U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., has introduced the Senate companion to H.R. 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. S. 906 is identical to the bill approved by the U.S. House last week.
The bill, which would convert some pro-life policies — also known as riders — into law, has 22 Republican co-sponsors.
S. 906 would prohibit taxpayer subsidies for abortion and abortion insurance coverage; currently a patchwork of such policies must be approved annually. The bill also would codify conscience protections for health care workers who object to abortion and other actions.
"The passage of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act with a strong, bipartisan majority of House members is a crucial step forward and one we hope to replicate in the Senate," Wicker said. "Our goal is to codify in a single federal act a policy that has been endorsed again and again by the Congress and which has overwhelming public support — that of withholding taxpayer funding of abortion."
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