The health care vote is one of the few, real up-or-down votes we ever get on abortionâand the only part of the health-care mess that shows any bipartisan consensus. In the end, 63 Democrats and Mr. Stupak joined all but one Republican on an amendment that does two things: prohibits federal funds for an abortion or for abortion coverage; allows (notwithstanding pro-choice propaganda) private insurers to offer abortion coverage so long as tax dollars are not involved. This is why the only support Pro-choice has is from a few wacky judges and some vague unsupportable precedences.