May 2017 U.S
May 2017 U.S. House passes American Health Care Act of 2017 Bill would prohibit federal taxpayer dollars from flowing to plans that cover elective abortion and dramatically reduce taxpayer dollars to nation’s abortion giant WASHINGTON – Seven Planned Parenthood Federation Committee (NRLC), the passage of the bill will be long years after President of America (PPFA). federation of state right-to-life included in NRLC’s scorecard Obama signed the sweeping In advance of the vote, organizations, advised House of key right-to-life votes. abortion-expanding “Patient the National Right to Life members that the roll call on The NRLC letter states: “As Protection and Affordable Care enacted, the PPACA contains Act” (PPACA), the U.S. House multiple provisions authorizing of Representatives has passed federal subsidies for abortion, the American Health Care Act and abortion-expanding of 2017 (H.R. 1628), 217-213. regulatory mandates. A 2014 The House took this critical first GAO report revealed that over step towards protecting life by, 1,000 federally subsidized among other things, restoring plans nationwide were covering the longstanding principles elective abortion. The American of the Hyde Amendment with Health Care Act would repeal respect to federally funded the provisions of law that health coverage, and blocking, for one year, most federal See “Passes,” page 23 payments to affiliates of National Right to Life heralds Trump Administration’s modernization of pro-life foreign aid policy WASHINGTON – The Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life Committee the National Right to Life (NRLC) commended the Trump Committee, the federation of Administration for announcing state right-to-life organizations, an expanded policy named said, “Under the Obama Promoting Life in Global Health Administration, the U.S.
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