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Obama administration approves first direct taxpayer funding of abortion through new high-risk insurance pools

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If you want proof that President Obama’s Executive Order on taxpayer-funded abortion was a sham, look no further than Pennsylvania, says House Republican Leader John Boehner (Ohio).

Boehner and other Republicans point to reports that the Health and Human Services Department is giving Pennsylvania $160 million to set up a new high-risk insurance pool that will cover any abortion that is legal in the state.

“The fact that the high-risk pool insurance program in Pennsylvania will use federal taxpayer dollars to fund abortions is unconscionable,” Boehner said in a statement on Tuesday.

Full story: CNSNews.com – Obama Administration Approves First Direct Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Through New High-Risk Insurance Pools