{"id":220036,"date":"2020-03-12T18:02:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T23:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=220036"},"modified":"2020-03-12T18:02:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T23:02:27","slug":"speaker-pelosi-sneak-abortion-funding-coronavirus-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/speaker-pelosi-sneak-abortion-funding-coronavirus-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Pelosi allegedly tries to sneak abortion funding into coronavirus bill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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News on coronavirus continues to rage around the United States, and legislators understandably want to take action. Yet according to the White House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), current Speaker of the House of Representatives, has chosen to use the occasion to push a pro-abortion agenda.<\/p>\n

The Daily Caller reports<\/a>\u00a0that Pelosi tried to introduce abortion funding as an amendment into the coronavirus stimulus package. One of the provisions she was allegedly pushing for was “a mandate for up to $1 billion to reimburse laboratory claims,” without any of the protections of the Hyde Amendment,\u00a0which bans federal taxpayer funding of abortion.<\/p>\n

\u201cA new mandatory funding stream that does not have Hyde protections would be unprecedented,\u201d one White House official told the Daily Caller. \u201cUnder the guise of protecting people, Speaker Pelosi is working to make sure taxpayer dollars are spent covering abortion \u2014 which is not only backwards, but goes against historical norms.\u201d Another White House official called it, essentially, a “slush fund,” while a third questioned \u201cwhat the Hyde Amendment and abortion have to do with protecting Americans from coronavirus.”<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0She\u2019s back: Nancy Pelosi\u2019s top 5 most outrageous abortion remarks<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Politico seemed to confirm<\/a> the allegations, reporting that Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin “resolved issues over federal funding of abortion in a separate bill that will also hit the floor.”<\/p>\n

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise also seemed to allude to the story. “Pelosi wasted the whole week behind closed doors drafting a partisan bill full of liberal fantasies that have nothing to do w\/ Coronavirus,” he tweeted<\/a>. “Republicans are ready to work [with] Dems on SERIOUS solutions. Now is not the time for politics. Pelosi needs to stop the games & work [with] us.”<\/p>\n

Live Action founder and president Lila Rose responded to the rumored Pelosi scheme, tweeting<\/a>, “It\u2019s despicable that at a time of national crisis, Pelosi is attempting to trick Americans into paying for the deaths of babies.”<\/p>\n

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Getting reports that @SpeakerPelosi<\/a> is trying to slip abortions funds into the proposed emergency stimulus package.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s despicable that at a time of national crisis, Pelosi is attempting to trick Americans into paying for the deaths of babies. #CoronavirusPandemic<\/a><\/p>\n

— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) March 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n