How many abortion bills does this make now? I lost count.
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Republicans want to limit tax breaks for insurance policies that cover abortions as lawmakers try to chip away at President Barack Obama's health overhaul.
The House Ways and Means Committee scheduled a vote Thursday on legislation that would prevent people from deducting the cost of an abortion from their taxable income. The bill also would prevent small businesses and taxpayers from using tax credits in the new health care law to provide or pay for insurance policies that cover the procedure.
If women pay for an abortion using tax-free income set aside in a health savings account, the money would have to be reported as taxable income
Of course, current law already bars federal money from being used for abortions, so this really just amounts to a stealth-tax increase on women.
Say, how much will it cost to hire additional IRS agents to audit women to see if they recently had an abortion and didn't report it?