The Senate approved a compromise funding measure Monday night to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history after 41 days, with eight Democrats breaking ranks to join Republicans in a 60-40 vote that sent the bill to a divided House.
The good news for pro-life Americans is that the deal rejected attempts by Democrats to force Americans to fund abortions under Obamacare.
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The Senate bill came after Democrats held it hostage for 41 days over their demands to continue taxpayer-funded abortions through Obamacare.
The deal combines three full-year spending bills with a short-term continuing resolution to fund the rest of the government through January 30. Senate Majority Leader John Thune secured Democratic support by agreeing to allow a vote on extending expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies which currently fund abortions. However, that legislation is expected to fail.
SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser thanked Thune and other Republican leaders for ensuring that Obamacare abortion funding did not make it into the deal.
She told LifeNews:
“Thank you, Leader Thune and Senate Republicans, for firmly rejecting Democrat demands to force taxpayers to fund abortions through Obamacare as the price for their votes to reopen the government. For more than a month, Democrats kept the government shut down over Obamacare – the single largest departure from the Hyde Amendment and expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade. When government subsidizes abortion, more unborn Americans lose their lives and more women suffer.
“As this bill moves to the House, we urge representatives to stand as firmly against pro-abortion Democrat demands as their colleagues in the Senate. This is what the pro-life base expects, and SBA Pro-Life America will score against any vote to extend Obamacare subsidies that sidesteps Hyde.”
Last month, more than 100 pro-life groups sent a letter to Congress urging lawmakers to stop taxpayer funding of abortion through Obamacare.
Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Dick Durbin of Illinois, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Tim Kaine of Virginia, Jackie Rosen of Nevada, and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, and independent Angus King of Maine joined 52 Republicans to pass the measure.
The bill now moves to the House for approval before reaching President Donald Trump’s desk.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has called members of the House back to Washington to finalize the deal this week, with a vote expected on Wednesday.
