Current law prohibits the federal government from directly financing abortions in foreign countries.
He said that states should not be financing abortions with the money they contribute to Medicaid.
Title X, enacted 20 years ago, was never meant to finance abortions and never has.
But the multilateral programs we have defunded do not finance abortions.
An amendment preventing the use of European Union aid to finance abortions was defeated.
But Title X was never meant to finance abortions and never has.
The state would continue to finance abortions for women who meet current guidelines for Medicaid eligibility.
I don't believe government funds should ever be used to finance abortions.
Federal law bars any funding to directly finance elective abortions in accordance with the Hyde amendment.
Congress never dreamed of authorizing such censorship and deception, any more than it ever meant to finance abortions.