Not exact matches
Some of these centers (fewer than half) offer
abortion services, but none actually uses
federal funds to perform
abortions, since using those
funds for that purpose is already illegal.
Obama rescinded the ban on
federal funds for overseas
abortion providers and signed a healthcare law that many conservatives say subsidizes
abortion, though the law's supporters say it respects the
federal ban on
abortion funding.
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.
On the pro-life side, ban
abortions after 20 weeks (with an exception
for the mother's life) and make permanent the long - standing and bipartisan - crafted principles of the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits the direct
federal funding of
abortion.
As we read this history, the furor over stem cells was fueled by numerous factors: the near - universal human desire
for magic; patients» desperation in the face of illness and their hope
for cures; the belief that biology can now do anything; the reluctance of scientists to accept any limits (particularly moral limits) on their research; the impact of big money from biotech stocks, patents, and
federal funding; the willingness of America's elite class to use every means possible to discredit religion in general; and the need to protect the unlimited
abortion license by accepting no protections of unborn human life.
She has also advocated
for ending the pro-life Hyde Amendment, first enacted in 1976 and passed in some form ever since, which prevents taxpayer
funding of elective
abortions through
federal programs like Medicaid.
«This decision again demonstrates the need
for enactment of the No Taxpayer
Funding for Abortion Act, which would permanently prevent taxpayer subsidies for abortion - covering health plans, both in ObamaCare and in other federal health benefits programs
Abortion Act, which would permanently prevent taxpayer subsidies
for abortion - covering health plans, both in ObamaCare and in other federal health benefits programs
abortion - covering health plans, both in ObamaCare and in other
federal health benefits programs.»
The health care bill specifically and by executive order states that no
federal funds can be used to pay
for elective
abortions.
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.
A recent law prohibits
federal funds from paying
for most
abortions, but Planned Parenthood — which, among other services, is a major
abortion provider (3 percent of their services are
abortions)-- has received hundreds of millions of dollars in
federal funding — legally, much of that can not be used on
abortions.
Last week Republicans introduced legislation to ban all
federal funding for abortion.
While
federal funds can not be used
for abortions, Planned Parenthood reports that half of its patients use Medicaid to cover other services like birth control.
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The rule — first implemented by President Reagan at a 1984 conference in Mexico City — prohibits international family planning organizations from receiving
federal funds unless they agree not to perform or counsel
for abortions or lobby in order to liberalize the pro-life policies of foreign governments.
The ERLC has offered six pro-life priorities
for action by President - elect Trump and Congress in 2017, including the nomination and confirmation of a pro-life successor to the late Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, a permanent ban on all
federal funding of
abortion and the defunding of Planned Parenthood, the country's No. 1
abortion provider.
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.
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.
In her new memoir, former Planned Parenthood chief Cecile Richards says Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were, during the 2016 transition, so eager to be recognized as shrewd political dealmakers that they made an offer that felt like a «bribe» — an increase in
federal funding for her organization in exchange
for its agreement to stop providing
abortions.
Existing
federal legislation under the Hyde Amendment already prevents
federal funding from being used to pay
for abortions.
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.
The Trump administration has proposed a plan that would continue
funding Planned Parenthood if they organization stopped performing
abortions (Note:
Federal funds do not pay
for abortions currently).
«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.»
In one of his first acts as president, Trump has reinstated a
federal ban on U.S.
funding for international health organizations that counsel women on family planning options that include
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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for abortion or abortion c
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abortion coverage.
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.
«The present language in the Senate bill provides a tremendous loophole
for federal funds of
abortion and will eventually expand
abortion services,» he said.
The law is clear that any
federal funds for Planned Parenthood can't be used
for abortions, so that's not an issue,» Katko told Grant Reeher on WRVO.
The survey, which also served as a
fund - raising letter
for the DNC, asks about such issues as the economy, environment, raising the
federal minimum wage to $ 15 an hour, getting «weapons of war off our streets,» electoral reform,
abortion rights, and gay and transgender rights.
On 2 March, representatives from 50 countries met in Brussels at the invitation of She Decides, an initiative to push back against the so - called global gag rule, which denies US
federal funding for non-governmental organisations that provide or discuss
abortions.
On 2 March, representatives of more than 50 countries met in Brussels at the invitation of She Decides, an initiative launched by Dutch minister Lilianne Ploumen to push back against the so - called global gag rule, which denies US
federal funding for non-governmental organisations that provide
abortions or discuss the procedure.
Federal funding for such research was cut off in 1988 in response to political pressure from opponents of
abortion.
Second, President Obama signaled his intention to repeal a rule promulgated in the last days of the Bush administration that codified previous law ensuring that no health care providers at institutions receiving
federal funds should be discriminated against
for refusing to participate in
abortion or sterilization procedures.
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.
He also supports
federal funding of Planned Parenthood and other
abortion providers, leading Planned Parenthood to refer to him as «the REAL pro-choice candidate
for governor.»
That all changed at the end of 2014 when, after months of negotiations, the U.S. Congress finally passed a
funding bill with bipartisan support that amended this policy to ensure that Peace Corps Volunteers have equitable coverage
for abortion in cases of rape, incest, and to protect the life of the woman, consistent with the coverage that
federal employees and women serving in the military receive.
6 states have a priority system
for the distribution of family planning
funds — including
federal funds distributed by a state agency — that disadvantages family planning centers or agencies associated with the provision of
abortion services.
In 1987, the Reagan administration issued what came to be known as the «gag rule,» which barred recipients of
federal family planning
funds from counseling or referring patients
for abortion, and which required physical and financial separation between contraceptive and
abortion services.
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).
To understand what
federal funds pay
for at Planned Parenthood, you first need to know that
federal tax dollars don't pay
for abortions.
Title X does not allow
federal funds to be used
for abortions.
For more than 30 years,
federal tax dollars have not
funded abortions in the United States except in the rarest of cases, and Planned Parenthood is subject to routine audits to ensure that public and charitable
funds are being used in compliance with the law.
This orchestrated effort led, predictably, to state and
federal calls to end
funding for all Planned Parenthood services — more than 95 % of which involve such things as contraception and screening
for sexually transmitted diseases, rather than
abortion.
Rep. Lois Capps (D - CA) said, «If we really want to reduce the need
for abortions and reduce the
federal deficit, we should double the
funding for family planning and preventive care, not eliminate it as is being called
for by anti-choice members of Congress.
Cruz has been nearly monomaniacal in his fervor against
abortion — even attempting to shut the government down again in 2015 over
federal funding for Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest provider of reproductive health care.
Abortion opponents, outraged by a series of hidden - camera videos that depict Planned Parenthood employees discussing fetal tissue donation, have called
for Congress to investigate Planned Parenthood and strip the organization of the more than $ 500 million in
federal funding it receives each year.
Mike Pence of Indiana became the first lawmaker to call
for a cutoff of Planned Parenthood's
federal funds due to its
abortion services.
Yet the
federal funds in question do not cover
abortion care, and thus none of Planned Parenthood's
abortion services — which, nationwide make up roughly 3 % of its work — are paid
for through the state's family - planning budget.
And per the Hyde Amendment (which has been the law
for more than 40 years)--
federal Medicaid
funds do not go toward
abortion (with limited exceptions outlined under Hyde).