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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. here's 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 longer available. small businesses get tax credits for offering pleas health insurance. if it incl...

What's 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 can't buy abortion coverage, you can't buy full reproductive coverage in these health exchangesrepro-ductive coverage in the private market. it would basically say people can't get tax credits if they offer health care policies that give pull reproductiveç as much ass. it would reduce people's access to health care and it would raise taxes. why are they doing this? it shows their true colo...

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 limit for health care spending, they would lose the tax deductions if the insurance has aboorgs covera...

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 it's 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 say, from square one, this time involving parents every step of the way. but here is your chance to...

Would go the furthest by encouraging private insurance to basically stop covering abortion services even when you're 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 let's people get abortion coverage, you won't be eligible for that tax credit. so that's just one thing in the bill. there are other things but it's pushing private insurance to stop covering abortion services. no federal money at play but it's a push in that direction. >> i got it. i go...