{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140918202642/http://www.vitter.senate.gov/newsroom/press/vitter-new-report-shows-obamacare-funds-used-for-abortions", "Vitter: New Report Shows Obamacare Funds Used for Abortions", "2014-09-16", "2014", "2014-09", "Republican", "House", "LA", "David Vitter", "V000127", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Vitter: New Report Shows Obamacare Funds Used for Abortions\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTuesday, September 16, 2014\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t(Washington, D.C.) \u2013 U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.) today said a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) exposes widespread taxpayer-funded abortion coverage under Obamacare. According to the report, taxpayer funding is going toward over 1,000 health insurance plans that include abortion even though such funding is illegal under the law.\n\u201cIt\u2019s tragic and completely unacceptable that this funding is going towards abortions,\u201d Vitter said. \u201cIt should come as no surprise that President Obama and Democrats in Congress would mislead the American people about yet another aspect of Obamacare \u2013 but this time it comes at the expense of millions of unborn children.\u201d\nAt Vitter\u2019s request, the GAO is investigating the use of federal funding allocated to Planned Parenthood and other specific organizations that perform abortions. Vitter along with Reps. Diane Black (R-TN) and Pete Olson (R-TX) requested the investigation in February 2013.\nIn 2012, Planned Parenthood performed a record 327,166 abortions and received $540 million in taxpayer funding \u2013 nearly $1.5 million per day in the form of government grants, contracts, and Medicaid reimbursements. Vitter has legislation that would end taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140918202642/http://www.vitter.senate.gov/newsroom/press/vitter-new-report-shows-obamacare-funds-used-for-abortions"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9394572116434574, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}