Health Secretary Sebelius: ‘There is no taxpayer funding for abortion’

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http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/other/139433-health-secretary-there-is-no-taxpayer-funding-for-abortion

A day after House Republicans laid out an ambitious agenda limiting abortion, President Obama’s top health official strongly denied the federal government funds the procedure.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the Democrats’ sweeping healthcare reform law does not fund abortions, and that no president’s administration has since the Hyde Amendment passed more than 30 years ago.

“There is no taxpayer funding for abortion,” Sebelius told The Hill in a sit-down interview Thursday. “Not at community health centers, not as part of the new bill, not as any part of any services that we deliver.”

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However, to bolster support for the reform law, Obama signed a presidential executive order that clarifies the reform law doesn’t allow federal funding for abortion. But anti-abortion advocates have raised concerns that the law’s language may allow loopholes for high-risk pools and community health centers.