Will Republicans Allow Taxpayer-Funded Abortion? |
Most House Republicans appear to uphold the party’s longstanding principle against allocating taxpayer funds for abortion, despite President Trump’s call for them to be “flexible” on it.
“We’re not going to authorize taxpayer funding for abortion. I mean, It’s been a consistent policy,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who spoke at the March For Life in 2025, told reporters at the Capitol on Wednesday.
“We are not going to change the standard that has been, frankly, bipartisan up until recent days… I’m just not going to allow that to happen,” Johnson continued.
President Donald Trump casually told House Republicans at a retreat Tuesday to be “flexible” on the issue of Hyde provisions in healthcare legislation.
President Trump tells the House GOP to focus on Favored Nations, borders and healthcare ahead of the midterms, but to be "a little flexible on Hyde."
He tells Speaker Johnson if a deal can get done on healthcare, "this is going to be your issue." pic.twitter.com/irQlr4r9Du
The Hyde Amendment is named after the late Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., whose 1976 amendment to a health funding bill prohibited funding for........