US House approves bill restricting abortion funding
By Valerie Howell on Jan 23, 2015 12:19 pm
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives
[official website] passed a bill [text] on Thursday that would ban
abortions supported by federal funding. The bill explicitly denies any
health plans or facilities that are federally funded from expending
tax-payer funds from being used for abortion services. Voting on the
bill was timed to coincide with the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade
[opinion], and with a pro-life march in front of the Capitol that
happened concurrently with the vote. The current... +read more
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