House Judiciary Committee Passes No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act

Sarah Torre / March 04, 2011

The House Judiciary Committee finished its mark-up of H.R. 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act on Thursday and voted 23–14, on mostly partisan lines, in favor of the bill. Puerto Rico Delegate Pedro Pierluisi was the only Democrat to vote for the bill. H.R. 3 seeks to prohibit federal funding of abortion by permanently codifying an array of protections against government subsidies for abortions.

Keeping federal taxpayer money out of the hands of abortion providers is no small task. From appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services to international aid funding to how locally generated tax monies are spent in the District of Columbia—and in many other instances—Congress fights a continuous battle to block federal funding of abortion. (more…)