No wonder she is for abortion and probably wished her mother had aborted her.
Posted on 12/16/2020 6:39:25 AM PST by Kaslin
Democrats and abortion activists are renewing the call to end the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal funding for abortion. Instead, they want tax dollars to go towards a woman’s “deeply personal life decisions.” But when American taxpayers are forced to pay for that decision, abortion – the ending of a human life – surfaces as a public matter in a very obvious way.
On December 8, the House Appropriations Committee held a nearly three-hour hearing on “The Impact on Women Seeking an Abortion but are Denied Because of an Inability to Pay.” House Democrats and abortion activists centered their remarks around the same argument: that Hyde is a racist policy that targets low-income women of color.
First introduced in 1976, the Hyde Amendment bans federal funding – taxpayer dollars – from going towards abortion, with the exceptions of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother. The legislative provision, approved annually by Congress, largely impacts Medicaid recipients. But because Medicaid is both a federal and state program, states can still choose to fund abortions on their own.
Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro, Democratic representative of Connecticut, set the tone for the hearing by urging participants to see the “discriminatory policy” through the “lens of how it impacts communities of color.”
Democrats and abortion activists are renewing the call to end the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal funding for abortion. Instead, they want tax dollars to go towards a woman’s “deeply personal life decisions.” But when American taxpayers are forced to pay for that decision, abortion – the ending of a human life – surfaces as a public matter in a very obvious way.
On December 8, the House Appropriations Committee held a nearly three-hour hearing on “The Impact on Women Seeking an Abortion but are Denied Because of an Inability to Pay.” House Democrats and abortion activists centered their remarks around the same argument: that Hyde is a racist policy that targets low-income women of color.
First introduced in 1976, the Hyde Amendment bans federal funding – taxpayer dollars – from going towards abortion, with the exceptions of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother. The legislative provision, approved annually by Congress, largely impacts Medicaid recipients. But because Medicaid is both a federal and state program, states can still choose to fund abortions on their own.
Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro, Democratic representative of Connecticut, set the tone for the hearing by urging participants to see the “discriminatory policy” through the “lens of how it impacts communities of color.”
In agreement, Perritt urged that Hyde “denies my patients the ability to make decisions about their bodies and their pregnancies because of where they live and how much they make.”
Williams used similar language, saying that she wanted everyone to be able to “get the abortion care they need safely and without political interference.”
As the sole pro-life witness, Bennett argued that Hyde protected women from racism – and saved lives, rather than harmed them. According to Dr. Michael New at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, the research arm of pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List, Hyde has saved more than 2.4 million lives.
“The Hyde Amendment is accused of being racist, but it’s not racist to preserve black lives,” she stressed. “Hyde protects women from an industry that is actually rooted in racism with a documented history of eugenics-philosophy population control and the unlawful targeting of the black community.”
“Abortion on demand is a band-aid to the wound that economic and health disparaities that cause women to seek abortion,” she concluded.
She and Rep. Cole called for more support for pregnant women to choose life by focusing on different issues: better health care, prenatal care, housing, paid leave, more childcare options – services which many pregnancy centers provide for free.
Taxpayer funding makes abortion a very public issue. Then again, abortion can never be a private issue because the intentional destruction of innocent human life is something that threatens a thriving society – and contributes to a throwaway culture where human persons of inherent dignity and worth are considered disposable.
No wonder she is for abortion and probably wished her mother had aborted her.
WTF is that?
Their goal is to have us paying for abortions, aids care, euthanasia and sex “change” operations. That is their way of eliminating Christianity.
Quite simply, liberals are ghouls. They’re obsessed with death and destruction of life.
God help us
Uh, too late. It will happen. The folks don’t mind, the media told them they don’t mind.
There’s a group that pickets a nearby abortion clinic. Every Saturday, there was one guy among the picketers with an unflattering Trump mask, and constant anti-Trump messages. I wanted to stop and ask if he thought abortions would decrease under Biden/Ho?
The stupidity of the American people is beyond measure.
Keith Richards in drag.
Like we have any say over what the Federal government decides to do with our tax dollars anymore.
If planned parenthood is so committed to a woman’s right to choose, why don’t THEY provide free abortions? I work at a pregnancy care center, and everything we do is FREE. Free food, diapers, free formula, free clothes, toys, blankets, maternity clothes and much much more. No TAXPAYER dollars are involved.
We already do. We give them big money every year, and money is fungible.
Good Bye, America. We hardly knew ye.
Georgia
Why can’t pro-choice people just get themselves sterilized? Would I pay for tax-payer funded sterilizations? No, pay for it yourself? Would I support exempting sterilizations from taxation, yes.
And millions of Christians vote Democrat year after year. They fall for the love-compassion-justice-fairness ruse. They see abortion as a trade off. Wrong on all counts they are.
So taxpayer funded abortions will include politicians, I assume.
When a Democrat led effort to force American taxpayers to pay for immoral activities, the Taxpayers must refuse to pay taxes on moral / religious grounds. “The Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free expression thereof.”
Paying for such infanticide is definitely contrary to the tenants of my religion (despite those like Durban, Pelosi and Biden, who twist like pretzels trying to justify their support of abortion while claiming to be Catholics).
I suspect the courts would refuse to rule on such a case that would surely arise if millions of us refuse to participate in such taxation, as they have demonstrated their lack of fortitude.
Dems DEMAND Taxpayer-Funded Abortions
When they can’t print more money go back the good old pick pocket game works every time.
If hospitals are required to care for those who can’t pay, why isn’t planned infanticide? They certainly have the money if their leader foresees buying herself a Lambourghini!
I have never understood the Hyde Amendment. Don’t we already give tons of money to Planned Parenthood? It’s the same thing as funding abortions.
It’s about their ‘death cult’ all of those you mentioned are directly related to death....and we all know who the father of death is.
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