Hutchison Statement on Her Opposition to Federal Funding of Abortion in Healthcare Legislation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the U.S. Senate continued debate on the Democrats’ 2000-plus page, debt-increasing healthcare bill, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) released the following statement on her vote today in favor of the Nelson-Hatch-Casey Amendment, which would have prohibited federal funds from going to pay for abortions: