Tate Zeigler (202-224-5972) or Kevin Bishop (864-250-1417)

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), a member of the Judiciary Committee, has again cosponsored S. 946 the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, which establishes a consistent government-wide prohibition on abortion funding.

 

“Tax dollars should not be used to fund abortions,” said Graham.

 

The legislation would make the following policies permanent:

 

• the Hyde amendment, which prohibits funding for elective abortion coverage through any program funded through the annual Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Act,

• the Helms amendment, which prohibits funding for abortion as a method of family planning overseas

• the Smith FEHBP amendment, which prohibits funding for elective abortion coverage for federal employees,

• the Dornan amendment, which prohibits use of congressionally appropriated funds for abortion in the District of Columbia,

• other policies, such as the restrictions on elective abortion funding through Federal prisons.

 

The legislation currently has 22 cosponsors in the Senate.  The House of Representatives passed the bill 251-175 in the 112^th Congress, but the legislation was not allowed for a vote in the Democrat-controlled Senate.

 

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