{"id":127501,"date":"2016-10-02T22:55:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T02:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=127501"},"modified":"2016-10-05T14:16:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T18:16:44","slug":"speaker-paul-ryan-no-american-should-be-forced-to-pay-for-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/speaker-paul-ryan-no-american-should-be-forced-to-pay-for-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"House Speaker Paul Ryan: No American should be forced to pay for abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement on the 40<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal funding for elective abortions:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNo American taxpayer should be forced to pay for abortions. The Hyde Amendment has been the cornerstone of protecting conscience for 40 years and is responsible for saving more than 2 million American lives. Make no mistake: The Hyde Amendment will remain central in our fight for life until the day Roe v. Wade is overturned entirely.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: center;\">No American taxpayer should be forced to pay for abortions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7a4V5hEHXY\">https:\/\/t.co\/7a4V5hEHXY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HydeSavesLives?src=hash\">#HydeSavesLives<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2kZ4ct3lqA\">pic.twitter.com\/2kZ4ct3lqA<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2014 Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerRyan\/status\/781911690669678592\">September 30, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Hyde Amendment\u2014the appropriations legislation first introduced in 1976 by Rep. Henry Hyde \u2014 bars federal funding\u00a0for elective abortions through Medicaid.\u00a0The amendment has saved over two million preborn children and celebrated its 40th anniversary on September 30.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party, however, has made repealing the Hyde Amendment a plank in their national platform this year.\u00a0Prior to enactment of Hyde, the Medicaid program paid for roughly\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2016\/09\/30\/the-hyde-amendment-has-saved-2-milton-babies-from-abortion-hillary-clinton-wants-to-reverse-it\/\">300,000 abortions annually<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to broad support across the Republican Party for the Hyde Amendment, presidential nominee\u00a0Donald Trump vowed\u00a0that he would make the Hyde Amendment permanent law.\u00a0Republican Congressman Marsha Blackburn also expressed support for Hyde \u00a0in an op-ed for Fox News:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We should stand committed as a country to the respect for life inherent in having our government refrain from subsidizing abortion. This includes taking extra care that we do not allow our elected leaders to staff the courts with judges who would undermine our ability to express this basic respect for life through a democratic process we can no longer take for granted.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement on the 40th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal funding for elective abortions: \u201cNo American taxpayer should be forced to pay for abortions. 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