New Jersey Republican Christopher Smith has introduced a bill called the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” that would not only block funding for abortion, but block access to abortion for many American women.
The bill would not only prohibit the use of federal funding to buy any insurance plan that covers abortion, it would prohibit people from deducting the premiums they pay for their own private insurance coverage if it includes abortion or the cost of an abortion, and prohibit people from deducting the cost of an abortion paid for out of their own tax-preferred savings accounts.
Currently, federal funding for abortion is restricted under The Hyde Amendment, except in cases of rape, incest or a threat to the mother's life or health. A raped woman can now use Medicaid to pay for an abortion. The Smith bill would restrict Medicaid-funded abortions to women who can prove that they have been “forcibly raped”. The undefined term “forcible rape” presumably excludes rape while the woman is incapacitated.
The bill would also deny abortion funding for pregnant incest victims 18 years or older.
I find the Republican attack on Planned Parenthood infuriating. This dedicated organization is a premier provider of STI/HIV resources and testing, birth control, and general reproductive health care. Defunding Planned Parenthood would cripple our reproductive health care system and put American women's health at risk
The Smith bill shamelessly pushes a forced pregnancy agenda on American women who can't afford to pay for an abortion.
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