{"id":2549298,"date":"2026-01-23T12:53:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gopers-kill-bill-defunding-abortion-child-trans-surgery-clinics-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T12:55:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:55:29","slug":"gopers-kill-bill-defunding-abortion-child-trans-surgery-clinics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gopers-kill-bill-defunding-abortion-child-trans-surgery-clinics-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GOPers Kill Bill Defunding Abortion, Child &#8216;Trans&#8217; Surgery Clinics"},"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%2Fgopers-kill-bill-defunding-abortion-child-trans-surgery-clinics-2%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=2549298&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--><p>A day before the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C.,the GOP-controlled House voted 136-291 (with nine not voting) to defeat Rep. Ralph Norman&#8217;s amendment to strip Senate-inserted earmarks from the FY2026 Labor-HHS spending bill; 76 House Republicans joined Democrats in opposing the measure. Norman&#8217;s amendment aimed to remove earmarks that, according to the article and an analysis by Heritage Action, would direct millions in taxpayer dollars to hospitals and clinics the analysis says provide abortions or &#8220;gender-affirming&#8221; care for minors. Heritage Action highlighted several specific earmarks cited in the bill,including a reported $2 million for Rady&#8217;s Children&#8217;s hospital in San Diego,more than $4 million for christiana Care in Delaware,and amounts for institutions in Maine,Colorado,and Pennsylvania; the article attributes claims about services and programs to the Heritage analysis and to the institutions&#8217; own materials. Norman argued the spending was unaffordable given the national debt.The piece also notes a separate vote the same day in which 57 Republicans joined Democrats to defeat Rep. Thomas Massie&#8217;s amendment to block federal support for vehicle &#8220;kill switch&#8221; technologies (final vote 164-268).The article was published by The Federalist and written by staff writer Shawn Fleetwood.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A day before the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., 76 House Republicans joined their Democrat colleagues in defeating a measure aimed at preventing taxpayer dollars from bankrolling facilities that perform abortions and &ldquo;trans&rdquo; surgeries on children.<\/p>\n<p>The moment came late Thursday afternoon when the GOP-controlled House of Representatives killed an <a href=\"https:\/\/norman.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3351\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">amendment<\/a> put forward by Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/7148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FY2026 government spending bill<\/a>. The amendment <a href=\"https:\/\/heritageaction.com\/key-vote\/key-vote-yes-on-norman-amendment-to-remove-labor-hhs-earmarks-from-fy26-funding-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sought<\/a> to ax Senate-inserted earmarks that <a href=\"https:\/\/heritageaction.com\/blog\/how-earmarks-in-the-fy26-labor-hhs-bill-fund-the-lefts-agenda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">allocate<\/a> millions in taxpayer money to entities that conduct harmful &ldquo;trans&rdquo; procedures on minors and abortions.<\/p>\n<p>The final House vote was 136-291, with nine members not voting. Here&rsquo;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes\/202644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">roll call<\/a> showing how every member voted. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here are the 76 Republicans who voted to keep earmarks and DEI provisions from Dems in the omnibus bill. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zkWDKezwBZ\">pic.twitter.com\/zkWDKezwBZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daniel Horowitz (@RMConservative) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RMConservative\/status\/2014689895176941696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/heritageaction.com\/blog\/how-earmarks-in-the-fy26-labor-hhs-bill-fund-the-lefts-agenda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">analysis<\/a> conducted by Heritage Action, the aforementioned spending bill includes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/fy26_lhhs_cds.pdf#page=45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$2 million earmark<\/a> requested by Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, D-Calif., for &ldquo;pediatric mental health services&rdquo; for the San Diego-based Rady&rsquo;s Children&rsquo;s Hospital. The hospital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2025\/02\/08\/rady-childrens-hospital-continues-gender-affirming-care-while-reviewing-new-executive-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">boasted<\/a> as recently as last year about its so-called &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-normal-tim-walz-supports-10-year-olds-getting-transgender-care\/\" title=\"Watch: &#039;Normal&#039; Tim Walz Supports 10-Year-Olds Getting Transgender ...\">gender affirming care&#038;rdquo<\/a>; center and <a href=\"https:\/\/stoptheharmdatabase.com\/hospital\/rady-childrens-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">discloses<\/a> on its website that it has performed such harmful procedures (including &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >hormone\/puberty blocker therapy&#038;rdquo<\/a>\ud83d\ude09 on at least 136 children. <\/p>\n<p>The analysis further highlighted earmark requests from Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Tina Smith, D-Minn., and Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., to bankroll various other health clinics and hospitals in their respective states with histories of supporting and\/or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gopers-kill-bill-defunding-abortion-child-trans-surgery-clinics\/\" title=\"GOPers Kill ... Defunding Abortion, Child &#039;Trans&#039; Surgery Clinics\">conducting harmful trans-related operations<\/a> on children. This list also includes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/fy26_lhhs_cds.pdf#page=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$1,599,000 earmark<\/a> request from Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, for &ldquo;labor and delivery equipment at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center&rdquo; &mdash; which &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/northernlighthealth.org\/Our-System\/Eastern-Maine-Medical-Center\/Care-Centers-Services\/Endocrinology-and-Diabetes-Care\/Gender-Clinic\">operates<\/a>&nbsp;a &lsquo;pediatric gender clinic&rsquo; that provides sex-rejecting hormones for &lsquo;gender diverse and transgender children,&#8217;&rdquo; according to Heritage Action.