Lawmakers Blast Biden for Denying Medicaid Funds to Moms of Newborn Babies

A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers questioned the Biden administration Thursday for denying the state legislature’s request to expand Medicaid for mothers of newborns.

In a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, two dozen Texas House lawmakers urged the administration to reconsider its decision and allow Texas to expand critical postpartum care for mothers in need.

“The failure to approve our application would be a major setback for Texas as a large, bipartisan coalition of lawmakers at our state Capitol have sought to better support hundreds of thousands of new mothers, children and families – and such a decision will put the care and needs of those Texans at risk,” the lawmakers wrote.

In recent months, pro-abortion Democrats have accused pro-life states like Texas of not doing enough to support mothers and babies or reduce maternal mortality.

But pro-life Texans have been working to expand support services for pregnant and parenting mothers as well as enacting legal protections for unborn babies, and one of the ways was through legislation that passed last year to expand Medicaid coverage for new mothers from 60 days to six months… (Excerpt from LIFENEWS.COM)