Draft House 2012 DC Spending Bill Would Extend Ban on DC's Use of Own Funds for Low-Income Women's Abortions

Washington Post: House D.C. spending bill includes funding cuts, by Ben Pershing:

The first draft of the House’s 2012 D.C. spending bill would cut federal payments to the District by almost 10 percent but mostly spare the city from restrictive “riders” on social policy.

The bill, which was released Wednesday and will be considered by a House appropriations subcommittee Thursday, does include a ban on the District using its funds to pay for abortions for low-income women. That prohibition, which Republicans imposed during their last tenure in the House majority, was also included in the short-term spending deal agreed to in April by President Obama and the GOP. The agreement sparked anger and protests among local officials. . . .