American Taxpayers Poised To Fund Abortion Overseas

House Democrats gutted a decades-old bipartisan agreement that prevents taxpayer dollars from funding abortion overseas in legislation passed Wednesday.

Democrats removed the Helms Amendment from a foreign-related spending bill for the first time since it was introduced in 1973. The bill permanently removes the Mexico City policy, an executive order that Republican presidents have enacted to prevent taxpayer dollars from funding international organizations involved in abortion services. The House passed the bill Wednesday night by a 217 to 212 margin—with 3 Democrats voting against it.

Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, said Democrats such as President Joe Biden used to support the Helms Amendment and other bipartisan pro-life protections but are flip-flopping because they rely too heavily on the abortion lobby.

"Abortion is violence against the most vulnerable, not ‘family planning,'" Dannenfelser said. "Americans should never be forced to subsidize abortion on demand through birth at home, to be complicit in human rights abuses overseas, or to export abortion extremism around the globe."