House Committee on Education and Labor, Souder Amendment - No Abortion Funding

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Amendment offered by Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN) during Education and Labor Committee markup of the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R. 3200). Amendment 32 provided that no funds appropriated through the bill may be used to pay for abortion or to pay any part of the costs of a health benefits plan that includes coverage for abortion, except to save the mother’s life or in cases of rape or incest.