As many as 40 anti-abortion Democrats had signaled they might oppose the bill if its current provisions remained. Those provisions would have allowed insurers to separate public and private funds, permitting only the privately collected money to be used for elective abortions.
After days of tense talks, they reached agreement early Saturday with Democratic leaders and the White House on an amendment that would refuse abortion coverage to anyone who receives federal aid to buy an insurance policy or enrolls in the proposed government health plan…