{"id":205017,"date":"2019-06-21T06:47:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T11:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=205017"},"modified":"2019-06-22T05:48:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T10:48:06","slug":"democrat-house-spending-funds-international-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/democrat-house-spending-funds-international-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat-controlled House passes spending bill that funds international abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats passed a nearly $1 trillion spending bill Wednesday that would restore taxpayer funding for international abortions. The extensive bill allocates funding for various government departments while repealing the Mexico City policy, which ends federal funding of foreign abortion agencies.\u00a0The bill passed the House with a <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/449344-democrats-take-aim-at-trump-policies-by-passing-1t-spending-package\">vote<\/a> of 226 to 203, largely across party lines, with seven Democrats voting against the measure. The spending bill now moves to the Senate, where many of its provisions are unlikely to pass the Republican majority.<\/p>\n<p>Trump enacted the Mexico City policy (referred to by some as the &#8220;global gag-rule&#8221;)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/trump-expansion-mexico-city-policy\/\">shortly<\/a> after taking office. The policy prohibits federal funds from supporting foreign agencies that commit or provide abortions. While the policy has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-congress-funding\/u-s-democratic-lawmakers-vote-to-repeal-global-gag-rule-on-abortion-idUSKCN1TL0BZ\">historically<\/a> been enacted under Republican presidents and repealed under Democratic presidents, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/trump-expansion-mexico-city-policy\/\">Trump expanded<\/a> its reach to prevent funds from reaching any foreign NGOs (non-governmental organizations) that in turn give to other foreign groups in the abortion industry. The additional restrictions were aimed at preventing backdoor funding of abortions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/democrats-force-taxpayers-abortion-cost-millions\/\">Democrats\u2019 plan to force taxpayers to fund abortion would cost millions of lives<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Trump enacted the policy, the International Planned Parenthood Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/trumps-global-gag-rule-cutting-off-health-care\/story?id=55680213\">estimated<\/a> that it would lose $100 million in federal funding. Now House Democrats want to restore that funding, despite the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/polls-majority-women-dont-want-taxpayer-abortion\/\">a majority of Americans<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; including a majority of Democrats &#8212; <strong>oppose taxpayer-funded abortion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CFZDhM5Gwhk\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe applaud the House for passing this important bill that will repeal the disgraceful global gag rule,\u201d Brian Dixon, spokesman for the Population Connection Action Fund, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-congress-funding\/u-s-democratic-lawmakers-vote-to-repeal-global-gag-rule-on-abortion-idUSKCN1TL0BZ\">said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cThe Trump administration\u2019s assault on reproductive health and rights is having devastating consequences for people around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are standing up for women\u2019s health care by pushing back on the Trump-Pence administration\u2019s dangerous, dangerous attacks on family planning services, including abortion and contraception,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/449219-democrats-to-pass-spending-bill-with-hyde-despite-2020-race-uproar\">said<\/a> Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro.<\/p>\n<p>Cutting through the rhetoric, here is the truth: choosing not to support or fund other people&#8217;s abortions with American taxpayer dollars &#8212; not in America and not anywhere else &#8212; is not an &#8220;assault&#8221; on anyone&#8217;s so-called &#8220;rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the spending bill would allow federal funding of international abortions, it still retains the Hyde Amendment, a decades-old amendment which prohibits Medicaid (taxpayer-funded) coverage of abortions. While it has recently become a hot-button issue, Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-reauthorizes-hyde-amendment-despite-protests-from-2020-dems\">historically<\/a> reauthorize the amendment as part-and-parcel of broader spending packages in the hopes of appeasing their Republican counterparts. Despite its inclusion in this bill, many Democrats are expected to enhance their efforts to repeal the amendment in the future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; House Democrats passed a nearly $1 trillion spending bill Wednesday that would restore taxpayer funding for international abortions. The extensive bill allocates funding for various government departments while repealing the Mexico City policy, which ends federal funding of foreign abortion agencies.\u00a0The bill passed the House with a vote of 226 to 203, largely across [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":96983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Democrat-controlled House passes spending bill that funds international abortions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"House Democrats passed a nearly $1 trillion spending bill Wednesday that would restore taxpayer funding for international abortions.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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