The Pregnant Women Support Act

Thanks to Tom for his posts regarding the Pregnant Women Support Act, which enjoys the support of Democrats for Life, and a number of religious and pro-life organizations.  (And Martin Sheen!).  It does not, apparently, enjoy the support of any pro-choice groups. 

Tom asks, "can any pro-life person (and anyone, pro-choice or pro-life, who wants to reduce abortions) fail to support this bill?"  Earlier, he wrote:

I cannot imagine why any pro-life member of Congress, Republican or Democrat, should not wholeheartedly support this bill.  The only reason to oppose it from a conservative side would be on the basis of a knee-jerk hostility to government spending and regulation, overriding—in a telling and disturbing way—a commitment to preventing the deaths of some unborn children.

From what I've been able to learn about the details of the Act, I agree with Tom that pro-life conservatives should support it.  (I would not reduce conservative concerns about excessive and wasteful spending -- concerns that certainly have little purchase in today's Republican Congress -- to "knee-jerk hostility," but that's another matter.) 

That said, would Tom agree that it would not necessarily be "telling and disturbing" for a conservative to oppose a particular measure that was presented by its supporters as part of an effort to reduce abortions?  I do not think it should necessarily be seen as allowing "knee-jerk hostility" to spending to trump concern for unborn children to raise questions about the effectiveness of programs like, say, WIC.  (One of the things the proposed Act would do is increase WIC funding.)  But again, this Act looks like a commendable effort.  Why aren't the pro-choice groups supporting it?  Does anyone know?