Bart Stupak, Key Player in Health Reform Abortion Debate, Expected to Retire

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Rep. Bart Stupak, an anti-abortion Democrat who was a pivotal player in the health care reform debate, is expected to announce Friday that he will not seek reelection to his Michigan seat in the U.S. House, the Washington Post reports.

Stupak is apparently exhausted and burned out from the marathon health care debate, during which he battled to assure the new law would not open the way to taxpayer-funded abortions. He threatened to vote against the bill and ultimately won assurances from President Obama that the government would not pay for abortions.

Stupak, in his ninth term, is a member of the influential Energy and Commerce Committee. He was facing a challenge in Michigan's Aug. 3 Democratic primary.

Filed Under: House, Democrats, Barack Obama, Abortion, Health Care, Obama Administration, 2010 Elections, Congress

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