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U.S. Representative John Boehner
GAO Report
Confirms Taxpayers Fund Abortions Through ObamaCare
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) released the
following statement responding to a report released today by the
Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirming that, contrary to
specific promises made by President Obama and Democratic leaders,
ObamaCare subsidies are supporting insurance plans that cover abortions:
“In 2010, President Obama and the leaders of the Democratic majority in
Congress rammed through a government takeover of America’s health care
system over the objections of the American people. The measure
passed the House in part because the White House and Democratic leaders
insisted that ObamaCare would not use taxpayer funds to support
elective abortions.
“Today’s GAO report confirms that under the president’s health care
law, abortions are being paid for with taxpayer funds by more than
1,000 exchange plans across the country. This information has
been hidden from the American public for years by the Obama
Administration, which repeatedly denied congressional requests for its
public release.
“Common-sense restrictions like the Hyde Amendment have traditionally
enjoyed bipartisan support in Congress, and Americans have for decades
overwhelmingly rejected the idea of federal funding for abortion.
Earlier this year the House passed H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding for
Abortion Act, on a bipartisan basis to prohibit federal funding for
such purpose under ObamaCare. Sadly, this legislation has
suffered the same fate to date as the dozens of bills passed by the
House that would help to create jobs and grow our economy: it has been
gathering dust in Senator Reid’s dysfunctional, do-nothing
Senate. This GAO report underscores the need for the Senate to do
its job and pass this common-sense legislation.”
NOTE: As one of many examples of where President Obama and Democratic
leaders promised the American people that ObamaCare would not fund
abortions, on September 9, 2009, President Obama told the Joint Session
of Congress on Health Care: “And one more misunderstanding I want to
clear up -- under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund
abortions, and federal conscience laws will remain in place.”
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