WATCH: Speaker Johnson Reaffirms Longstanding GOP Position on Federal Abortion Funding

As Congress begins to work on a new health care package ahead of the new year, Democrats are trying to frame Republicans’ “pro-life provisions” as something new.

But, this couldn’t be further from the truth.

Ever since abortion was legalized in the United States in the 1970s, Republicans have refused to allow federal tax dollars to be used in order to fund the murder of babies.

In fact, a measure called the Hyde Amendment was passed for that specific reason.

Today, in response to a reporter’s question, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson brilliantly re-affirmed the longstanding Republican measure that bans taxpayer money from being used to fund abortions.

Watch his full response here:

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🇺🇸 SPEAKER JOHNSON: "NO FEDERAL CASH FOR ABORTIONS, PERIOD."

Republicans have fought for decades to keep taxpayer dollars out of abortion funding.

Speaker Mike Johnson just reminded everyone that line isn’t moving.

He’s backing the Hyde Amendment, a Republican-backed rule… https://t.co/ntkmEdAxpw pic.twitter.com/s9ojO32qY2

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) December 10, 2025

SPEAKER JOHNSON: “NO FEDERAL CASH FOR ABORTIONS, PERIOD.”

Republicans have fought for decades to keep taxpayer dollars out of abortion funding.

Speaker Mike Johnson just reminded everyone that line isn’t moving.

He’s backing the Hyde Amendment, a Republican-backed rule that’s been added to federal spending bills since the ’70s.

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Speaker Johnson:

“It’s been a tradition in our law forever.

We do believe in the sanctity of human life, and we think it’s important that taxpayer dollars not fund abortion.”

The media’s pretending this is some new fight, but Johnson’s just holding the same ground Republicans always have.

If Democrats want a bipartisan healthcare plan, they’ll have to work around that.

No federal funds will be used for abortions, period.

It’s non-negotiable.

Speaker Johnson just made it very clear to Democrats that this is not something Republicans are willing to compromise on as Congress works to pass health care bills before the new year.

Next week, the House GOP plans to hold a vote on a health care package to replace the old Obamacare subsidies set to expire at the end of the year.

The Hill has more details on that:

House GOP leaders will bring a vote next week on a package of health care bills that does not include an extension of expiring ObamaCare enhanced subsidies, as Republicans remain divided about how to address the health care cliff ahead of a midterm election year.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters the legislation will comprise GOP-backed ideas that “every Republican agrees to,” which have been discussed across various House committees this year.

“We have some low-hanging fruit that every Republican agrees to,” Johnson said at a press conference. “You’re going to see a package come together that will be on the floor next week that will actually reduce premiums for 100 percent of Americans who are on health insurance.”

But that package is not set to include any measure to extend the subsidies that expire at the end of the year. If those enhanced subsidies expire, out-of-pocket costs for health insurance will spike drastically for millions of Americans.

Following a House GOP conference meeting Wednesday morning, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said there was no consensus about extending the expiring enhanced subsidies.

“There wasn’t agreement,” Scalise said. “We’ve got to bring items right now that we have full consensus on, because we have such a small majority, and we’ll be doing that.”

Leaders did not articulate which specific provisions they will bring up but mentioned a number of proposals they presented to members in a Wednesday morning conference meeting.

The proposals, they argued, would lower health care premiums for Americans across the board, and not just the 22 million Americans who receive those enhanced subsidies — which leaders framed as just 7 percent of Americans.

Those proposals included expansion of health savings accounts, association health care plans, reforms to the pharmacy benefit manager industry and price transparency.

Some of those ideas had bipartisan support in the past, but a bill that doesn’t address the expiring subsidies is unlikely to get 60 votes to pass the Senate.

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The Senate, meanwhile, is set to vote Thursday on competing Republican and Democratic health care plans — one to extend the subsidies, the other to turn the subsidies into federally funded health savings accounts for people on high-deductible plans. Neither proposal is expected to pass.