WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) in introducing the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, legislation to make permanent the Hyde Amendment restrictions on using taxpayer dollars to fund abortions.

 

“The federal government has no business providing funds for the killing of unborn children,” said Senator Cramer. “Our legislation ensures taxpayer dollars will not be used for abortions.”

 

Specifically, this legislation would:

  • Prohibit funding for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion with funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law;
  • Prohibit abortion in federal health facilities (such as DOD and VA hospitals) and ensure that no federal employee provides abortion services in the course of their employment;
  • Make permanent the provisions of the D.C. Hyde Amendment, or the Dornan Amendment, which clarifies that the federal provisions regarding abortion funding also apply to the government of the District of Columbia;
  • Ensure that elective abortion is not deductible for tax purposes by amending Section 213 of the Internal Revenue Code; and
  • Ensure that Affordable Care Act premium assistance subsidies provided in the form of refundable, advanceable tax credits are not used to pay for health insurance plans that include abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, or when the life of the mother is at risk.

  

Senators Cramer and Wicker were joined on this legislation by John Barrasso (R-WY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boozman (R-AR), Mike Braun (R-IN), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Steve Daines (R-MT), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Josh Hawley (R-MO), John Hoeven (R-ND), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Ron Johnson (R-WI), John Kennedy (R-LA), James Lankford (R-OK), Mike Lee (R-UT), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Rand Paul (R-KY), Rob Portman (R-OH), James Risch (R-ID), Mitt Romney (R-UT, Mike Rounds (R-SD), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ben Sasse (R-NE), Rick Scott (R-FL), Richard Shelby (R-AL, Dan Sullivan (R-AK), John Thune (R-SD), Tom Tillis (R-NC), Pat Toomey (R-PA, Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Todd Young (R-IN).

 

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