Sentences with phrase «federal funding for abortion»
At issue, is a piece of legislation regarding federal funding for abortion, specifically the language regarding rape victims who want an abortion.
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The new legislation is unnecessary because the Hyde Amendment already prohibits the use of federal funds for abortion except in extreme, rare circumstances.
During the 2016 presidential campaign, CT noted how candidate Hillary Clinton's pledge to repeal the Hyde Amendment, banning federal funding for abortion, turned off pro-life Democrats.
Or oppose it, and thereby chance federal funding for abortion in the final bill» while giving the Democrats a talking - point about Republican hypocrisy?
A progressive in a historically conservative state that backed Trump by 28 points, Jones campaigned on liberal values — opposing, for example, the Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal funding for abortion.
It's been proven time and again that the new health care bill does NOT provide federal funding for abortions, but these nutjobs aren't about to let a little thing like facts get in the way of their agenda.
Because Democrats already have people in office who oppose federal funding for abortions and late - term abortion rights, or who define themselves as personally opposed to abortion.»
«DioGuardi has said that Roe v. Wade should be overturned and, stunningly, as a House member he voted against federal funding for abortion even when a woman's very life was in danger,» the organization's statement proclaims.»
[54][55][56] Scozzafava's political positions included support for «card check» legislation, [50] support for federal funding for abortion, [57] support for President Obama's 2009 stimulus package, [58] and a refusal to rule out support for health care reform that includes a «public option.»
Members of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice held a news conference calling on the Senate to alter language in the House bill that places explicit restrictions on federal funding for abortion.
People on this type of assistance can't use federal funding for abortion because of an unfair federal policy called the Hyde Amendment (which has very narrow exceptions).
In addition, the Hyde Amendment already prohibits the use of federal funding for abortion services.
«There already is a ban on the use of federal funds for abortions,» said Collins.
Last week Republicans introduced legislation to ban all federal funding for abortion.
Katko said through a spokeswoman that his vote reflected longstanding bipartisan support for the Hyde Amendment, prohibiting the use of any federal funds for abortion.
A dangerous and unfair law already prohibits using federal funds for abortion (except in dire cases of rape, incest, or when a woman's life is in danger).
While the use of federal funds for abortion has been banned since the 1970s, and for the entire history of the family planning program, that is only a technicality to Pence and his anti-abortion allies.