Taxpayers footing the bill for hundreds of thousands of Medicaid abortions

[TomSea]

Taxpayers footing the bill for hundreds of thousands of Medicaid abortions

For several years, statistics have shown that while abortions overall have been on the decline, the number of those which are funded by taxpayers has increased. New York is just one of several states in which taxpayers are funding Medicaid abortions, and the data shows that some of these were “repeats” — committed on women who had at least one previous abortion.

The Federal Hyde amendment prohibits taxpayers from paying for most abortions (although it does allow the funding in certain cases), but states can spend Medicaid dollars however they choose. In New York, they spend those dollars on abortion.

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