Amendment 10 to House Bill 53, the state operating budget, failed on Monday to protect the unborn in Alaska. Offered by Rep. Sarah Vance, it had language to prevent money to be used for most abortions.
“No money appropriated in this appropriation may be expended for an abortion that is not a mandatory service required under AS 47.07.030(a). The money appropriated for the Department of Health may be expended only for mandatory services required under Title XIX for optional services offered by the state under the state plan for medical assistance that has been approved by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
The amendment failed on a split vote of 20/20.
Sponsors and yes votes were Rep. Vance, DeLena Johnson, Cathy Tilton, Kevin McCabe, George Rauscher, Jubilee Underwood, Frank Tomaszewski, Rebecca Schwanke, Jamie Allard, David Nelson, Bill Elam, Dan Saddler, Justin Ruffridge, Mia Costello, Alexi Moore, Will Stapp, Jeremy Bynum, and Mike Prax.
The only Republican to vote no was Rep. Louise Stutes of Kodiak. Hers was the pivotal vote that keeps taxpayer dollars funding the violent taking of a human life.
The no votes also included all Democrats: Robyn Burke, Ashley Carrick, Maxine Dibert, Bryce Edgmon, Ted Eischeid, Zack Fields, Neal Foster, Alyse Galvin, Andrew Gray, Carolyn Hall, Sara Hannan, Rebecca Himschoot, Ky Holland, Nellie Jimmie, Andy Josephson, Donna Mears, Genevieve Mina, Cal Schrage, and Andi Story.
Alaska is one of 17 states use state funds to cover “medically necessary” abortions under Medicaid beyond the federal Hyde Amendment restrictions (which limit federal funding to cases of life endangerment, rape, or incest). Medically necessary is an elastic term that is open to interpretation. In addition to Alaska, the following states also use taxpayer money to pay for abortions. Most of them are heavily Democrat: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia.
It would be interesting to see who is getting money from the pro-abortion people.
Alaska is becoming a liberal leftist state. The democrats and the seven traitors see the opportunity since the Alaskan people refuse to turn out and vote. I can’t believe this is what real Alaskan’s want.
Totally agree with you Andrew. We deserve what we get when people are too lazy to take 30 minutes out of their day to do their Constitutional duty and cast their ballot. And they are the ones that complain the most. You know who you are.
Taxpayers money should not be used for abortions period. You want an abortion you pay for it.
She is no republican if she voted against this. She is nothing more than a Murkowski copy cat. Another democrat in republican clothing.
Blind party allegiance is why the 2 party system is failing during a time when lines are blurred.
Respectfully disagree. The 2 party system works well enough that democrats need to do all sorts of weird and illegal things to win including but not limited to: election fraud, gaslighting, hoaxes, turning the entire government into a money laundering operation. Today, the difference is between the stupid party (republicans) and the insane problem (democrats). I would suggest insanity can (and will) do far more damage than stupidity. Of course, your mileage may vary. Cheers –
Knock knock, who’s there?, aborted baby, aborted baby who? You will never know!
Well there it is, Alaska’s very own Crib Corpse Caucus.
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Can’t wait to see the memes. Group portrait against a backdrop of babies alive and not? Couple of before and after pics framed with blood stains and dollar bills?
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Who needs Albert “The Mad Hatter” Anastasia when we got “The Stutes” to give money to killers of babies?
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Some sweetheart kickback in the works with Planned Parenthood, a favorite pharmaceutical company, some bio-engineering firm?
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You stupid fools realize how many more votes and PFD checks you could have stolen if you had let the babies live?
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May you wretched mob, The Stutes, Robyn Burke, Ashley Carrick, Maxine Dibert, Bryce Edgmon, Ted Eischeid, Zack Fields, Neal Foster, Alyse Galvin, Andrew Gray, Carolyn Hall, Sara Hannan, Rebecca Himschoot, Ky Holland, Nellie Jimmie, Andy Josephson, Donna Mears, Genevieve Mina, Cal Schrage, and Andi Story live forever, at least long enough to realize what you did.
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Raise a glass to yourselves, no law fits your crime, you’re safe from jurors and voters. Best of all, you’ll never have to bloody your hands, because you literally put a bounty on babies. You pay baby killers to kill babies for you because none of you have the guts to kill babies yourselves.
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Did we use the word “babies” too much and accidentally get the meme stuck, rent-free, in your heads? Sorry about that.
Hey hey now, some of those folks listed as Democrats are actually iNdEpEnDeNt.
Get your facts straight MRAK!!
The difference being…?
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Baby killer by any other name…?
Sure Daniel, whatever you want to believe.
Louise Stutes is a disgrace to Kodiak
Louise Stutes is a disgrace to Alaska! I think every single one of these people that vote for tax payer’s money to be used for abortions should have to set in on a few. I’m guessing if they were participating they would change their minds. Except that I can’t advocate for that, because that would be sacrificing other innocent baby lives. These people‘s brains are twisted, and unfortunately until abortion affects each one of them personally in some way, they will never change their minds.
The entire drama is a clown show.
The GOP is not serious to end the subsidy, so they figure how many, and who can vote no, just enough to preserve the subsidies.
Any number of GOP voted to end the subsidies for show purposes only, as they knew already that they will continue. The largesse and pay offs to keep this subsidy going are just too rewarding to end it. But the narrative to the public is they are “fighting” hard to end subsidies and protect human life.
The only other explanation is the GOP is perpetually incompetent, ineffective and pathetic.
Tragic. Our our legislators are more interested in protecting the guilty than the innocent & they prove it time & time again.
Again Los Anchorage determines our political state and yes Juneau too, very liberal. Seattle dung heaps. Vote all you conservative winey piss bags.
Show me a “medically necessary” abortion and I’ll show you a pig that can fly.
Leftists fund abortion AND replacement migration. Your PFD will pay for all of it, and then your state income tax will pay for more.
Julie Coulombe and Chuck Kopp are not on the list of 20 Rs, but I’m figuring they voted for it, too. Way to go, Kopp!
Legislators work for us. We are the boss. Democrats presented themselves at their convention as 1) killing babies up until birth and beyond; 2) there are over 100 genders; and 3) the Church is non essential. Louise Stutes must agree with this platform. The rest are the activists that came up through Obama’s school curriculum nationwide. Obama took over Biden’s turn and these activists have been trained well in the government schools and universities. Obama also put in DEI which when researched targets white males as the problem that everyone needs to accept. It’s called toxic masculinity. Obama has no principles nor the universities that won’t give up DEI. Our state governments need serious prayer and repentance. Obama’s three “hate America” terms have increased this marxist activism in our country. Integrity is absent. The Marxists will lie, cheat and steal catering to their donors with no shame. Our Founding Fathers did not anticipate this anarchy that we are experiencing. Consequences are missing and the traditional family values are missing with family as the foundation are missing from the legislators. Keep praying for the MAGA movement to push forward.