Congress Passes Military Package Without Bans on Funding Abortion, Sex-Change Surgeries
The decision to drop the pro-life amendment from the NDAA comes as a blow to pro-life efforts to stop the military’s use of tax dollars to facilitate abortion.
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US Bishops: Senate Vote Keeping Abortion in Veteran Health Benefits Is a ‘Gross Failure’
The bishops said it is ‘inhumane’ to provide taxpayer-funded abortion as ‘a so-called solution to pregnancy’ and not ‘resources needed to welcome a child and flourish as a family.’ Previously, the VA banned abortion and abortion counseling in its programs.
US Bishops: Abortion Funding a ‘Fundamental Problem’ in Proposed Federal Budget
The bishops’ letter reflected on the congressional Democrats’ Build Back Better Act and the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which combined could approve trillions of dollars in spending.
Bishops Warn Against Abortion Funding in Reconciliation Bill
Pro-life leaders have warned that health care spending in the bill could fund abortions, unless specific pro-life language is added to the legislation to block such funding.
US Bishops Condemn Abortion Funding in House-Passed Spending Bill
Notably missing from the legislation was the Hyde Amendment, first passed by Congress in 1976. The policy, normally enacted as part of federal spending bills, prohibits federal funding of elective abortions in Medicaid.
Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Toss Out Abortion Funding Case
In his Jan. 28 executive order, President Biden instructed the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to review the Title X Protect Life rule, the first administrative step toward reversing it.
Pro-Life Groups Warn Against Abortion Funding in COVID Relief
According to a recent Knights of Columbus/Marist poll, more than three-quarters of Americans opposed taxpayer funding of abortions overseas, and 58% of respondents opposed taxpayer-funded abortions in the U.S.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: Ban on Federal Abortion Funding Will Be Dropped Next Year
The Hyde Amendment, a policy barring taxpayer funding of elective abortions, has been law since 1976. I
2020 Democrats Back Funding Abortion Overseas With Taxpayer Dollars
Several of the party’s 2020 candidates back repeal of the Helms Amendment, even though a recent poll found 75% of Americans oppose such funding.
In Latest Clash, Obamacare Blocked From Further Funding of Abortions
The 2010 decision to allow abortion funding through the Affordable Care Act continues to sow deep division between congressional Republicans and Democrats.
