Abortion is becoming a key issue for Republicans as they try to figure out their long-promised healthcare plan

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Source: The Independent

Thursday 27 November 2025 10:32 EST


Disagreements in Congress about abortion could derail the Republican Party’s ability to come up with a grand deal on healthcare. Any delay could prove politically toxic, as the GOP faces pressure from voters over spiking health care costs and Affordable Care Act subsidies that are expiring at the end of the year, while President Trump is pushing hard to scrap Obamacare altogether for a vaguely defined “Trumpcare” replacement.

Thus far, much of the drama has played out behind the scenes or by implication. A White House plan reportedly circulating on Capitol Hill called for a two-year extension of the subsidies, though President Trump never carried out an expected Monday announcement of the plan, and the supposed proposal avoided the abortion issue entirely. This came as a shock to some in Congress, where Republicans and lobby groups have pushed to extend the ACA’s existing abortion funding limits and cut off subsidies entirely to plans that cover abortion.

“The current system is not working to deliver healthcare at reasonable prices for everyday Americans,” White House Spokesman Kush Desai told The Independent when asked about the state of White House plans and the president’s stance on the abortion question. “Democrats’ push to maintain these high prices by giving more money to insurance companies is not a real solution for President Trump.”

Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota has said there won’t be “any” Republican votes to extend the subsidies without new abortion restrictions on Obamacare, which already prevents federal funds from being spent on abortions, though some states use separate funds to cover the procedure in plans on the ACA marketplace.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/abortion-trump-republicans-obamacare-subsidies-b2873193.html

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The "Hyde Amendment" has been part of the ACA since its completion AND there were ADDITIONAL provisions included with it that underscored the Hyde Amendment to sooth the hand-wringing of anti-choice Democrats like Rep. Bart Stupak (D) MI-1) & Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), who with a pile of their colleagues (I think 17 at the time), who threatened to torpedo the whole bill near the end of the process if Stupak's Amendment (here (PDF)) wasn't included.

Thankfully, Barbara Boxer and Harry Reid, worked with Nelson for a modified version of that and President Obama signed an E.O. to again, reiterate the provision.

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1. Those wacky republicans and

THEIR NEVER ENDING PROMISES. ON WHATEVER. They just hate being in charge. It’s so much easier to bitch, belly ache and pretend you care and blame anything that breathes on your plight in life. And accept a check. It’s easier than having marketable skills.

[SaydiTom]

2. So that promised vote on ACA is going to include a poison pill on abortion funding. Shocker!

[lonely bird]

3. The goal is destruction

The Radicalized Reactionary Party has as its sole goal the destruction of the United States followed by establishment of government by fiat from wealth and religionists.

[Frasier Balzov]

4. No pork in heart valve replacements!

There, that's my contribution.

Another principled stand (mine) (not really) in the way of the public option and Medicare for All.

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