GOP Bill Would Force IRS to Conduct Abortion Audits | Mother Jones

GOP Bill Would Force IRS to Conduct Abortion Audits | Mother Jones

Under a GOP-backed bill expected to sail through the House of Representatives, the Internal Revenue Service would be forced to police how Americans have paid for their abortions. To ensure that taxpayers complied with the law, IRS agents would have to investigate whether certain terminated pregnancies were the result of rape or incest. And one tax expert says that the measure could even lead to questions on tax forms: Have you had an abortion? Did you keep your receipt?

Abortion opponents have every right to their opinion but they don't have the right to abuse the government in such a way as to interfere in the personal medical decisions unless that government is already corrupt. If the American government is corrupted this badly, allowing religious zealots to carry out forced morality with this much ease, then out government isn't a very good one. I miss the old Republic.