"Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak, the leading anti-abortion Democrat during last year's health care negotiations, is making it clear that the abortion language included in the Senate's health care bill is unacceptable to him and several like-minded colleagues.

"In the present form, the Senate health care bill is going nowhere," Stupak told Fox News today. "I want to see health care passed (but)… there's a principle and a belief that the American people agree with which says no public funding for abortion."

The contentious issue of abortion has never been far from the debate over President Obama's health care legislation. In the coming weeks, however, it could take on a more prominent role again. Stupak has suggested that as many as a dozen lawmakers who originally voted "yes" on health care could switch their vote because of the abortion issue."

USA Today