WASHINGTON — A coalition of 22 state attorneys general asked Congress this week to restore a prohibition on federal funding of abortions, after it was omitted from President Joe Biden’s budget request for the 2022 fiscal year. The coalition, led by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, R, sent a June 21 letter to congressional leaders defending the pro-life Hyde Amendment. The policy prohibits federal funding of elective abortions in Medicaid. Marshall told CNA in a phone interview on Wednesday that he and his colleagues want to show “a strong consensus of Republican attorneys general who not only believe this is incorrect fiscal policy for the country, this is a reversal of what was very much a bipartisan position.” “We are attempting to make a very strong stand on principle relating to the position of life,” he said. Marshall argued that state attorneys general should work to protect a policy that offers conscience protections to taxpayers. “Taxpayers who fundamentally oppose abortion shouldn’t have their tax dollars pay for abortion on demand,” Marshall said.
Coalition of State Attorneys General Ask Congress to Restore Hyde Amendment| National Catholic Register
Coalition of State Attorneys General Ask Congress to Restore Hyde Amendment| National Catholic Register
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