WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Steve Daines (R-MT), Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced the Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act to halt the use of taxpayer dollars to fund abortion services
“Abortion providers do not deserve taxpayer subsidies,” said Senator Cramer. “While current law prohibits federal funds from being used for abortions, companies like Planned Parenthood still receive millions of taxpayer dollars each year. Because federal funds pay for other parts of an organization’s operations, more money is available to fund abortion services, thus turning these taxpayer dollars into de-facto subsidy for abortion. This bill closes that loophole by prohibiting federal funds not just from being used to pay for abortions, but also from going to any entity that performs abortions.”