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This time is no different. republicans are saying that they are simply trying to make permanent the decades prohibition to make sure there is no federal funding for abortion but the sponsors of the legislation are going a bit further in terms of dealing with private insurance. heres what they are saying. current lous people who buy private insurance to get tax deductions for health care costs, and what this legislation would do is say if that including abortion coverage, that tax deduction is no...

Whats going on? so, chris, just at the time when americans care about jobs and the economy, the republican leadership in the house has made one of their first three bills to be a business that says you now cant buy abortion coverage, you cant buy full reproductive coverage in these health exchangesrepro-ductive coverage in the private market. it would basically say people cant get tax credits if they offer health care policies that give pull reproductiveç as much ass. it would reduce peoples ac...

Looking at specifics about what this legislation would do, it would say that individuals who have private insurance, with abortion coverage, would no longer be eligible for tax credits to help pay for it. in addition, small businesses who now get tax credits to help pay for employees health insurance, if that health insurance has abortion coverage, they would lose the tax credits. one more thing. if private insurance includes abortion coverage, people who get tax deductions when they reach a lim...

Opens doors and we got to think globally, act locally. >> this woman was born in palestine but raised in the u.s. she says the option to learn arabic will give her son a chance to know more about his culture and hopefully broaden the minds not only of students but parents. >> it was surprising but i think its okay and i think it would be fine because that way you cut down on the stereotype. >> mansfield officials say the program is on hold indefinitely. they are starting this program over, they ...

Would go the furthest by encouraging private insurance to basically stop covering abortion services even when youre paying for it through private money. how would it do that? one way right now you or your employer get a tax credit if you buy your own health insurance. under this law, if your insurance company lets people get abortion coverage, you wont be eligible for that tax credit. so thats just one thing in the bill. there are other things but its pushing private insurance to stop covering a...

Unconscionable. >> and you have 16 campuses. the university president stepped in to say listen we have to break this down to have two different plans. did that solve the problem for you now that there is one with abortion coverage and one without? >> that doesnt solve the problem. abortion is not healthcare. we dont want abortion in any healthcare plan. they are still enrolling students automatically into the plan that covers abortions. prolife students have to then go and opt out of the abortio...

Explosive interview. it airs again at 2:00 and 6:00 here on fox news. you dont want to miss it. a back to school southernsy at one surgeon college. students at the university of north carolina will be required to get health insurance. if they cant find private insurance on their own they have to enroll in the campus plan which includes abortion coverage. they now created two policies, one with abortion coverage and one without. is that solving the controversy? is it over? kristin hawkins is th...

Initially, new mexico and pennsylvania had said that the plans would include abortion coverage, but then they reversed course. what about this controversy and is it true that there is a loophole? bring in the panel. juan williams, news analyst for national public radio. k.t. mcfarland, fox news national security analyst, we welcome her to the panel. and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. juan, bart stupak who fought for the president to sign the executive order says this is a win, that ne...

The choice, to give her the information prior to making a life-altering decision. if she chooses, after seeing the ultrasound to not go through with the abortion, that would be her choice. but my goal is to make sure she has all information in her hands has she moves forward with her decision. >> reporter: oklahomas democratic governor henry vetoed the bill, calling it flawed, noting it contains no exceptions for women who find themselves victims of rape or incest. the oklahoma house and senate ...

Voters are going to be if favor of laws that ban abortion coverage and insurance companies. >> five states prohibit abortion coverage in private insurance plans and 12 ban it for public employees. the new legislation that some states were considering would expand the band to insurance exchanges that the states must create under the new federal healthcare law. >> bret: thank you. another possible result of healthcare reform: deficit of doctors. "wall street journal" reports that the nation could ...