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For Immediate Release: Dec. 17, 2025
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House vote on Jeffries plan will be decisive in SBA political decision-making in 2026

Washington, D.C. – In response to GOP Reps. Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Bresnahan and Mackenzie partnering with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ push to force a vote on extending Obamacare subsidies without Hyde protections, SBA Pro-Life America issued the following statement:

“The GOP cannot afford to take its pro-life base for granted heading into 2026,” said SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser. “Base turnout determines midterm elections. Without it – especially without President Trump on the ballot – Republicans cannot win.

“The House vote on the Jeffries plan to extend COVID-era Obamacare subsidies without Hyde protections will be a decisive factor in SBA Pro-Life America’s political engagement in both primaries and the general election in 2026.

“SBA Pro-Life America thanks Speaker Mike Johnson, Leader Scalise, and the entire House GOP leadership team for their unwavering leadership in advancing a GOP health care package led by Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks that includes vital Hyde protections to prevent taxpayer funding of abortion. Speaker Johnson’s resolve stands in stark contrast to the flip-flopping of Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, who has voted previously to apply the Hyde Amendment to Obamacare and urged President Trump to veto any bill that weakens Hyde.

“If this Obamacare extension passes the House, we are confident Leader John Thune will meet it in the Senate with the same unwavering commitment to the Hyde Amendment that Speaker Johnson has demonstrated. It is essential that every Republican in the House and Senate hold the line on Hyde protections – the consistent position of the pro-life movement for more than fifty years.”

When Rep. Fitzpatrick entered Congress in 2017, one of his first votes was for the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, which would have permanently codified the Hyde Amendment and applied it to Obamacare. In 2019, he signed a letter urging President Trump to veto any bill that weakened pro-life taxpayer protections. Yet in 2025, he is now partnering with Hakeem Jeffries and every Democrat to force taxpayer-funded abortion – directly violating the Hyde Amendment he once championed and sought to strengthen.

Fitzpatrick’s reversal, along with the decisions by GOP Representatives Mike Lawler, Rob Bresnahan, and Ryan Mackenzie to sign Jeffries’ discharge petition, is triggering a vote on a plan that excludes Hyde protections.

In October, 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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