Although existing law prohibits Federal funds being used for abortion, this has been deemed insufficient by those who seek to prevent all abortions. The “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” would limit access to abortion by altering the tax code to prohibit the deductibility of expenditures for health insurance that provides payment for abortion services. Women would not be able to use their own funds to purchase complete health services and the decision by private businesses to provide comprehensive health care that includes complete reproductive services would be threatened. The premium assistance promised in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would be eliminated for anyone choosing private health insurance that provides for abortion coverage.To me, this act of Congress looks like another attempt to mask the desire to impose theocracy on the American public in the sheepskin of fiscal responsibility. How about “No Taxpayer Funding for the War in Iraq”?
While I am all for saving money, not every scientist agrees that reducing the number of abortions provides a financial benefit to the society (e.g., see this Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freakonomics#Effects_of_abortion_ban).
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