Lois Capps: “I am now very pleased to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to my colleague from Colorado (Ms. DeGette), a real champion for women's…”

“I am now very pleased to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to my colleague from Colorado (Ms. DeGette), a real champion for women's issues. Ms. DeGETTE. Madam Speaker, this so-called ``No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act'' has got to be the most deceptively named bill of this Congress. Here are the facts: There is no taxpayer funding for abortion. The Affordable Care Act does not change that. Let me say that again. There is no taxpayer funding for abortion. The Affordable Care Act does not change that. The ACA contains a hard-fought compromise that guarantees that the tax credits made available through the exchanges are segregated out for plans that cover certain women's health benefits. This bill is an attempt to undo that compromise. It effectively bans the coverage of important women's health services in the new health insurance exchanges. It restricts the way that women can use their own private dollars to purchase private insurance. It says small businesses cannot get tax credits if they choose to use their private dollars to purchase private insurance that covers important women's benefits. It goes far, far beyond the Hyde amendment, which prohibits taxpayer funding for most abortions in the annual appropriations bills. It also, for the first time, puts the Hyde amendment into law, and it says women in the District of Columbia will not have the same right to access health services as women in other States throughout this country.…”