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Massachusetts House Budget Would Provide $500,000 To Private Abortion Funds

Massachusetts House Budget Would Provide $500,000 To Private Abortion Funds

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If the Massachusetts House budget passes, it will mean that taxpayers will be on the hook for more abortions. Since a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling in 1981, public funding in Massachusetts has paid the full cost of abortion for women whose incomes are low enough to qualify for Medicaid; it's one of 16 states with publicly-funded elective abortions.

If the Massachusetts House budget passes, it will mean that taxpayers will be on the hook for more abortions. Since a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling in 1981, public funding in Massachusetts has paid the full cost of abortion for women whose incomes are low enough to qualify for Medicaid; it's one of 16 states with publicly-funded elective abortions.…