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YOUR VOICE IS NEEDED!  Please contact your legislators to oppose taxpayer funding of abortion in DC, foreign aid, and in federal health plans!  This is just the start of further plans to force you to pay the evil of abortion na-tionwide.  It is critically important for Catholics to send a strong message before Congress moves forward to im-pose taxpayer-funded abortion.  

Don’t let our government make you pay for the taking of innocent human life. 
This week, the House Committee on Appropriations will mark-up the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) and State, Foreign Operations (SFOPs) appropriations bills which currently exclude longstanding bipartisan policies that prevent taxpayer dollars from being spent on elective abortions. Three decades-old provisions which were eliminated from these appropriations bills prevent taxpayer funds from being used to pay for abortions in the District of Columbia, through foreign assistance, and for federal employee health plans that cover abortions. 

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities and Bishop David J. Malloy, chairman of the USCCB Committee on International Justice and Peace, issued a statement expressing deep concerns, saying: 

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations should not eliminate the long-standing, biparti-san provisions that prevent taxpayer funding of abortions… I call on the Appropriations Committee and all mem-bers of Congress to protect taxpayers from having to pay for the evil of abortion, and to instead use our tax dol-lars for the common good and welfare of all... The prohibition on taxpayer funding of elective abortion is a con-sensus policy that is supported by a majority of Americans - including low-income women, and women of color. 

To read the full statement, visit   bit.ly/prolifepolicies. 
Over the next few weeks, the House Appropriations Committee will be voting on several other appropriations bills, including the Labor/Health and Human Services bill that is expected to eliminate the Hyde Amendment. Without the Hyde Amendment and Hyde-related policies, billions of taxpayer dollars could be used to pay for abortion in the United States and throughout the world. 
Congress needs to hear from you: tell Congress to keep the Hyde Amendment and Hyde-related policies in the appropriations bills, and to oppose any bill that expands taxpayer funding of abortion.  To learn more, visit www.votervoice.net/USCCB/Campaigns/86502/Respond.