Abortion

After H.R. 3, Are There Any Pro-Choice Republicans Left In The House?

Evan McMorris-Santoro | May 7, 2011, 10:10AM

Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL)

Yes, America, there are pro-choice Republicans. But after this week, there's some question about whether are any left in the U.S. Congress.

H.R. 3, the "No Taxpayer Funding For Abortion Act" that passed the House May 4 is not likely to become the law of the land. But the fact that it passed the House with unanimous Republican support means the pro-life members of the party, which includes all the House leadership, can tout their attachment to social issues, even after the supposedly fiscal-first tea party movement helped take over the GOP last year.

For pro-choice Republicans, the vote means embarrassing questions. Basically every pro-choice group says H.R. 3 is an anti-abortion bill that goes far beyond the government's current prohibitions on abortion funding and actually raises taxes on women who want to seek abortion coverage in their private insurance plans.

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