‘This is not a health crisis’: Women’s health clinics face shutdown, as Senate considers defunding
A bill that would defund Planned Parenthood was introduced in the House on Wednesday.
The measure would also repeal the Hyde Amendment, which bars taxpayer funds from going to abortion clinics.
The legislation is sponsored by Representative Raul Grijalva, a Democrat from Arizona.
The Hyde Amendment was put in place in the early 1900s as a way to limit abortion access.
In a statement, the American Civil Liberties Union said it was disappointed by the House vote.
“As we saw in the 2016 elections, Republicans used their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives to advance their anti-choice agenda, including the Hyde amendment, which has been used to restrict abortion access in states across the country for decades,” said the ACLU of New Mexico’s director of legal affairs, Sarah Warbelow.
“We will continue to fight for reproductive rights at the federal, state, and local levels.” “
The Hyde amendment restricts the ability of the federal government to withhold funds from the health care system. “
We will continue to fight for reproductive rights at the federal, state, and local levels.”
The Hyde amendment restricts the ability of the federal government to withhold funds from the health care system.
The American Civil Rights Union is asking the House and Senate to pass a bill that does not defund Planned Paulina.
They are also urging the U,S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue a statement to state health departments that the Hyde law does not exist.
The bill would also make it illegal for health care providers to perform abortions if they receive federal funds.
“If the Hyde legislation becomes law, abortion providers will be able to perform safe and legal abortions in the United States if they have received funding from HHS,” Grijbalva said in the statement.
“However, the Hyde language is not enforceable and, as a result, these clinics will be forced to shut down.”
Grijalgva said the bill would make it easier for women to access health care, especially in rural areas.
“I urge the House to vote this bill down and pass a companion bill that defunds Planned Parenthood,” he said.
Democrats are also pressing the House for help in dismantling the health insurance program for the poor.
The House passed the ACA repeal bill earlier this week, which included provisions to help people buy health insurance through their employers.
But Democrats have not yet said whether they will offer a budget resolution that will give the Trump administration more flexibility to implement the ACA’s health insurance expansion and provide subsidies for low-income Americans.
The AHCA would also allow for the construction of Medicaid, which covers low- and moderate-income people and families.
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, more than 5.5 million people were eligible for Medicaid under the ACA and about 4.5 percent of the country’s population was in the Medicaid program in 2016.
The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, expanded the federal Medicaid program, and the AHCA calls for the creation of a new “Medicaid Expansion Trust Fund.”
A bill that would defund Planned Parenthood was introduced in the House on Wednesday.The measure would also repeal the Hyde…
