SBA List Expands Campaign Thanking Sen. Manchin for Opposing Taxpayer-Funded Abortion in Biden Reconciliation Bill

The national pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List today announced a $200,000 expansion of their campaign thanking U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) for standing for West Virginians and Americans to oppose taxpayer funding of abortion on demand in President Biden’s massive reconciliation bill. The expansion of the campaign first launched in September includes new digital and radio ads running statewide in West Virginia, as well as an activist call campaign. The House-passed $2 trillion reconciliation bill which dramatically expands taxpayer funding of abortion is now before the Senate for consideration. Senator Manchin said in late September the bill would be “dead on arrival” if it did not contain the Hyde Amendment, preventing taxpayer funding of abortion…..

 SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser praised Senator Manchin, saying:

“We thank Senator Manchin for committing to stop taxpayer funding of abortion via the reconciliation bill, saying that it is ‘dead on arrival’ without the Hyde Amendment applying to the trillions of dollars in new spending,” said SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser. “Now that the reconciliation bill is before the Senate, we are mobilizing West Virginians to thank Senator Manchin for this bold stand and urge him not to give into pressure from Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, and the extreme pro-abortion lobby.”

In November, the Pelosi-led House of Representatives advanced a massive $2 trillion reconciliation bill that dramatically expands taxpayer funding of abortion. Under the bill’s new health care expansion, the federal government would even fund abortions with taxpayer dollars in pro-life states that have currently opted out of abortion funding. SBA List scored against the legislation, detailing the expansions of taxpayer-funded abortion in the massive bill. The U.S. Senate is now considering the legislation.

SBA List is a network of 900,000 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… (Excerpts from SBALIST.ORG)