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Pro-life Evangelicals for Biden told the president over the weekend that they are very disappointed in his COVID relief bill. They feel used and betrayed because the measure does not include the Hyde Amendment, which bans the taxpayer funding of abortions.
Pro-Life Evangelicals for Biden: “We feel used and betrayed.” pic.twitter.com/63lWYu0IeU Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 7, 2021 As pro-life leaders in the evangelical community, we publicly supported President Biden s candidacy with the understanding that there would be engagement with [sic] us on the issue of abortion and particularly the Hyde Amendment, the group writes. The Biden team wanted to talk to us during the campaign to gain our support, and we gave it on the condition there would be active dialogue and common ground solutions on the issue of abortion.
If the Equality Act becomes law, it will jeopardize the freedoms of pregnancy resource centers and hinder other pro-life protections, warns Save the Storks' CEO Diane Ferraro.