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Time to Stand Up for Abortion Funding

Pro-choice politicians need to push back against attacks on abortion funding, argues Jessica Arons in The Hill.

Opponents of abortion in Congress are nothing if not persistent. After trying to defund Planned Parenthood and Title X, our nation’s family planning program, and successfully reinstating a ban on the District of Columbia using its own money to fund abortion care, they will soon vote on H.R. 3, the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.” 

How will pro-choice politicians respond?

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Jessica Arons

Director, Women\'s Health & Rights Program

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