U.S. House passes bill that upholds pro-life policies

The U.S. House voted, 253-154, Monday in favor of a $515.7 billion spending bill that preserves key pro-life provisions. The Senate was expected to follow suit this week, reports CitizenLink Daily.

Democrats left intact the Mexico City Policy, which prohibits tax dollars from going to groups that fund or promote abortion overseas.

Also preserved in the spending bill were the Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal funding of most domestic abortions; and the Kemp-Kasten Amendment, which allows the president to end funding for organizations that support coercive abortion programs.

"We are glad that (the bill) would neither force Americans to subsidize abortions nor provide federal funding to force people to participate in abortion," said Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America. "We are thankful to the members of Congress who fought for these pro-life measures and the thousands of Americans who urged their elected officials to uphold these moral provisions that ensure our tax dollars do not encourage abortion."

The spending bill holds the line on funding for Community Based Abstinence Education.

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