May 16, 2019

Abortion a deductible medical expense? Who knew?

Abortion a deductible medical expense? Who knew?
Yesterday, Representative Andy Biggs (R-Arizona) introduced the Abortion Is Not Health Care Act, which would end the Internal Revenue Service's treatment of out-of-pocket abortion costs as a medical expense. The GOP lawmaker spoke on Wednesday with host Tony Perkins on Washington Watch.

"Most people don't realize that you can claim an abortion as an out-of-pocket medical expense under the IRS code and get a deduction for that," Biggs said on the radio. "People who are pro-abortion … want the world to think that that is an integral component to normal health care – and it simply isn't."  Click here for more.