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Banning Federal Funding of Abortion (Update)
Only 7 Illinois Reps Vote to Ban Federal Abortion Funding
Republican members of Illinois’ Congressional delegation have voted to slap a total ban on federal taxpayer funding of elective abortions.
Seven of Illinois’ eighteen members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted for the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. This pro-life legislation was introduced by U.S. Representative Christopher Smith (R-NJ) and was passed on January 28 by a vote of 227 to 188. The bill number is H.R. 7
HR 7 seeks to accomplish three important goals:
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Make the Hyde Amendment and other current abortion funding prohibitions permanent;
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