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because of the fungible nature of money, government funding for one program frees up resources to fund other activities,&rdquo; the Heritage report reads. <\/p>\n<p>The government funding bill also reportedly includes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/fy26_lhhs_cds.pdf#page=14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more than $4 million<\/a> earmark request from Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., for Christiana Care Health Services to purchase &ldquo;facilities and equipment to construct an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-health-care-upended-over-vax-mandate-hospital-stops-delivering-babies-er-closes-wait-times-explode\/\" title=\"NY Health ... Upended Over Vax Mandate: Hospital Stops Delivering Babies, ER Closes, Wait-Times Explode\">urgent care facility<\/a>.&rdquo; As noted by Heritage, Christiana Care &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/christianacare.org\/us\/en\/care\/womens-healthcare\/family-planning\/abortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">performs<\/a>&nbsp;abortions until 23 weeks of gestation, after a baby&rsquo;s heart begins to beat and he or she can feel pain.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Earmarks like this are an easy way to send direct funding to abortion facilities, an end run around the Hyde Amendment that prohibits annual appropriations from funding abortions,&rdquo; the analysis reads. <\/p>\n<p>Other notable earmarks identified by Heritage include a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/fy26_lhhs_cds.pdf#page=78\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$1,940,000 request<\/a> by Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., for a Colorado university that currently <a href=\"https:\/\/western.edu\/about\/diversity-equity-inclusivity\/2slgbtqia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">offers<\/a> a &ldquo;2SLGBTQIA+ Scholarship&rdquo; to &ldquo;provide financial support to undergraduate and graduate students who identify as part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community &mdash; or as strong allies;&rdquo; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/fy26_lhhs_cds.pdf#page=45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$275,000 request<\/a> by Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn., for a Pennsylvania family clinic that <a href=\"https:\/\/onceuponapreemie.org\/advocacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">supports<\/a> racist <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/critical-race-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">critical race theory<\/a>; and a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/fy26_lhhs_cds.pdf#page=79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$500,000 request<\/a> by Fetterman for a workforce training organization that <a href=\"https:\/\/tryingtogether.org\/justice-equity-diversity-and-inclusion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advances<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/dei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DEI ideology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know whether you realize it or not, but we&rsquo;re $39 trillion in debt and still counting,&rdquo; Norman said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepRalphNorman\/status\/2014441631160697110?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House floor speech<\/a> ahead of Thursday&rsquo;s vote. &ldquo;Any of the communities that want this, put your money up and pay for it. The taxpayers cannot afford it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/14\/46-house-republicans-help-democrats-defeat-measure-defunding-activist-judges-boasberg-boardman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">46 House Republicans Help Democrats Defeat Measure Defunding &lsquo;Activist&rsquo; Judges Boasberg, Boardman<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Helping Democrats shoot down Norman&rsquo;s amendment wasn&rsquo;t the only instance of betrayal among House Republicans on Thursday, however. <\/p>\n<p>Fifty-seven GOPers also sided with Democrats in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/kill-switch-cars-approved-house-republicans-full-list-11406341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defeating<\/a> an amendment sponsored by Rep. Thomas Massive, R-Ky., that aimed to block enforcement of the so-called automobile &ldquo;kill switch.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/kill-switch-cars-approved-house-republicans-full-list-11406341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>, the technology &ldquo;would be able to monitor d[r]iver behavior, detect impairment such as intoxication and intervene.&rdquo; Massie&rsquo;s amendment sought to &ldquo;prohibit the use of funds made available by this Act to implement section 24220 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, including any requirements enabling or supporting vehicle &lsquo;kill switch&rsquo; technology, and to block federal spending for the execution or enforcement of such authorities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes\/202643\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">final vote<\/a> on Massie&rsquo;s amendment was 164-268, with four members not voting.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. His work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics and RealClearHealth. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>76 House Republicans join Dems to kill amendment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2549299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Child-at-dcotors-office.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[4310,6203,36292,38108,58919],"class_list":["post-2549298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-abortion","tag-gop","tag-reproductive-rights","tag-state-legislation","tag-transgender-healthcare"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Child-at-dcotors-office.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549298","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\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2549298"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2549302,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549298\/revisions\/2549302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2549299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2549298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2549298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2549298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}