05-08-2012, 07:02 PM
As it stands, taxpayers are not paying for abortions, it's against the law. In some states, abortions are covered but only in cases of medical emergency, rape, and incest. There is no proposal for Federal or State taxes to cover elective abortion services on the table. What is happening is that state tax dollars allocated to preventing abortions (via birth control, testing, and education) are being haulted in Arizona and some other conservative states because Planned Parenthood, the provider of these tax-funded preventative services, is also the country's largest abortion provider (via private pay or private donations, not tax contributions). Political tail chasing, imo...