Thu Apr 28, 2022 – 3:50 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — The U.S. Senate tied Wednesday evening on a vote to formally disapprove of the Biden administration’s decision to restore the abortion industry’s access to Title X family planning funds, allowing the policy to stand for the time being.
In October 2021, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) formally rescinded former President Donald Trump’s Protect Life Rule, which required “clear financial and physical separation between Title X-funded projects and programs or facilities where abortion is a method of family planning,” and banned “referral for abortion as a method of family planning.” The Trump rule reduced Planned Parenthood’s annual funding by almost $60 million.
This week, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and other Republicans forced a vote on a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) declaring that “Congress disapproves the rule […] and such rule shall have no force or effect.” The CRA empowers Congress to invalidate certain federal regulations if a disapproval resolution is passed by Congress and either signed by the president or gets enough votes to override a presidential veto.
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