True to form, the Republicans don't disappoint. They have chosen now to focus on H.R.3. H.R.3 will provide jobs and more jobs a blanket restriction on all abortion funding.
Nobody told them that attacking the "law of the land" is so last century.
So, here we go again, fighting the same fight over jobs abortion that we've been fighting forever.
Wonk Room provided a good overview:
http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/...
H.R. 3 would impose a blanket restriction on all abortion funding, even when the cost of abortion coverage is paid for entirely with private funds.
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It would deny tax credits to employers or other entities that pay for health plans that cover abortion
- It would deny tax credits to individuals or entities that pay for abortion care
- Disallow medical deductions for payments for any health plan that includes abortion coverage or for any medical expenses related to abortion care
Treat as income any amounts paid for an abortion from a taxpreferred trust of account, such as a health savings account.
As CAP’s Jessica Arons put it, "H.R. 3 would redefine the concept of government funding far beyond the current common understanding. Rather than simply prohibiting the use of federal funds to directly pay for abortion, H.R. 3 would insert itself into every crevice of government activity and prohibit even private and non-federal government funds from being spent on any activity related to the provision of abortion any time federal money is involved in funding or subsidizing other, non-abortion-related activities.
At this time, I feel it's appropriate to name another "Head In Sand" award
to the job creating Republicans who think fighting abortion is
what the American people care about right now.