Pro-Life Group Blasts Sham “Compromise” Proposal on Abortion, Obamacare
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America issued a statement today firmly opposing a Hyde “compromise” being floated:
“There is no ‘compromise’ on taxpayer funding of abortion. Either the Hyde Amendment applies or it doesn’t. Either tax dollars fund plans that cover abortion – or they don’t. The proposal being floated is nowhere near Hyde,” said SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser.
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“Under this so-called compromise, tens of billions of taxpayer dollars would still flow to plans that cover abortion on demand until birth, including painful late-term abortions. The ‘separate payment’ scheme, first devised by Obama and Pelosi, has always been an accounting gimmick and a deliberate departure from Hyde. Conducting an audit on an accounting gimmick is not Hyde.
“This proposal should be considered dead on arrival by the entire Senate GOP conference.
“SBA Pro-Life America does not oppose health care reform. Our simple request is that the GOP majority apply the Hyde Amendment to any reform—a bare minimum standard for decades.
“At a minimum, SBA Pro-Life America will not politically support any GOP senator who backs this sham compromise.
“Hyde’s impact on life and death cannot be ignored: at least 2.6 million Americans are alive today because of it. That number would be even higher if Hyde had applied to Obamacare. Instead, taxpayer dollars are complicit in abortion and babies have died.
“Many Americans already view Hyde as a compromise as long as abortion remains legal. If abortion is legal, at the very least, taxpayers should not be forced to fund it.”
As of 2025, the Hyde Amendment is estimated to have saved more than 2.6 million lives. SBA Pro-Life America opposes any health care proposal that fails to include Hyde Amendment protections and will continue to score against any effort that forces Americans to pay for abortions or abortion coverage. In October, more than 100 pro-life groups sent a letter to Congress urging lawmakers to stop taxpayer funding of abortion through Obamacare, stating clearly that Obamacare’s abortion surcharge “accounting gimmick” is not Hyde.
Nearly 6 in 10 Americans, including 58% of Independents, oppose domestic taxpayer funding of abortion.
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