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Ground-breaking Bill Would Ban Tax-Funded Abortions – For Good
Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) has just introduced legislation called the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.” If passed, it would institute a permanent, government-wide statutory ban on taxpayer-funded abortion.
Up to now, attempts to ban federal funding of abortion have been piecemeal, funding bans limited in scope and duration that only address part of the problem. Most of this legislation doesn’t consist of standalone bills at all, but of brief language added to funding bills by pro-life members of Congress. These additions, known as “riders,” simply amend the bill to exclude any funding of abortions in a particular budget, say, the foreign aid budget. Each year when these appropriations bills come before the Congress these “riders” need to be added, and the battle fought once again. The outcome is never certain, and over the first two years of the Obama presidency, the outcome has not always favored the pro-life cause. For example, Reps. Todd Tiahrt and Lincoln Davis attempted to amend the Financial Services Appropriations bill to restore the DC abortion funding ban—and their amendment was rejected.
If passed, the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” would represent a giant leap forward for the pro-life movement. The bill would eliminate the need for such “riders” forever, putting in place a permanent, across-the-board ban on federal funding of abortion. No longer would pro-life amendments be subject to the shifting composition of the Congress, held hostage by pro-abortion politicians, or bypassed in omnibus bills. The federal spending in the area of health, foreign aid, and defense would be governed by a clear and simple directive: not one penny of these funds can be used to procure or pay for an elective abortion.
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Ground-breaking Bill Would Ban Tax-Funded Abortions – For Good
Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) has just introduced legislation called the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.” If passed, it would institute a permanent, government-wide statutory ban on taxpayer-funded abortion.
Up to now, attempts to ban federal funding of abortion have been piecemeal, funding bans limited in scope and duration that only address part of the problem. Most of this legislation doesn’t consist of standalone bills at all, but of brief language added to funding bills by pro-life members of Congress. These additions, known as “riders,” simply amend the bill to exclude any funding of abortions in a particular budget, say, the foreign aid budget. Each year when these appropriations bills come before the Congress these “riders” need to be added, and the battle fought once again. The outcome is never certain, and over the first two years of the Obama presidency, the outcome has not always favored the pro-life cause. For example, Reps. Todd Tiahrt and Lincoln Davis attempted to amend the Financial Services Appropriations bill to restore the DC abortion funding ban—and their amendment was rejected.
If passed, the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” would represent a giant leap forward for the pro-life movement. The bill would eliminate the need for such “riders” forever, putting in place a permanent, across-the-board ban on federal funding of abortion. No longer would pro-life amendments be subject to the shifting composition of the Congress, held hostage by pro-abortion politicians, or bypassed in omnibus bills. The federal spending in the area of health, foreign aid, and defense would be governed by a clear and simple directive: not one penny of these funds can be used to procure or pay for an elective abortion.
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