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Take Action: Federal Pro-Life Provisions in Jeopardy

by Jennifer Mesko, editor

'Many Americans do not wish to see their tax dollars used for any organization that provides abortion services.'

Over the years, Congress has built in many protections to make sure taxpayers don’t fund abortion here or abroad. Now, those pro-life policies are in jeopardy.

Pro-life measures, called “riders,” are added to spending bills and cover issues like taxpayer-funded abortions and abortions for federal prisoners. When Democrats took the majority in Congress in 2006, the battle over these riders escalated.

As Congress begins discussing spending bills, Reps. Heath Shuler, D-N.C., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, are leading the charge to keep the pro-life provisions in place. Almost 100 of their colleagues will be asking Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House Appropriations Committee to leave the riders alone.

“It’s a moral issue for so many of us here in Congress,” Shuler told CitizenLink recently. "We want to ensure that we secure the sanctity of life and the importance of an unborn child.”

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