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Biden to propose restoration of federal funds for abortion By Bob Egelko President Biden’s new budget would restore federal funding for abortions for millions of low-income women, the first presidential spending plan in decades to propose discarding the 45-year-old Hyde Amendment. The proposal is unlikely to become law this year, with supporters facing filibuster barriers in the Senate. But reproductive-rights advocates — including a Bay Area lawmaker sponsoring legislation to repeal Hyde’s ban on nearly all federal abortion funding — say they’re encouraged. Lee, mea...

Biden's budget follows through on a campaign promise to overturn the Hyde Amendment, a longstanding ban on federal funding for most abortions. It's not clear the change will be approved by Congress.

Biden's budget follows through on a campaign promise to overturn the Hyde Amendment, a longstanding ban on federal funding for most abortions. It's not clear the change will be approved by Congress.

President Biden released a $6 trillion budget proposal for 2022, which seeks to expand the social safety net by raising taxes on corporations.

Biden’s Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Far Outspends Obama In office for only four months, President Joe Biden has directed almost $500 billion in federal funding to the abortion industry through legislation and executive action. Pictured: Biden signs an executive order on health care Jan. 28 that includes funds for abortion. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) President Joe Biden has funneled nearly 20 times as much taxpayer money to the abortion industry as Barack Obama had at this point in his presidency, according to an analysis by a leading pro-life organization.  In office for only...