[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H392-H393]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            AMERICAN TAXPAYERS DO NOT WANT TO FUND ABORTION

  (Mrs. SCHMIDT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, last Friday, almost 500,000 folks gathered 
at the Capitol to remind us once again that all life is precious and 
that the unborn are guaranteed the right to life. While abortion has 
been allowed in this country for the past 37 years, Americans have made 
it crystal clear that they do not want their tax dollars being used to 
pay for it.

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  For 34 years, the Hyde amendment has stopped Federal funds from being 
used to pay for abortion. The current bill passed by the Senate will 
erode this. This bill will change that longstanding law and allow for 
tax dollars to be used for abortion.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people do not want their money to be used 
to pay for abortions. As we continue to debate the health care bill, we 
must honor their wish.

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