Senate Omnibus Bill Has Abortion Concerns, Approval Tanks

Senate Democrats introduced an omnibus spending bill  on Tuesday to keep the federal government running into the next fiscal year and the measure contains abortion concerns.

Family Research Council president Tony Perkins says pro-life advocates should be worried about what the bill contains.

The omnibus contains more than $1 billion in funding for programs initiated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as the ObamaCare law that allows for abortion funding. It allocates $750 million from the Prevention and Public Health Fund “slush fund” for a variety of programs that could lead to abortion funding.

It also includes a $175.9 million “adjustment” in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Program Management account to implement the massive Medicaid expansion and cuts to Medicare Advantage that could lead to rationing of health care.

Perkins explains, “Among other concerns, taxpayer funds could be used for abortions in D.C., $740 million would go toward international population control, and Title X funds would get a multi-million dollar boost.”

The international family planning funding is an increase over the year prior and the second increase in a row during the Obama administration — putting more money in the pockets of the Planned Parenthood abortion business.

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