Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is calling on the House to block taxpayer funding for abortion organizations through reconciliation after the Senate rejected his amendment on Wednesday.
Hawley sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Thursday afternoon, warning that if a ban on taxpayer funding for abortion providers is not extended, billions in federal dollars could flow to Planned Parenthood, which also has clinics that provide sex change drugs to minors.
The current ban on federal funding going to abortion businesses is set to expire on July 4. Hawley’s amendment would have allowed Congress to ban Medicaid funds to abortion providers in the future, as long as the legislation does not increase the federal deficit between 2026 and 2035.
Hawley told Johnson, “Time is of the essence.”
“If the House fails to act immediately as part of reconciliation, billions of Federal dollars will go to Planned Parenthood and other
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