{"id":1981431,"date":"2023-07-24T14:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T18:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-legislation-would-provide-child-tax-credit-for-unborn-babies\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T14:53:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T18:53:59","slug":"new-legislation-would-provide-child-tax-credit-for-unborn-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-legislation-would-provide-child-tax-credit-for-unborn-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"New law grants child tax credit to unborn babies."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-legislation-would-provide-child-tax-credit-for-unborn-babies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1981431&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>New Legislation\u200c Aims to Expand\u200b Child Tax Credit and Support Families<\/h2>\n<p>A\u200b new sweeping House legislation introduced on Monday is set to bring significant changes to the child tax credit and provide support for \u2062families, including coverage \u200bfor the time \u2064a baby is in \u200bthe mother&#8217;s womb. The package of bills, reintroduced\u2064 by Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA), aligns with similar legislation introduced earlier this year in the Senate by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL). This move signals a growing trend within the GOP towards increased government support for families.<\/p>\n<h3>Expanding Financial Support for Children and Families<\/h3>\n<p>The proposed \u200blegislation seeks to expand the child tax \u200bcredit, raising it from the current $2,000 to $3,500 for children aged 5\u2063 and under, and $4,500 \u2062for those over the age of\u200c 5. Additionally, it includes a provision for retroactive benefits \u200dpost-birth,\u200b covering the time a child spends in the womb.\u200c Rep. Hinson believes \u200bthis provision will help\u2064 families manage the financial responsibilities of growing a family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Providing for Life Act charts the policy course for a culture of life in \u200bAmerica \u2014 it is about valuing life at every stage and making critical investments in the long-term well-being \u2062of families,&#8221; stated Hinson. She emphasized the importance of expanding the child tax credit for working families and unborn babies, as well as \u200bensuring access to healthcare and\u2064 resources for expecting \u200dmothers. The goal is \u2062to make a meaningful difference for \u200dwomen and children in need and strengthen American families.<\/p>\n<h3>Supporting Adoption and Curbing Abortion<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to expanding the child tax credit, the legislation also makes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-legislation-would-provide-child-tax-credit-for-unborn-babies\/\" title=\"New law grants child tax credit to unborn babies.\">adoption tax credit fully \u200brefundable<\/a>. This means that households with no tax liability would receive \u200ba \u200bcheck from the government, benefiting lower-income families who choose to adopt.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the \u2063package of bills aims to enhance paid parental leave and expand eligibility for \u200cthe Special\u2062 Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,\u200c Infants, and Children to postpartum women. It also encourages cooperation with child support for SNAP recipients and incentivizes states to require fathers to contribute to half of a woman&#8217;s pregnancy costs.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the issue\u2063 of abortion, \u2062the legislation establishes a federal clearinghouse of resources through the website life.gov. It ensures \u200bthat Title X funding is available to pregnancy resource centers, which offer alternatives to abortion, and supports pregnant women on college campuses by providing information \u200dabout their rights and \u200daccess to non-abortion \u2062resources.<\/p>\n<h3>A Shift in\u200c GOP&#8217;s Stance<\/h3>\n<p>This legislation reflects a shift\u2064 within the\u2062 GOP towards supporting \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-unveils-1-75t-build-back-better-framework\/\" title=\"Biden unveils .75T \u2018Build Back Better\u2019 framework\">larger child tax credit<\/a> and providing more financial assistance to families. While Democrats have long favored an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-fauci-schools-need-stimulus-bill\/\" title=\"Dr. Fauci: Schools Need Stimulus Bill\">expanded child tax credit<\/a>, Republicans have been divided on the issue. However, recent years have\u200c seen a growing trend towards favoring a bigger\u200c benefit.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Rubio, who introduced the Senate version of the legislation, has long advocated for an\u2064 expanded tax\u200b credit\u2064 and frames it as an\u200b extension of the Republican party&#8217;s pro-life and pro-family agenda. He believes that supporting pregnant mothers and their unborn \u200dchildren is crucial for America&#8217;s future strength.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats had previously attempted to make the temporary\u2064 coronavirus-era expansion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-are-pushing-to-make-the-child-tax-credit-permanent-but-just-a-minority-of-americans-support-it\/\" title=\"Democrats Are Pushing To Make The Child Tax Credit Permanent, But Just A Minority Of Americans Support It\">child tax credit permanent<\/a>, but their efforts were hindered due to concerns about full refundability. As a\u200d result, the\u200b credit reverted\u2064 back to \u2064the levels set by\u200c the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs \u200dAct, which doubled the credit to $2,000. However, proponents of expanding the credit argue that $2,000 is no longer \u200csufficient given the \u200bsignificant increase in inflation since \u20632017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, new House legislation was introduced to enhance the child tax credit, extending its coverage to include the period when a baby is in the mother&#8217;s womb. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) reintroduced the bills, aligning them with Sen. Marco Rubio&#8217;s (R-FL) earlier Senate legislation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1981432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1981431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1981431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1981432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1981431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1981431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1981431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}