No tax dollars for abortion bill moving through new Congress

The House Rules Committee is scheduled to meet next Monday, January 23, to consider the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7). Text of the bill is available here, and a Washington Times story about the bill is here.

The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7) introduced by Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), seeks to do three things. The bill:

1. Makes the Hyde Amendment and other current abortion funding prohibitions  permanent and government-wide;
2. Ensures that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) faithfully conforms to the Hyde Amendment while Congress works to repeal and replace the ACA;
3. Until a new plan year begins, the bill ensures full disclosure, transparency and the prominent display of the extent to which any health insurance plan on the exchange funds abortion.