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Senators introduce bill to prevent using abortions as - tax deductions

Posted: Jan 23rd, 2020 - 3:01 am

Senator Mike Lee of Utah introduced a bill on January 9, 2020, to prevent abortions from being tax-deductible. The Abortion is Not Healthcare Act would amend Section 213 of the Internal Revenue Code and make expenses related to abortion ineligible for a medical expense deduction.

Currently, the IRS considers abortion to be “medical care,” which means taxpayers can include abortions as qualifying out-of-pocket medical expenses on their tax returns. Sen. Lee, along with sixteen co-sponsors of the Abortion is Not Healthcare Act — including Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE), Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), and others — believe that killing preborn children is not healthcare and therefore should not be tax-deductible

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Senators introduce bill to prevent using abortions as - tax deductions (Views: 439, 2020-01-23, 3:01 am)
- Wow it's deductible? It shouldn't be, it's elective. So - basically, the taxpayer is paying (Views: 435, 2020-01-23, 3:03 am)
  - Lots of medical procedures are elective. - You cannot make a (Views: 298, 2020-01-23, 4:46 am)
  - This is why I'm for a flat tax. The way the current tax - system is set up, it pits people (Views: 227, 2020-01-25, 7:10 am)
- its elective and has no medical justification (except in - the most utterly rare instances) (Views: 344, 2020-01-23, 5:25 am)
  - It is a surgical procedure and it is - elective. (Views: 293, 2020-01-23, 6:54 am)
  - This is the biggest problem I have with the IRS. They - pit people against each other, (Views: 281, 2020-01-25, 7:16 am)
- It can be deducted???? There's no limit to the depravity. - Americans can just get a nice IRS deduction. (Views: 257, 2020-01-23, 7:14 am)
  - An Abortion is a Medical Procedure - Tina (Views: 218, 2020-01-23, 6:23 pm)
- Only an incredibly shallow society could find this okay. - nm (Views: 230, 2020-01-23, 10:12 am)
- Solution in Search of a Problem - KillerAngel (Views: 307, 2020-01-23, 11:42 am)
- See how the law spins it, as a "medical" expense. - ... (Views: 257, 2020-01-23, 1:21 pm)
- But breast implants for exotic dancers - Are deductible (Views: 250, 2020-01-25, 6:19 am)
  - This has nothing to do with capitalism and the IRS - characterized them as nondeductible (Views: 210, 2020-01-25, 7:04 am)
  - Get rid of all deductions and let's just have a flat tax. - It would make things so much (Views: 218, 2020-01-25, 7:18 am)