“Taxation Without Representation,” read the slogan on the D.C. license plate of the presidential limousine at Joe Biden’s inauguration. If Biden and congressional allies get their wish list for this year’s federal budget, the District’s new catchphrase soon could be “Taxation for Abortion on Demand” – and the devastation would be felt both inside the Beltway and beyond.

That’s because Biden’s proposed budget excludes the Dornan Amendment, also known as the D.C. Hyde Amendment – one of a family of about two dozen longstanding federal policies that help keep taxpayers out of the abortion business. The Dornan Amendment specifically ensures that the District of Columbia does not use taxpayer dollars to fund elective abortion.

For more than four decades, policies that prevent tax dollars from subsidizing abortion have enjoyed bipartisan support, including from then-Senator Biden. There’s a broad consensus that they are effective in saving lives by reducing abortion – nearly 2.5 million people are here today thanks to the Hyde Amendment.

But Biden now caters to the most extreme pro-abortion voices in his party and has campaign promises to keep to an industry that spent millions to elect him. House Democrats likewise have the Dornan Amendment in their crosshairs. Their dream budget would unravel these vital protections – forcing taxpayers to pay for unlimited abortions, even up to birth, against the will of most Americans.