No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015

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Ms. JENKINS. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.

I rise today as a supporter and cosponsor of H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer
Funding for Abortion Act. I was a cosponsor of this legislation in the
previous two Congresses, and I continue to support it after hearing
from my constituents time and time again that they do not want their
tax dollars funding abortions. In fact, the majority of Americans and
the vast majority of Kansans oppose their tax dollars being used
towards abortion.

The specter of taxpayer-funded abortion has been exacerbated by the
President's health care law, which offers subsidies to taxpayers in
order to offset its high cost. These subsidized plans, bought through
the health care exchanges, could allow for taxpayer-funded abortions to
occur.

Without this crucial legislation, we will continue to have a
patchwork of provisions regarding Federal funding. This creates
confusion, blocks transparency, and opens up additional loopholes.
Longstanding provisions are reestablished under H.R. 7, which would
apply uniformly across Federal programs, including the President's
destructive health care law.

I urge passage of this bipartisan bill.

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