Since Senate version of the bill does not specifically exclude abortions coverage (unlike Stupak amendment) it is up to executive branch to include or exclude abortions.

If you use private insurance, it’s covered.
If you use one of the new, publicly-funded insurance exhanges, it’s covered, except no federal funds can be used to pay for it.

Abortions are not funded.

There is no confusion, as such. Cons have simply been lying, saying that it does. Anything they can do to spread some fear, they do it.

Hyde Amendment prevents the federal government from funding abortion. Furthermore, Obama executive order states the same thing. Anyone who says otherwise cannot read or repeats their talking points.

It was done by executive order by Obama today, not in the bill, part of the deal with anti-abortion dems

It is not in the bill.

It is in an executive order signed by Obama – which means that all Obama has to do is change his mind at a later date . . .

It doesn’t say anything in the HCR bill that could be confused with allowing abortions to be funded. The confusion probably comes from those people who are always afraid that a repeal of the Hyde Amendment wiIl be hidden away is some bill. In 1977, in response to Roe v. Wade, Congress passed the Hyde Amendment which prohibits use of federal Medicaid funding for abortions. This amendment comes up for renewal every September and is too controversial not to pass and be renewed. It is currently in force and so no federal funding for abortion goes to anyone receiving federal financial medical support. Theoretically, since the Hyde Amendment only prohibits federal aid through Medicaid there is no reason why abortions couldn’t be funded through federally-subsidized private health insurance plans but the Christian Taliban won another round and once again what’s good for them has to be good for the rest of us.