here<\/a>, urges the appeals court to overturn the lower court decision saying it is concerned by the Plaintiff’s “novel claim that abortion providers have a constitutional right to perform abortions and receive public funds; if accepted, this argument would unduly restrict the policy discretion that Congress and state and local governments have to decide how to spend public funds.”<\/p>\nIn our brief, we represent 41 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including the entire GOP Indiana delegation in the House. Here’s the complete list of the House members that we represent: Michele Bachmann, Larry Bucshon, Dan Burton, Francisco \u201cQuico\u201d Canseco, Michael Conaway, John Fleming, Bill Flores, Randy Forbes, Virginia Foxx, Trent Franks, Scott Garrett, Vicky Hartzler, Jeb Hensarling, Tim Huelskamp, Randy Hultgren, Lynn Jenkins, Bill Johnson, Walter Jones, Jim Jordan, Mike Kelly, Steve King, John Kline, Doug Lamborn, Jeff Landry, James Lankford, Robert Latta, Kenny Marchant, Thaddeus McCotter, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Jeff Miller, Alan Nunnelee, Ron Paul, Mike Pence, Joe Pitts, Mike Pompeo, Todd Rokita, Chris Smith, Lamar Smith, Marlin Stutzman, Glenn Thompson, and Todd Young.<\/p>\n
We also represent more than 25,000 Americans who signed on to our Committee to Defund Planned Parenthood’s Abortions at the State Level – many of you who understand that Indiana is on the right track with this measure.<\/p>\n
The fact is that the state of Indiana and other states do have the constitutional authority to determine how it spends federal funds. Consider this: Planned Parenthood receives more than $350-million a year in taxpayer funds.<\/p>\n
Indiana’s decision to no longer use federal money to fund Planned Parenthood – the nation’s largest abortion provider – is not only a constitutionally sound decision, but one we hope is implemented in other states across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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