Lankford Co-Sponsors Bill to End Taxpayer Funded Abortions

U.S. Senator James Lankford joins Senators Roger Wicker and Pat Roberts introducing the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2019. The measure would permanently establish a government-wide prohibition of tax payer funds used for abortion.

“Regardless of Americans’ beliefs on the issue of life, one thing remains clear: the federal government does not need to help fund abortions,” said Lankford. “The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act ensures that Americans who strongly disagree with abortions are not forced to pay for them with their federal tax dollars. We must continue to take steps to move our nation and our culture closer to holding all human lives sacred regardless of a person’s size or degree of dependency. This bill brings us closer to that goal. As the Chairman of the Senate Values Action Team, I am proud to join my colleagues to continue to value life at all stages and ensure our nation also protects women and their important healthcare needs. We can and should do both.”

“Millions of Americans do not want to use their hard-earned money to cover abortion services,” said Roberts. “Currently, under Obamacare, many Americans unknowingly pay for abortion services covered under their health care plan. Our bill will permanently prohibit any taxpayer dollar from being used to pay for abortions and protect the rights for consumers to choose an insurance plan that is in line with their beliefs and values.”

“Millions of Americans oppose the use of federal dollars to support abortion,” said Wicker. “As thousands gather in our nation’s capital this week to March for Life, it is well-past time Congress passed a comprehensive solution to the patchwork of regulations prohibiting federal funding for abortion services. Our legislation would create a permanent, government-wide prohibition on abortion funding so that not one taxpayer dollar goes toward the destruction of innocent human life.

S. 109 would also prohibit funding for health benefits that include coverage of abortion with federal funds, prohibit abortions at federal health facilities, clarification of current federal provisions regarding abortion funding to also apply to Washington, D.C., ensure that elective abortion is not tax deductible and ensure that Affordable Care Act premium assistance subsidies provided in the form of refundable advanceable tax credits are not used to pay for health insurance plans which cover abortion, except in the case of rape, incest or saving the life of the mother.

Thirty Senators, including Senator Jim Inhofe, have signed onto co-sponsor the legislation.


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  1. deb schaer, 15 January, 2019

    End all taxpayer benefits to illegal aliens while you’re at it senator.

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