The budget agreement is a huge win for Trump's pro-life policies
by Kaylee McGhee
| July 23, 2019 02:50 PM
President Trump and congressional leaders reached a sweeping bipartisan budget on Monday to suspend the debt ceiling and increase federal spending limits. Fiscal hawks concerned with unmanageable government spending are right to be concerned. But the budget, which awaits congressional approval, does offer an important victory: It protects the Hyde Amendment and strips abortion providers, like Planned Parenthood, of federal Title X funding.
The budget shows Trump is serious about prioritizing pro-life policies. If Congress passes the agreement, Democrats’ hands will be tied when it comes to important policy priorities like repealing the Hyde Amendment, a law that prohibits using federal funds for abortion. This is a serious blow to Democrats who have relied on “poison pill†riders to strip the pro-life movement of legislative authority.
The budge also ensures that the Protect Life Rule, which prohibits recipients of Title X family planning funds from performing or referring women to abortions, will go into effect. This law is, in part, an extension of the Hyde Amendment: It makes sure federal funds aren’t going toward abortive services. Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the pro-life organization Susan B. Anthony List, said in a press release that the Protect Life Rule simply “draws a bright line between abortion and family planning, stopping abortion businesses like Planned Parenthood from treating Title X as their private slush fund.â€
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