Republicans plan to bring H.R. 7 — the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act bill — to the House floor Wednesday.

H.R. 7 and its companion, S. 946, would impose a permanent ban on use of any program funded through the annual Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Act to pay for elective abortions.

The bill also would impose a permanent ban on funding for elective abortion coverage for federal employees, and it would prohibit the use of congressionally appropriated funds for abortion in the District of Columbia.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.