Senator Mike Lee and Pro-Life Republicans Fight Obamacare Abortion Funding

Senator Mike Lee and Pro-Life Republicans Fight Obamacare Abortion Funding

National Right to Life today commended U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), along with a broad coalition of pro-life senators and representatives, for issuing a bicameral letter calling on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to stop administering taxpayer-funded health care plans that include elective abortion coverage for members of Congress and their staff. “Federal law has long prohibited taxpayer…

Daines Calls on OPM to Stop Taxpayer-Funded Abortions in Congressional Health Plans

U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.) is pressing the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to halt taxpayer-funded coverage of elective abortions in health plans available to Members of Congress and congressional staff. In a letter sent to the OPM this week, Daines urged the agency to comply with the Smith Amendment, a long-standing federal law that prohibits the use of taxpayer dollars for… Source