Republicans move to block federal funding for abortion travel expenses

Greater than two dozen House Republicans proposed laws this week that will forestall the federal authorities from spending any cash to assist ladies journey out of state to obtain an abortion. 

The invoice has no likelihood of advancing below Democratic management. But it surely’s a transparent signal of how the GOP will attempt to help the Supreme Court docket’s July determination that struck down Roe v. Wade by saying there is no such thing as a constitutional proper to an abortion and that states have the authority to ascertain their very own abortion legal guidelines. 

Instantly after that ruling, teams that support abortion and their Democratic allies began sketching out plans to fund out-of-state journey for ladies who, for instance, are looking for an abortion 12 weeks into their being pregnant when their house state bans abortions after six weeks of being pregnant. 

Some corporations have mentioned they might pay ladies to journey out of state for an abortion, and some Home Democrats have proposed laws organising a federal grant that will assist ladies offset the price of this journey. “Entry to protected and authorized reproductive well being care, together with abortion, shouldn’t be restricted to these with the assets to journey,” Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash., said in July. 

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The Republican laws, launched by Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., goals to make sure that the federal authorities performs no position relating to funding abortion-related interstate journey. 

Republican laws, launched by Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., goals to make sure that the federal authorities performs no position relating to funding abortion-related interstate journey.
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Norman’s “No Federal Funds for Abortion Journey Bills Act” says no federal funds can be utilized to help abortion companies “by monetary or logistical help for journey to a different state.” The proposal in a way is an extension of the Hyde Modification that for years has prohibited direct federal funding of abortions outdoors of exceptions similar to rape, incest or when carrying the fetus to time period endangers the lifetime of the mom. 

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Professional-choice activists react to the historic Supreme Court docket ruling to overturn Roe vs. Wade.
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Norman mentioned his invoice, which has 26 Republican cosponsors, is a rebuttal to Democratic attempts to create a federal funding mechanism for out-of-state journey.

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“It’s completely unacceptable that Senate Democrats and the Biden administration are doing every little thing they’ll to fund abortions on this post-Roe world,” Norman mentioned in a press release to Fox Information Digital. 

President Biden addresses the Supreme Court docket’s determination on Dobbs v. Jackson Ladies’s Well being Group to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022.
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“Utilizing federal funds for this function is sickening, contemplating the Supreme Court just lately made the difficulty of abortion as much as the states,” he mentioned. “Keep in mind, many Democrats together with our President was of the opinion that abortions ought to solely occur in uncommon circumstances. My Republican colleagues and I’ll put our foot down each time the federal authorities makes an attempt to step in on the matter of the proper to life.” 

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