[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14880]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT CONFIRMS OBAMACARE FUNDS 
                               ABORTIONS

  (Mr. HULTGREN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HULTGREN. Madam Speaker, I rise today disturbed by a report 
confirming that the Affordable Care Act provides for a massive 
expansion of abortion funded by the taxpayer.
  This week, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office revealed 
that 1,036 of the plans offered under ObamaCare and eligible for 
taxpayer subsidies cover abortion on demand. Although the President 
promised in 2009 that ``no Federal dollars would be used to fund 
abortions,'' the law's accounting gimmicks showed otherwise.
  One of my heroes, the late honorable Henry Hyde, worked hard to 
ensure that no American would be forced to pay for someone else's 
abortion. That is why the House passed H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding 
for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act.
  Clearly, there has been a lack of full disclosure by the 
administration and the insurance companies who have ignored the law, a 
law which failed to provide adequate safeguards for the taxpayer.
  Many Americans are, thus, unwittingly paying for a procedure which 
violates their most deeply held beliefs. It is time the administration 
honored both the letter and spirit of the Hyde amendment. It is time 
for the Senate to pass H.R. 7 and ensure no American is forced to pay 
for abortion.

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