CONTACT YOUR CONGRESSMEN: Oppose taxpayer-funded abortion #SaveHyde! Sign the petition here.
January 28, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – LifeSiteNews has launched a petition to the U.S. Congress signalling support for the Hyde Amendment, which largely prohibits taxpayer funds from being used for abortions.
The petition also acts as a supporting voice to the 200 congressmen who signed a letter to the U.S. House and Senate, expressing their “unified opposition to Congressional Democrats’ efforts to repeal the Hyde Amendment and other current-law, pro-life appropriations provisions.”
The congressmen state: “The Hyde Amendment alone has saved the lives of over 2 million innocent babies and continues to protect the conscience rights of a vast majority of Americans opposed to publicly funded abortions.”
Consequently, the 200 GOP members say that they “cannot allow the Hyde Amendment and other important pro-life safeguards to be decimated by Congressional Democrats.”
“Accordingly, we pledge to vote against any government funding bill that eliminates or weakens the Hyde Amendment or other current-law, pro-life appropriations provisions,” their letter continues.
Whilst abortion is always and everywhere wrong, requiring ordinary Americans to put their taxes towards funding abortion is an additional evil.
But now, with the Democrats in charge of both Congress and the presidency, the Hyde Amendment is
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