Joe Biden Revokes Health Care Funds to States Because They’re Pro-Life

National   |   Micaiah Bilger   |   Jun 5, 2023   |   10:58AM   |   Washington, DC

Leading conservative Gary Bauer slammed the Biden administration Monday for “punishing the poor” by denying health care funds to Texas and Oklahoma because their states protect unborn babies from abortion.

Writing at the Patriot Post, Bauer called out President Joe Biden’s hypocrisy while urging conservatives to “push back” against the violence and the lies.

“One of the things the left always says about conservatives and pro-life activists is that we hate poor people and won’t provide healthcare to women,” he wrote. “Well, two conservative states, Oklahoma and Texas, are trying to provide healthcare to low-income women and families, but the Biden Administration is stopping them.”

Last week, news broke that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rescinded a $4.5 million grant to Oklahoma to provide family planning services to low-income individuals. According to The Federalist, the reason was because Oklahoma protects unborn babies by banning elective abortions and taxpayer funding for abortions, and to receive the Title X grant money, the Biden administration now requires states to promote abortions.

In other words, “Biden is punishing poor people in these states over fake healthcare,” Bauer responded.

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He pointed to Texas as another example. In 2022 in a bipartisan effort, the Texas Legislature agreed to expand Medicaid to new mothers as a way to help reduce maternal mortality and expand health care to low-income families. However, the Biden administration denied the request, presumably because of its pro-life laws.

Texas was the first state to protect unborn babies by banning most abortions in 2021, and Oklahoma became the second several months later. Now, both states bans all elective abortions, and pro-life advocates and lawmakers are working to expand support services for families in need.

But Bauer said the Biden administration is trying to stop them.

“So, once again, the left’s narrative is totally false. It’s the left that is preventing poor women and families from getting access to healthcare services,” he said. “… And don’t forget that the Obama/Biden Administration tried to tell the Little Sisters of the Poor that they couldn’t serve the poor unless they paid for abortions.”

Echoing the voices of thousands of doctors, Bauer said killing unborn babies is violence, not health care.

“Pregnancy isn’t a disease. Abortion isn’t health care. It’s a death sentence for innocent babies!” he said.

Almost a year since the historic Dobbs v. Jackson ruling, 15 states now protect unborn babies by banning all or most abortions, and others are fighting in court to do the same. Research from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America estimates roughly 60,000 unborn babies have been saved from abortion.

These same states also are working to help mothers and fathers in need by expanding aid for pregnancy/parenting support programs, Medicaid and foster/adoption services, creating tax credits for unborn babies and ensuring workplace accommodations such as paid parental leave and flexible hours are available to parents. Pro-life advocates also are opening and expanding pregnancy resource centers, maternity homes and other community-based charities that walk alongside struggling families locally, providing material support, information, counseling, encouragement and more to help mothers choose life for their babies.