Democrats Pass Bill Forcing Americans to Fund Abortions

Democrats in Congress passed a bill Wednesday to restore the taxpayer funding that President Donald Trump cut from Planned Parenthood and other international abortion groups. The $1 trillion spending bill passed the U.S. House in a 226-203 vote, with seven Democrats joining all Republicans to vote against the measure, The Hill reports. The bill provides funds for the Departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, as well as foreign aid. It also would eliminate the Mexico City policy, which prohibits taxpayer funding to groups that promote or provide abortions overseas. Trump reinstated and expanded the pro-life policy in one of his first acts as president. Historically, Republican presidents have enacted the policy since Ronald Reagan, while Democratic presidents have repealed it. Under the Trump administration, the policy defunded Planned Parenthood’s international arm of about $100 million in U.S. tax dollars. It took tax dollars away from the British-based abortion chain Marie Stopes International as well. (Read more)

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