Update: House Votes to End Taxpayer-Funded Abortion

By Richard Land - May 5, 2011 -

Dear Friends:

In a giant first step toward ending taxpayer funding of abortion, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 3) last evening by a vote of 251-175. To see how your representative voted, click here. The bill codifies a series of policies banning federal funding of elective abortion that must be renewed each year and applies the ban government-wide.

This is a great victory and a tremendous credit to your calls and e-mails to your representative.

But our work is not finished. The Senate now must do its part. I encourage you to call your two senators and urge them to support swift passage of the House-passed No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act in the Senate. You can reach them through the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

Thank you once again for helping to promote the ethical use of taxpayer dollars.

In His Service,

Dr. Richard Land
President
The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
Southern Baptist Convention

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