“House Republicans passed an alternative anti-abortion bill after pulling their originally planned legislation from the floor in a last-minute scramble.
The new bill would prohibit taxpayer funding for abortion. Passage fell largely along party lines by a vote of 242-179. Rep. Richard Hanna (N.Y.) was the only Republican to oppose the measure, while three Democrats — Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Dan Lipinski (Ill.) and Collin Peterson (Minn.) — voted in favor of it.
GOP leaders scheduled the vote for the same day as the annual March for Life, when thousands of anti-abortion-rights demonstrators descend upon the National Mall on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision.”
Read more here: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/230416-house-approves-anti-abortion-bill-after-gop-rift
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