Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) are leading 17 Republican colleagues in introducing a bill on Thursday that would ban Title X grants from funding abortions and abortion providers, Breitbart News has exclusively learned.
“Taxpayers should not have to spend a penny on abortions,” Blackburn said. “The Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act would protect life and stop federal funds from going to entities that perform abortions by closing loopholes in federal law.”
“Louisiana families want their tax dollars to support families, not abortion businesses that kill unborn babies and hurt mothers,” added Dr. Cassidy, who is the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee. “I’m proud to co-lead this bill to end a policy that subsidizes Planned Parenthood on the taxpayers’ dime.”
The Title X Family Planning Program is supposed to help low-income women access family planning services, although it has
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