Daines: We Must Stand for Life, Prevent Taxpayer Dollars from Funding Abortion

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U.S. Senator Steve Daines today fought to prevent taxpayer dollars from funding abortions. Senate Democrats blocked this prohibition from being added to the $1.9 trillion spending package disguised as COVID-19 relief.

"Senate Democrats voted to allow billions of taxpayer dollars to be used to fund abortions and voted against applying a 44-year-old prohibition called the Hyde Amendment. We have had five bipartisan COVID relief packages and not one of them included any provisions that would undermine pro-life protections," Daines said. "Preventing taxpayer dollars from funding abortions is something a majority of Americans agree with. I'm very disappointed to see Senate Democrats use "COVID relief' to get away with their pro-abortion agenda."

Daines fought to add Hyde protections, which prevents taxpayer dollars from being used to fund abortions, to funding related to health care and foreign aid.

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