House Democrats launched another attempt to force taxpayers to pay for killing unborn babies in abortions this week with a bill to end the Hyde Amendment.
For decades, the amendment had strong bipartisan support in Congress and continues to have the support of most Americans. Since 1976, the Hyde Amendment has saved an estimated 2.5 million babies’ lives, including about 60,000 each year, according to the Charlotte Lozier Institute.
Recently, however, the Democratic Party sided with the billion-dollar abortion industry on the issue and began lobbying to force taxpayers to fund abortions nationwide.
On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-California, and other House Democrats introduced a bill named the E.A.C.H. Act that would end the Hyde Amendment and allow Medicaid, government employee insurance plans and other federal programs to use tax dollars to pay for elective abortions, USA Today reports.
However, the bill does not have any chance of passing the Republican-controlled House.
Lee told the news outlet that she had an abortion when she was a teenager prior to Roe v. Wade, so she understands why women need abortions.
“I know the fear that people have,” she said. “I know personally the trauma and the horrible moments that I experienced.”
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The California Democrat claimed the Hyde Amendment is “discriminatory and racist” and especially hurts low-income people. However, polling shows that low-income Americans are strongly opposed to taxpayer-funded abortions, much more so than people with higher incomes.
Others who support the bill include U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts; Diana DeGette, D-Colorado; and Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois. The pro-abortion groups All Above All, National Network of Abortion Funds, Midwest Access Coalition and others also issued statements supporting the bill this week, according to the report.
Polls consistently show strong public support for the Hyde Amendment. A new Marist poll found 60 percent of Americans oppose using tax dollars to fund abortions in the U.S. Additionally, 78 percent oppose using tax dollars to fund abortions in other countries.
Significantly, another poll from Harvard/Politico found that voters who make more than $75,000 were more supportive of forcing taxpayers to fund abortions (45 percent in favor), while those who make $25,000 or less were strongly against it (24 percent in favor). In other words, the people most likely to qualify for a Medicaid-covered, taxpayer-funded abortion are the ones most strongly opposed to it.
Research by Charlotte Lozier Institute associate scholar Dr. Michael New estimates the Hyde Amendment has saved about 2.5 million babies from abortions. Prior to the amendment, in the 1970s, Americans paid for about 300,000 unborn babies’ abortion deaths each year, according to a report from the Family Research Council.
Separate from the Hyde Amendment, some states use state tax dollars to fund the killing of unborn babies in abortions. They are:
Alaska (court order)
Arizona (court order)
California (court order)
Colorado (voluntarily)
Connecticut (court order)
Hawaii (voluntarily)
Illinois (court order)
Maryland (voluntarily)
Massachusetts (court order)
Minnesota (court order)
Montana (court order)
New Jersey (court order)
New Mexico (court order)
New York (voluntarily)
Oregon (court order)
Vermont (court order)
Washington (voluntarily)
According to a 2016 report from California, its Medi-Cal program spent about $27 million on more than 83,000 induced abortions just in 2014.
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