He actively worked to seduce others from their pro-life stands, and President Obama brought Casey to the White House to help himfind a way for Senator Ben Nelson to
allow abortion funding to pass.
Not exact matches
Sure you can say that the fact that federal
funds pay for other services,
allowing them to use the private money they have for
abortions, but those other services are vital for limiting the number the
abortions by providing women with contraception to avoid unwanted pregnancies.
If a few special amendments are
allowed (standing,
funding,
abortion), it becomes impossible to stave off demands for other special amendments.
Conservative groups allege that the healthcare bill
funds abortion by
allowing Americans to buy into government subsidized healthcare exchanges in which
abortion is covered.
But that largely changed this year after most pro-life Democrats voted for the federal healthcare bill that many
abortion opponents say
allows for federal
funding of
abortion.
One possible step forward is that
abortion providers — as long as they are legally
allowed in this country — should have to be independent corporations that only perform
abortions and receive no federal
funding, with regular inspections and investigations both financial and health - related, and the passing of new laws which more strictly regulate their practice.
If, however, the Senate manages to pass something, it may well include
abortion funding» which would
allow the reconciliation process to strip out the Stupak Amendment.
Trump has appointed a pro-life Supreme Court justice, banned federal dollars from
funding abortion overseas, and signed a law
allowing states to withhold
funding for
abortion providers.
Trump has largely stood by his pro-life campaign promises, appointing conservative justice Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, signing a law
allowing states to withhold
funding from Planned Parenthood, and reinstating a ban on federal
funds for organizations that perform
abortions overseas.
Other issues that will receive the same treatment include legislation that would
allow NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio to raise income taxes on the rich to
fund pre-K, the public campaign finance bill and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Women's Equality Act (assuming that it includes the
abortion - rights plank, which is the piece the right finds most offensive).
I am «almost» ready to accept a compromise and
allow taxpayer -
funded abortions for mothers who are registered Democrats only;)
An amendment by the Labour MP Stella Creasy to
allow Northern Irish women access to NHS -
funded abortions in England was passed by Westminster earlier this year.
The bishops proved their power in the House, when, following direct negotiations with the House Speaker, they forced House Democratic leaders to
allow a vote on the Stupak amendment, which introduced firmer restrictions on
abortion funding.
Mr. Bush vetoed the bill because it would have
allowed federal
funding of
abortions for victims of rape and incest — a provision anti-abortion House members had kept out of appropriations bills for almost a decade.
To take another example from the
abortion context, the Court has
allowed the government to make
funding to family - planning services conditional on their promise not to provide information about
abortion.
[A proposed Article of Amendment relative to
allowing the General Court to regulate the practice and public
funding of
abortions consistent with the United States Constitution, adopted by the General Court during the sessions of the years 1984 and 1986, was rejected by the people on the fourth day of November, 1986.]
Title X does not
allow federal
funds to be used for
abortions.
«We're not going to
allow, and we're not going to
fund, as long as you have the
abortion going on at Planned Parenthood,» Trump said in March, just moments after complimenting the organization.
Arizona, for example, passed a law in 2016 that
allows the state's Medicaid program to exclude any provider that receives any type of public
funding and also provides
abortion, or is affiliated with a provider that does so.
«We're not going to
allow, and we're not going to
fund, as long as you have the
abortion going on at Planned Parenthood,» Trump said.
At press time, the president had just signed legislation that would
allow states to withhold Title X
funding from family planning providers, though Title X money can not actually be used to
fund abortions.
«But we're not going to
allow and we're not going to
fund, as long as you have the
abortion going on at Planned Parenthood.
President Trump took another swipe at Obama - era policies, signing legislation that would
allow states to deny federal family planning
funds to Planned Parenthood, as well as other organizations that provide
abortion services.
The court said that the statute should be read to
allow the local Planned Parenthood affiliates to receive
funds so long as they provided
abortion services through separately incorporated agencies that use separate facilities and receive none of the state
funds.
The measure nullifies an Obama - era rule that was enacted specifically to protect Planned Parenthood from the GOP's passionate crusade against the reproductive health organization, and will
allow individual states to single out
abortion providers and deny them Title X
funding for political reasons.