The War on Women Continues
H.R.3 is up for vote today. It is a radical bill that goes farther than the Hyde Amendment which already prohibits the use of federal funds for abortion. Of course the GOP is lying on the House floor now, arguing that absent the passage of this bill, federal funds could be used to fund abortion. That’s a lie, but then again, the GOP is the party of lies. Lie number one? “We are going to focus our efforts on jobs, jobs, jobs.”
Wrong.
Since the Great Teabilly Takeover, 916 anti-abortion bills have been proposed at the state-level. That’s 916 bills in the first quarter, bills that are more radical than those proposed in the past at the state level. Four months. 916 anti-abortion bills. At the national level, the GOP House majority has not proposed any jobs agenda. No jobs agenda. Almost 1000 anti-abortion bills. No jobs agenda.
Where are the jobs? Apparently, the Teabilly-fueled GOP doesn’t care. They are more concerned about regulating our uteri and ensuring that women will die or go bankrupt because they do not have access to affordable healthcare, including abortion.
Here are some facts about this abomination of a bill, starting with, perhaps, the most “Holy Shit” portion of the bill:
H.R. 3 Could Force Rape Victims to Prove Rape to IRS Agents
H.R. 3 provides an exception to the restrictions on tax benefits for abortions in cases of rape. This exception allows women who were raped to include the costs of the abortion if they claim the deduction for high medical expenses, or to pay for the abortion with funds from a tax-preferred account. In practice, for this exception to be enforced, a woman could have to demonstrate to the IRS that she was raped and had an abortion during an audit. In discussing how the rape exception in H.R. 3 would operate, the Joint Committee on Taxation testified that the burden of proof would be on the taxpayer. An audit could therefore force a rape victim to produce documents such as a police report or a detailed doctor’s bill to an IRS agent.
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