Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said if House Democrats have their way, this will be the last year taxpayers are not “forced to bear the burden of funding abortions.”
Scott made his comments in a column for the National Review on Tuesday.
“In 1976, Representative Henry Hyde of Illinois first offered an amendment to the appropriations package to prevent elective abortions from being funded by federal taxpayers through Medicaid and other federal health-care programs,” Scott said. “His amendment was accepted on a bipartisan basis and has enjoyed overwhelming bipartisan support for the past 44 years. It has been included in every annual spending package, including this year’s.”
But he said liberal Democrats in the House have indicated they will no longer include the Hyde Amendment in funding packages starting next year.
“Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi intends to strong-arm Americans into using their tax dollars to fund this life-ending procedure that Democrats once said should be ‘safe, legal, and rare,’” he said. “Americans should believe in the sanctity of life, that all human beings have equal dignity and worth because they are endowed with rights from our Creator.”
He maintained Congress should not toss away the Hyde Amendment and force American taxpayers to fund the widespread destruction of innocent life.”
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