The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, or House Resolution 3, which has stirred up anger among abortion-rights advocates throughout the nation — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has called it "the most comprehensive and radical assault on women's health in our life time" – has undergone a few changes since it moved into the House Judiciary Committee for hearings on Feb. 8.
On Monday, Mother Jones released a memo (PDF), obtained from House Republicans, demonstrating the GOP's efforts to appease opponents by eliminating some of the more controversial provisions, such as redefining rape (the bill formerly outlined rape resulting from force as the only kind eligible for taxpayer funding for abortion, not statutory rape or drug-induced rape).
The idea behind New Jersey Republican Rep. Christopher Smith's bill is to make permanent the annually-renewed Hyde Amendment, which prohibits funding abortions through Medicaid, but also to prevent employers from being able to deduct insurance plans that cover abortion.
Other policies the GOP wishes to make permanent, according to the Committee on the Judiciary memo:
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