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Monday March 22, 2010


Texas Rep. Identifies Self as Man who Shouted “Baby Killer” during Stupak Speech

By Kathleen Gilbert

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Texas Republican Rep. Randy Neugebauer has identified himself as the lawmaker who shouted “baby killer” while Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) argued against including his own abortion funding ban in the Senate health care reconciliation package Sunday evening.

The congressman says that the remark was not a direct reference to Stupak: he says he called out “it’s a baby killer” in reference to the agreement Stupak had struck with President Obama to have the latter issue an executive order upholding the Hyde amendment, in return for Stupak’s “yes” vote on the health care bill.

Neugebauer says he has apologized to Stupak, and while he remains “heartbroken” over the bill’s success, “I deeply regret that my actions were mistakenly interpreted as a direct reference” to the Michigan Democrat.

After Stupak argued against including language reflecting the Hyde amendment ban on government abortion funding – language he had helped craft – the House voted down the proposal, which had been brought forward by Rep. Dave Camp, 232-199.

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