WASHINGTON — Pro-life leaders cheered passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of spending legislation that bans federal money for abortion providers and promoters, including Planned Parenthood.
The House voted 235–189 early Feb. 19 on a continuing resolution to extend funding for federal agencies until the end of the fiscal year. Congress failed to pass a budget last year, adopting instead a resolution that continued funding for the federal government through March 4. The newly approved resolution would provide funds for the government to operate through Sept. 30.
The bill included the following pro-life measures:
• Prohibition of all funds under the resolution for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and its affiliates, a network that constitutes the country’s No. 1 abortion provider.
• Reinstatement of the Mexico City Policy, which would bar federal money for organizations that perform or promote abortions overseas.
• Restoration of a ban on funds for the United Nations Population Fund, which has been found to support China’s coercive population control program.
• Reinstitution of a prohibition on the use of federal and congressionally approved local funds for elective abortions in the District of Columbia.
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