Stop the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act"

The Issue

This summer, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) introduced the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” seeking to make the Hyde Amendment permanent law, while in effect extending bans on coverage for abortion to the private sector.

But the bill doesn't stop there. It reaches even further than Hyde and, amongst other things:

* Permanently denies low-income women, federal employees, and military women abortion coverage 

* Effectively ends abortion coverage in private employer policies 

* Could undermine women's access to life-saving emergency abortions at state and local public hospitals

The bill already has over 170 co-sponsors and is picking up traction in the House. 

Please write your Members of Congress and tell them to oppose the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act”!

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Center for Reproductive RightsPetition StarterAt <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a> I am Senior Director of Client Services. Before joining the team at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>, I worked as Senior Campaigner at Care2 and for two years I worked as Senior Consultant at M+R Strategic Services. My foray into online organizing began in 2004, when I co-founded Equality Ohio, an LGBT rights organization and a member organization of the national Equality Federation. In my spare time I tend a small flock of chickens in my Oakland backyard.
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The Issue

This summer, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) introduced the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” seeking to make the Hyde Amendment permanent law, while in effect extending bans on coverage for abortion to the private sector.

But the bill doesn't stop there. It reaches even further than Hyde and, amongst other things:

* Permanently denies low-income women, federal employees, and military women abortion coverage 

* Effectively ends abortion coverage in private employer policies 

* Could undermine women's access to life-saving emergency abortions at state and local public hospitals

The bill already has over 170 co-sponsors and is picking up traction in the House. 

Please write your Members of Congress and tell them to oppose the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act”!

avatar of the starter
Center for Reproductive RightsPetition StarterAt <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a> I am Senior Director of Client Services. Before joining the team at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>, I worked as Senior Campaigner at Care2 and for two years I worked as Senior Consultant at M+R Strategic Services. My foray into online organizing began in 2004, when I co-founded Equality Ohio, an LGBT rights organization and a member organization of the national Equality Federation. In my spare time I tend a small flock of chickens in my Oakland backyard.
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Petition created on September 21, 2010