Friday, October 14, 2011
Medicaid Pays For Late-Term Abortions With Our Tax Dollars
An investigation conducted by Operation Rescue and Project Defending Life shows millions of tax dollars are already paying for abortions each year. Operation Rescue has released this short video containing excerpts from an undercover recording showing that Medicaid pays not only for abortions, but completely covers for third-trimester abortions for no medical reason whatsoever.
Operation Rescue has identified 15 states where Medicaid funds pay for abortions. Those states are Alaska, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia.
The undercover caller phoned abortion clinics in 12 of the above states and in every case she was told that Medicaid would pay for abortions. To listen to the calls, which will open your eyes to this devastation, click "here".
Medicaid is a joint government program that is funded completely by your tax dollars, coming from either your state taxes or Federal tax.
"It's shocking that our tax dollars would pay $9,000 for a third-trimester abortion simply because of a lost job. The vast majority of the American people strongly object to their money being used in this way. If we are serious about stopping tax-funded abortions, then we need to end it in every government program at the State and Federal levels. We encourage everyone to contact their U.S. Congressman this week and demand a complete end to publicly funded abortions." said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman.
To contact your congressman, go to www.house.gov/representatives/
Source:
Operation Rescue
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