WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) today commended the 238 members of the U.S. House of Representatives who voted to pass the landmark No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7), but directed sharp criticism at the 183 House members who voted...
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Supreme Court Decision Underscores Need for No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
Editor’s note. The following is National Right to Life’s response to this morning’s U.S. Supreme Court's decision in King v. Burwell. "Federal taxpayer subsidies are helping pay for over 1,000 health plans that cover abortion on demand, and today's Supreme Court...
When fact checkers take sides
By Chris Smith (R-NJ) Editor’s note. The following was in response to a misguided Washington Post "fact checker” which ran under the headline “Does Obamacare provide federal subsidies for elective abortions?” Congresswoman Virginia Foxx and I were on absolute...
National Right to Life Applauds U.S. House Vote to End Abortion Subsidies Under Obamacare and Enact Permanent, Government-Wide Hyde Amendment
WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) today commended the 227 members of the U.S. House of Representatives who voted to pass the landmark No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7), but directed sharp criticism at the 188 House members who...
Pro-abortion President Obama threatens to veto H.R. 7
By Dave Andrusko Hmmm, let’s see. Sun rises in the east; winter colder than summer; Washington, DC is closer to Baltimore, Maryland than to Hong Kong—certainties whose givenness is rivaled only by the sure knowledge that President Obama would threaten to veto...
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Advances Abortion Funding Ban
By Susan T. Muskett, J.D., Senior Legislative Counsel WASHINGTON (January 16, 2014) – Yesterday, the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives approved NRLC-backed legislation to permanently prohibit subsidies for abortion in federally funded...
Congressional Committee to Take Up Abortion Funding Ban Wednesday
By Susan T. Muskett, J.D., Senior Legislative Counsel Tomorrow, January 15, the U.S House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee will take up and vote on H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. This legislation is strongly supported by the National...
Key Testimony Presented on Need for Abortion Funding Ban
By Susan T. Muskett, J.D., Senior Legislative Counsel Today, the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice received key testimony in support of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7), legislation introduced by...
No Matter What Pro-abortionists Say, this is what the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortions Act” Means
By Dave Andrusko It only seems right. As long as the “mainstream media” keeps lamenting/bashing/caricaturing H.R.3—the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortions Act”—we will keep trying to clear away the rhetorical underbrush. Yesterday’s New York Times editorial, “New...
Pro-abortionists Offer Disingenuous Criticism of the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act”
By Dave Andrusko On Wednesday, immediately after the House passed the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” I wrote a piece congratulating the 251 members who voted in favor of what is landmark legislation...