For Immediate Release: Nov. 10, 2025
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Senate Passes Bill to Reopen Gov’t, GOP Rejects Dem Demands to Fund Abortions Through Obamacare

SBA calls on House to follow suit

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Senate passed a bill to reopen the government after Senate Democrats held it hostage for 41 days over their demands to continue taxpayer-funded abortions through Obamacare.

SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser issued the following statement:

“Thank you, Leader Thune and Senate Republicans, for firmly rejecting Democrat demands to force taxpayers to fund abortions through Obamacare as the price for their votes to reopen the government. For more than a month, Democrats kept the government shut down over Obamacare – the single largest departure from the Hyde Amendment and expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade. When government subsidizes abortion, more unborn Americans lose their lives and more women suffer.

“As this bill moves to the House, we urge representatives to stand as firmly against pro-abortion Democrat demands as their colleagues in the Senate. This is what the pro-life base expects, and SBA Pro-Life America will score against any vote to extend Obamacare subsidies that sidesteps Hyde.”

SBA Pro-Life America opposes any funding of Obamacare that fails to include Hyde Amendment protections and will continue to score against any effort that forces Americans to pay for abortions. Last month, more than 100 pro-life groups sent a letter to Congress urging lawmakers to stop taxpayer funding of abortion through Obamacare.

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America is a network of more than one million pro-life Americans nationwide, dedicated to ending abortion by electing national leaders and advocating for laws that save lives, with a special calling to promote pro-life women leaders.

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