Family Research Council Thanks Congress for Sending President Obama Bill Removing Taxpayer Funding

Family Research Council Thanks Congress for Sending President Obama Bill Removing Taxpayer Funding for Planned Parenthood, Repealing Parts of Obamacare

January 6, 2016

"If the President vetoes this bill, he alone will bear the moral responsibility," says FRC's Tony Perkins

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Family Research Council applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for sending to the President's desk a budget reconciliation bill dealing with funding for Planned Parenthood and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare.

The Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act would remove, for one year, most funding under several mandatory programs such as Medicaid for abortion entities, including Planned Parenthood. The bill would also repeal key provisions of Obamacare, which encourages subsidies for abortion coverage and threatens conscience protections.

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins made the following statement about this vote:

"Congress sent a clear message today to the President on behalf of unborn children, their mothers, and for taxpayers. Never before has Congress been able to send a bill to President Obama's desk ending the forced partnership between taxpayers and Planned Parenthood. We owe a deep debt of gratitude to the many Members of Congress who made the protection of the unborn, and the repeal of pro-abortion, punitive mandates within Obamacare such a high priority.

"In their role as representatives of the people, Congress has spoken. It is now up to the President to decide whether to continue funding Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider which ended the lives of 323,999 innocent babies during their last reported fiscal year alone, or whether he will listen to the American people. If the President vetoes this bill, he alone will bear the moral responsibility for sending our tax dollars to a group that has allegedly engaged in the selling of baby body parts for profit.

"A critical precedent has now been set for moving a similar measure forward when America finally has a President who understands the value of every person, born and unborn. What has formerly been viewed as impossible has now been made much more possible, and we look forward to the day when a pro-life Congress sends a similar bill to a pro-life President to sign into law.

"We thank all of House Leadership, especially Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-Ga.), as well as the co-chairs of the House Values Action Team, Representatives Joe Pitts (R-Pa.), John Fleming (R-La.), and Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.), for their hard work and partnership with the Senate in making today's vote possible. Indeed, without the unified efforts of House and Senate Republicans, this historic precedent and victory would have been impossible," concluded Perkins.

Family Research Council's score letter can be found here: http://downloads.frc.org/EF/EF16A04.pdf