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The pro-abortion political attempt to codify Roe v. Wade<\/em>, the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion through pregnancy in the U.S.,\u00a0continues with a group of congressional abortion supporters who are introducing<\/span> Senate Bill <\/span>S. 1021<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and companion House Bill\u00a0<\/span>H.R. 2234<\/span><\/a>. These bills are dubbed the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Act, known as the EACH Act, and are designed to expand abortion rights and funding.<\/span><\/p>\n

Codifying Roe v. Wade<\/em> would make the so-called right to abortion a federal law.\u00a0<\/span>The text<\/a> of the bill states in the <\/span>first paragraph<\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n

All people should have access to abortion services regardless of actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, language, ancestry, citizenship, immigration status, sex (including a sex stereotype; pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition; sexual orientation or gender identity; and sex characteristics), age, disability, or sex work status or behavior.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The EACH Act also includes forcing Medicaid or Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan to provide coverage for abortion services, as <\/span>Sarah Parshall Perry <\/span>writes in the <\/span>Washington Times<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>Perry <\/span>notes that<\/span> \u201cthe EACH Act would be problematic alone for its proposal to guarantee abortion services at federal facilities and by way of federal programs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As the bill states, it would require any federal health care providers to both offer abortion and pay for it<\/span>. Likewise, Perry <\/span>points out,<\/span>\u00a0it also \u201cpermit[s] qualified health plans to use the Health Insurance Marketplace tax credit, which was designed to help low-income individuals afford health insurance. (Such use is currently prohibited by federal law.)\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0World Health Organization promotes at-home abortions as part of new \u2018self-care\u2019 guidelines<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The bill is sponsored in the Senate by <\/span>Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and 27 other Democrats<\/span><\/a>, as well as Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is officially classified as an Independent and had codifying Roe v. Wade<\/em> on his agenda during his presidential campaign<\/a> in 2020. It is sponsored in the House by <\/span>Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and 165 co-sponsors, all Democrats<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As Live Action News <\/span>reported recently<\/span><\/a>, Congress has already attempted to advance spending bills without including the Hyde Amendment, which bans the federal funding of most abortions. While these efforts have not yet been successful, Perry\u2019s argument is that the abortion-minded members of this Congress are working toward an end. <\/span><\/p>\n

“Together, these bills form a nefarious trio: one requires federal health care programs and facilities to cover abortion, one ensures taxpayer dollars flow to abortion providers, and one invalidates virtually all state limitations on abortions,” she explained, “thereby codifying abortion policy on a national level.”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The pro-abortion political attempt to codify Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion through pregnancy in the U.S.,\u00a0continues with a group of congressional abortion supporters who are introducing Senate Bill S. 1021\u00a0and companion House Bill\u00a0H.R. 2234. These bills are dubbed the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Act, known […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":827,"featured_media":209655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473,11],"tags":[4034,4288,10403,11405,11406,144,11407,3014],"yoast_head":"\nThe EACH Act would codify Roe v. 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