Press Article  Abortion

ERLC Endorses Senator Wicker, Representative Smith’s Bill to Support Ending Taxpayer Funded Abortions

U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker

U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and U.S. Representative Chris Smith (NJ-04) today reintroduced the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025. The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act is a significant step toward respecting human life and the right of conscience. This legislation permanently codifies the Hyde Amendment which prevents the use of taxpayer dollars to fund abortions.

The ERLC has long supported legislation to permanently codify pro-life appropriations provisions into federal law, thereby ensuring the federal government cannot fund abortion with taxpayer dollars. The reintroduction of Sen. Wicker’s bill, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025, is a vital step towards advancing pro-life policy to protect preborn lives.

Brent Leatherwood, President, The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission

The press release from Senator Wicker shares more on what this life-saving legislation would accomplish. “In addition to permanently protecting federal taxpayer funds from paying for abortion, the legislation would:

  • Clarify that federal health insurance plans cannot offer coverage of abortion with funds authorized or appropriated by federal law;
  • Codify the Smith Amendment, which prevents federal employees health care plans from funding abortion;
  • Prohibit abortion in federal health facilities (such as DOD and VA hospitals) and ensure that no federal employee provides abortion during the course of their employment;
  • Ensure that elective abortion is not deductible for tax purposes by amending Section 213 of the Internal Revenue Code; and
  • Ensure that Affordable Care Act premium assistance subsidies provided in the form of refundable, advanceable tax credits are not used to pay for health insurance plans that include abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, or when the life of the mother is at risk.”

Read the full press release from Sen. Roger Wicker.

Additional resources on the Support No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act



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