On Tuesday, Dr. Yoest joined Missouri Rep. Todd Akin (both at left) for a news conference at the Robert A. Young Federal Building in St. Louis, asking members of the U.S. Congress to pass H.R. 4971, the “Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-State Exchange Plan Act,” or the “SAFE Act.”
“The healthcare law signed by President Obama in 2010 marked the largest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade,” said Dr. Yoest. “But it is not too late to change course and prevent damage that the law will cause.”
“Ensuring taxpayers are not forced to fund abortion is a bipartisan effort. Thanks to the leadership of Congressman Akin who introduced the SAFE Act—and the 61 original co-sponsors—Congress can begin to right the wrong of the healthcare law that expands both abortion and taxpayer funding of abortion.”
