taxpayer funding of abortion

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) condemned as a “human rights abuse” NJ’s new abortion law that allows abortion even up until the moment of birth.

More than 180 House members vowed to preserve the Hyde Amendment and vote against any funding bills that force taxpayers to pay for abortion.

The Biden Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule Monday that reverses the Trump administration’s policy of prohibiting taxpayer funds to family planning clinics that refer clients for abortion.

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) spoke out Wednesday against a vote by the Executive Council to end family planning contracts for facilities that provide abortion, calling the decision “incredibly disappointing.”

The U.S. Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) warned Friday of a “huge battle shaping up over taxpayer funding of abortion.”

Nancy Pelosi’s archbishop slammed her on Thursday after she used her Catholic faith to explain why she supports taxpayer funded abortions.

American leaders for life are calling upon fellow citizens to oppose the Democrats’ plan to eliminate the longstanding Hyde Amendment.

House Democrats blocked consideration of a bill Wednesday that would have codified the Hyde Amendment into federal law and banned taxpayer funding of abortion.

A coalition of 22 state attorneys general called upon Congress to restore the Hyde Amendment and prohibit taxpayer funding of abortions.

Sen. Joe Manchin said he will continue to support the Hyde Amendment and support the ban on taxpayer funding of abortion in the United States.

Biden released his budget Friday, one that would eliminate the longstanding Hyde Amendment and force American taxpayers to fund abortions.

The Biden administration announced it plans to reverse the Trump Protect Life Rule, which created a boundary between abortion and family planning.

President Joe Biden’s HHS said it will rewrite the Trump administration’s rule barring Title X family planning funds from Planned Parenthood.

House Democrats introduced a bill Tuesday that would repeal the Helms Amendment, forcing American taxpayers to fund abortions overseas.

Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) said the COVID Relief bill provides $400 billion with no protections against its use to fund elective abortions.

A district court granted Planned Parenthood a temporary restraining order against Texas as the state was ready to end its Medicaid funding.

Planned Parenthood facilities in Texas will no longer receive taxpayer funds through the Medicaid program beginning February 3.

The annual March for Life, held virtually this year, begins Friday at noon ET with the theme, “Together Strong: Life Unites!”

GOP Study Committee chair Jim Banks said “not a single Democrat” in the House would pledge to protect the Hyde Amendment.

The White House announced Biden will sign an executive order revoking the pro-life Mexico City Policy that bars taxpayer funding of abortion abroad.

Two national polls show Americans share bipartisan unity on prohibiting taxpayer funding of abortion, both in the United States and abroad.

Dr. Fauci said Biden “will be revoking the Mexico City Policy” to allow overseas groups to use U.S. health assistance funding to perform abortions.

The Trump administration announced its enforcement of federal conscience protection laws with regard to the funding of, and participation in, abortions.

Rep. Rose DeLauro said the Hyde Amendment is a “discriminatory policy” because many women of color lack the funding to obtain an abortion.

On Tuesday House Democrats will convene a hearing to ignite their extreme abortion agenda, including repeal of the Hyde Amendment.

Pro-life leaders protested a radical abortion bill introduced in the New Jersey legislature that would allow abortion for any reason throughout all nine months of pregnancy, repeal all existing restrictions on abortion, and force taxpayers to fully fund the procedure.

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Texas may defund Planned Parenthood by eliminating the abortion provider’s Medicaid funding.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster’s (R) attempt to have the U.S. Supreme Court hear a case that could end Medicaid funding to the state’s Planned Parenthood affiliates and other abortion providers met with a rejection by the High Court on Tuesday.

The Joe Biden campaign is releasing three ads this month targeting Catholic and evangelical Christian voters in an effort to portray the Democrat presidential nominee and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) as “the clear moral choice” in the election.

President Donald Trump pledged to pro-life Americans in a letter released Thursday that he will defund Planned Parenthood if he is elected to a second term in November.

The Trump campaign has added both “unborn life” and religious freedom to its list of core priorities as the president anticipates a possible second term.

Planned Parenthood celebrated Joe Biden’s choice of Kamala Harris as his running mate, one that will “advance and expand” abortion rights.

Alveda King said Planned Parenthood’s removal of Margaret Sanger’s name from its abortion clinic in New York City is “just window dressing.”

Planned Parenthood says, “We demand more,” including American taxpayers footing the bill for abortions in House Democrats’ HEROES Act.

Pro-life leaders praised Trump for rejecting coronavirus bill proposals that would force American taxpayers to fund abortion.

Nancy Pelosi has attempted to ensure a Hyde Amendment loophole is included in a coronavirus economic stimulus proposal.

A federal appeals court ruled the Trump administration’s Protect Life Rule, distinguishing abortion from family planning, is constitutional.

Planned Parenthood is pressing state taxpayers into making up federal family planning funds it voluntarily gave up to protect abortion.

GOP senators introduced a bill that would end the IRS’s allowance of abortion as a tax deductible “medical care” expense.

Sen. Kamala Harris said “babies will be born” into her health plan, but her plan also offers all abortions at the expense of taxpayers.