Source: Raw Story
By Sahil Kapur
WASHINGTON – The House is poised to vote Wednesday on H.R. 3, the GOP's "No Taxpayer Funding For Abortion Act" -- and Republicans may have reignited an explosive controversy they swiftly backed down from at first.
The initial version of the legislation sought to limit government-subsidized abortion coverage even in some cases of rape and incest. Facing intense blowback, the "forcible rape" language was stripped out. Months went by, and the issue seemed settled.
But on Tuesday, Nick Baumann of Mother Jones reported that Republicans may be attempting a back-door maneuver to re-include those provisions. In short, they issued a committee report decreeing that H.R. 3 will "not allow the Federal Government to subsidize abortions in cases of statutory rape." Experts said that a judge could conceivably interpret that to deny federally subsidized care in some rape cases, even if the bill's language may suggest otherwise.
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/03/forcible-rape-returns-as-house-plans-vote-on-gop-abortion-bill/___________________________________________________________________
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