Chairman Cassidy, Blackburn Lead Legislation Closing Loopholes Allowing Taxpayer-Funded Abortion

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and 17 Republican colleagues introduced the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act to ban federal Title X dollars from going to Planned Parenthood or any entity that performs abortions or funds abortion providers.

"Louisiana families want their tax dollars to support families, not abortion businesses that kill unborn babies and hurt mothers," said Dr. Cassidy. "I'm proud to co-lead this bill to end a policy that subsidizes Planned Parenthood on the taxpayers' dime."

"Taxpayers should not have to spend a penny on abortions," said Senator Blackburn. "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."

This legislation is co-sponsored by U.S. Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Steve Daines (R-MT), Jim Risch (R-ID), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Katie Britt (R-AL), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Todd Young (R-IN), John Barrasso (R-WY), Roger Marshall (R-KS), and Kevin Cramer (R-ND).

The Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act would:

• Amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from providing federal family-planning grants to entities that perform abortions, or provide funds to entities that perform abortions;

• Strip the abortion giant Planned Parenthood and other Title X clinics of taxpayer funding that ought to go to comprehensive health care alternatives instead;

• Require that HHS provide an annual report to Congress that includes: information on grantees who perform abortions under the exceptions; and a list of entities to which grant funds are made available.

This legislation is supported by Susan B Anthony Pro-Life America, Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee, March for Life Action, National Right to Life Committee, Americans United for Life, and Students for Life Action.

Read the full bill text here.

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