Home Democrats Transfer to Drive Professional-Life Taxpayers to Fund Abortions

Home Democrats proceed their assault towards the pro-life motion, with their newest sufferer being the long-standing Hyde Modification.

The Home Democrats, led by Consultant Barbara Lee D-Calif., plan to reintroduce the Equal Entry to Abortion Protection in Well being Insurance coverage (EACH) Act, which might repeal the Hyde Modification and power United States residents to have their taxes fund abortions.

The Hyde Modification has been one of the crucial essential items of pro-life laws enacted in United States historical past. Republicans and Democrats have supported the modification since its enactment in 1976. The bipartisan modification prevented Medicaid funds from paying for abortion, and members of Congress and presidents of each events continued to uphold it for many years.

However the political panorama is completely different in a Dobbs America, and Home Democrats are pursuing each alternative to assault pro-life laws. Earlier this 12 months, Home Republicans handed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Safety Act, solely getting one Democrat to help the pro-life laws.

Susan B. Anthony Professional-Life America, considered one of America’s main pro-life teams and defender of the Hyde Modification, issued an announcement in regards to the new laws.

“Greater than 2.5 million Individuals are alive as we speak because of the Hyde Modification, but pro-abortion Democrats proceed to disregard the clear will of the individuals of their push to impose abortion on demand and even infanticide, paid for by taxpayers, nationwide,” Marjorie Dannenfelser, the pro-life group’s president, stated in an announcement Thursday.

“Polling launched this month confirms 60% of Individuals oppose utilizing tax {dollars} to fund abortion domestically, and 78% oppose utilizing tax {dollars} to fund abortion overseas,” Dannenfelser added. “That robust opposition transcends gender, race and financial standing and even encompasses a full third of rank-and-file Democrats. The reply is to make the Hyde Modification everlasting government-wide, and we help laws launched by Rep. Chris Smith, Senator Roger Wicker and their colleagues to do precisely that.” 

The invoice will face opposition from the newly Republican-majority Home.

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