Senate Democrats want to spend $25 million of Americans’ tax dollars to encourage more medical students to become abortionists and kill unborn babies.
On Thursday, U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, and Patty Murray, D-Washington, introduced a bill to create federal grants for abortion training programs, as well as scholarships to entice more medical students to perform elective abortions, according to a press release from Murray’s office.
The senators named their legislation the “Reproductive Health Care Training Act,” but the bill only mentions abortion, which occurs after reproduction and is not health care.
If passed, the bill would create taxpayer-funded grants under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the purpose of “expanding and supporting education … in abortion care.” HHS would award $25 million across five years to medical schools and abortion facilities, with a special priority to “minority-serving institutions.”
The tax dollars also could be used to create new scholarships or stipends to encourage more medical students, including “non-obstetrician-
Baldwin and Murray claimed their bill meets a growing need since the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Dobbs v. Jackson. More than a dozen states now protect unborn babies by banning or strictly limiting abortions, and others are fighting in court to do the same. As a result, researchers estimate more than 24,000 unborn babies already have been saved from abortion.
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But Democrat leaders are intent on reversing the life-saving trend. Instead of investing in better maternal care and support for families in need, they are dumping huge amounts of money into expanding abortions.
Baldwin and Murray claimed abortions are a necessity. They said medical schools in states where elective abortions are banned have been sending students to pro-abortion states for training.
“In order for women to exercise their right and freedom to control their bodies, doctors need the proper reproductive health care training,” Baldwin said in a statement. “The Reproductive Health Care Training Act will bolster the pipeline of these needed doctors by easing the burden that out-of-state training presents and supporting the medical programs that are seeing an influx of individuals that need training.”
Murray said abortion training is a “critical” part of health care, and the grants will ensure that training is available.
“We need to make sure that health professionals in every state can receive critical training in reproductive health care—even if they have to travel to other states to get it,” she said in a statement. “This legislation will establish a much-needed grant program for schools and health centers in states like Washington, where abortion is legal, to expand clinical training for abortion care in a post-Roe world.”
Pro-abortion groups are lobbying for the bill including Physicians for Reproductive Health, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Planned Parenthood.
Co-sponsors include Democrat U.S. Sens. Deb Stabenow, of Michigan; Catherine Cortez-Masto, of New Mexico; Elizabeth Warren, of Massachusetts; and independent U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, of Arizona. U.S. Rep. Ami Bera, D-California, introduced a companion bill in the House.
The chance of the bill passing is unlikely. Democrats narrowly control the U.S. Senate, but one, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, of West Virginia, is moderately pro-life. Additionally, Republicans control the U.S. House.
