Today, the House of Representatives passed, 217-213, H.R. 1628, known as the American Health Care Act (AHCA) of 2017, which repeals major provisions of ObamaCare and defunds Planned Parenthood for one year.

H.R. 1628 is a special type of legislation called a "reconciliation bill." This means that it cannot be blocked in the Senate by filibuster and will only need 51, rather than 60, votes to pass.

Planned Parenthood currently receives approximately $553 million in federal funding per year. For one year, the AHCA eliminates more than $390 million, or 80 percent, in annual federal funding to the largest abortion mill in the nation.

AHCA repeals the ObamaCare premium tax credits, which subsidize abortion on demand. It also eliminates the ObamaCare employer and individual mandate penalties, which allows employers or individuals to forgo offering or purchasing coverage if doing so violates their conscience. AHCA’s ObamaCare replacement components include pro-life funding restrictions regarding tax credits, the Patient and State Stability Fund, and the Federal Invisible Risk Sharing Program. The AHCA also repeals some of the other ObamaCare mandates and allows states to pass a waiver of certain other mandates that have driven up insurance costs.

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