[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 169 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 169

  Expressing a sense of Congress that a government-defined or public 
option insurance plan should not be used to fund abortion and taxpayer 
 funds should not be used to provide abortion under a benefit package 
                 within any health care reform package.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2009

Mr. Alexander submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing a sense of Congress that a government-defined or public 
option insurance plan should not be used to fund abortion and taxpayer 
 funds should not be used to provide abortion under a benefit package 
                 within any health care reform package.

Whereas in a 1996 ruling upholding the Hyde Amendment (Medicaid prohibition of 
        abortion funding), a Federal appeals court clearly stated that abortion 
        would be included as a covered medical service if Congress did not 
        prohibit the inclusion, ``Because abortion fits within many of the 
        mandatory care categories, including `family planning', `outpatient 
        services', `inpatient services', and `physicians' services', Medicaid 
        covered medically necessary abortions between 1973 and 1976.''; and
Whereas Congress acted preemptively in other government-subsidized health care 
        programs, including SCHIP and DOD, to prevent publicly funded abortion 
        through these programs: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that a government-defined or public 
option insurance plan should not be used to fund abortion and taxpayer 
funds should not be used to provide abortion under a benefit package 
within any health care reform package.
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