior House Democrats are insisting that they would be able to generate the necessary total of 218 votes that are required in order for the bill to be passed.