Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Ken Buck voted to protect life by making permanent the United States’ long-time policy of prohibiting federal funding for abortion. Since 1976, majorities in Congress have supported adding the Hyde Amendment, a provision that prohibits federal dollars from paying for abortions, onto federal funding bills. H.R. 7 permanently codifies this long-standing prohibition in statue. The bill also finally pulls Obamacare into line with Hyde Amendment precedent, ensuring that federal subsidies are no longer used for Obamacare plans that cover abortions.
“No taxpayer should be forced, against their moral or religious conscience, to fund an abortion,” Congressman Ken Buck stated. “Americans and Congress have prohibited federal funding of abortion for decades, and this bill simply makes that prohibition permanent.”
A recent Knights of Columbus-Marist poll revealed that 61% of Americans oppose using taxpayer dollars to pay for abortion.
Leave a Reply