Chris Smith: “I thank my good friend, Mrs. Foxx for yielding and thank her for her extraordinary Pro-life leadership. Madam Speaker…”

“I thank my good friend, Mrs. Foxx for yielding and thank her for her extraordinary Pro-life leadership. Madam Speaker, in an unconscionable abuse of power, for almost 2 years, the State of California has forced all insurance plans under its purview and the people in institutions that pay the premiums--to subsidize abortion on demand. Numerous faith-based entities filed complaints pursuant to law with the HHS Office for Civil Rights seeking, and fully expecting, relief. Effective June 21, however, the Obama administration flatly refused to enforce U.S. law--current law--protecting the civil right of conscience. Cardinal Timothy Dolan said, ``It is shocking that HHS has allowed the State of California to force all employers--even churches-- to fund and facilitate elective abortions in their health insurance plans.'' I would note parenthetically to my colleagues, this isn't about ObamaCare and the massive taxpayer funding for abortion embedded-- according to GAO's analysis--in over 1,000 insurance plans on the exchanges, which was contrary to what the President had promised right here in this Chamber, 30 feet away from me, in a joint session of Congress in 2009. No. This is about private health insurance plans of Catholic dioceses, religious schools, and others who have been ordered to violate their deeply held convictions and pay for the killing of unborn children by hideous dismemberment procedures, toxic compounds, or chemical poisoning.…”