Category: Abortion Funding

By Calvin Freiburger March 9, 2020 – Democrat presidential contender and avowed socialist Senator Bernie Sanders has formally unveiled the abortion agenda he’s running on in 2020, collecting in a single location the various absolutist promises he has made to the abortion lobby. The Vermont senator’s so-called “Reproductive Health Care and Justice for All” plan [https://berniesanders.com/issues/reproductive-justice-all/] pledges …

By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation Some Pennsylvania lawmakers are expressing great skepticism about pro-abortion Governor Tom Wolf’s attempts to funnel money to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion operation. Wolf, who once was a volunteer “escort” at a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic, has included in his budget a line item for …

By Bonnie Finnerty, Education Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation Can you imagine all the good you could do with $3 million? Rather than do good, Governor Tom Wolf, would gift it to the abortion industry. His current proposed state budget allocates a hefty sum of tax money–your money, my money–for the abortion giant. Wolf, a former Planned Parenthood escort, …

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s proposed budget includes a line item that may represent a pipeline to the abortion industry.    The line item in the Department of Human Services budget calls for $3 million for “Access to Reproductive Health Care.”  The description of the line item is vague, but lawmakers question whether the …

By Dave Andrusko When legislatures are dominated by pro-abortion Democrats and the governor’s office is, likewise, in lockstep with Planned Parenthood, you get the state of New Jersey passing a law that “will provide $9.5 million more in state taxpayer money to family-planning clinics such as Planned Parenthood to make up for federal funding they …

By Paul Stark, Communications Associate, Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life THE U.S. SUPREME COURT’S ROE V. WADE and Doe v. Bolton decisions in 1973 made abortion legal across the United States. But a court ruling here in Minnesota—24 years ago this month—went even further. Lawsuit leads to abortion funding It started in 1993. That’s when …

WASHINGTON–On Friday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Exchange Program Integrity Final Rule. Among other provisions, the rule ensures that when Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange plans include elective abortion coverage— for which public funding is prohibited by federal law—customers receive separate bills for abortion coverage from their health insurance. The …

“With this final rule, the Trump Administration is enforcing rules that were implemented under the Obama Administration but never enforced,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. ”This rule will prevent taxpayer dollars from being used to pay for abortions.” She continued, “We thank President Trump and Secretary Azar for their commitment to …

By Dave Andrusko NRL News Today has run dozens of stories over the years about two of many fronts in the ongoing battle between Planned Parenthood and the state of Missouri. First, about whether the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services may revoke the license of Planned Parenthood’s St. Louis clinic, the state’s lone …

By Dave Andrusko When last NRL News Today reported on the issue, the ACLU had just sued Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy who had cut from the budget of the state Supreme Court the amount it cost the state of Alaska to fund abortions, a requirement (you guessed it) of the Alaska Supreme Court. By using …