A group of 200 members of House Republicans signed onto a letter supporting bans on taxpayer funding of abortions as President Joe Biden is expected to scrap the Hyde Amendment, the most important pro-life public policy in America for over four decades.
"Repealing these pro-life provisions would destroy nearly half a century of bipartisan consensus," said the letter addressed to House leaders and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. "Each year since 1976, Congress has included Hyde protections in annually enacted appropriations.
"We cannot allow the Hyde Amendment and other important pro-life safeguards to be decimated by Congressional Democrats. Accordingly, we pledge to vote against any government funding bill that eliminates or weakens the Hyde Amendment or other current-law, pro-life appropriations provisions," the letter states.
Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks, R-Ind., is leading the effort.
Biden in 2019 said he supported repealing the policy, though White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Jan. 20 dodged on a question on whether the president would back the measure, telling reporters: “I will just take the opportunity to remind all of you that he is a devout Catholic, and somebody who attends church regularly. He started his day attending church with his family this morning. But I don’t have anything more for you on that.”
Biden has grappled for decades with his views on abortion rights. He supports Roe v. Wade but has opposed members of his own party on a number of abortion measures.
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