Republicans’ tax bill is sneakily hacking away at abortion rights
Tara Golshan
Buried in Republicans’ tax bill, in a provision about college savings accounts, is a pro-life political statement — one that doesn’t make much change to the tax law, and instead helps the right build a case against abortion.
On page 93 of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Republicans write that “nothing shall prevent an unborn child from being treated as a designated beneficiary” of a tax-advantaged college savings accounts, known as 529 plans, which allows parents to set aside money for expenses like tuition or education materials.
“The term ‘child in utero’ means a member of the species homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb,” the bill states.
Read more at: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/6/16602744/republicans-tax-bill-abortion-rights
I don't know if this is "sneaky", it is interesting that sometimes the law does recognize rights to inheritance with the unborn.
