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General Category => Health/Education => Life News => Topic started by: corbe on January 17, 2019, 11:19:25 pm
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Senate rejects government-wide ban on abortion funding
By Jessie Hellmann - 01/17/19 05:39 PM EST
The Senate rejected a bill on Thursday that would have permanently banned the use of federal funding for abortions.
The bill would have enshrined in law a long-standing provision that is tacked on to appropriations bills every year, forbidding the use of federal funds for abortions in programs like Medicaid.
It also would have banned ObamaCare subsidies for insurance plans that cover abortion.
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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/425931-senate-rejects-government-wide-ban-on-abortion-funding (https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/425931-senate-rejects-government-wide-ban-on-abortion-funding)
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Wasn't abortion covered as a mandated womens' health thingy, or were there provisions in the ACA to opt out of that coverage?