For years Democratic candidates and spokesmen have been slamming Republicans for saying that the Affordable Care Act provides funding for abortions.

Now, in a roundabout way, they are finally admitting it after Republicans passed a bill that would ban funding for abortions through the ACA.  The No Taxpayer Funding For Abortion Act passed 242-179 and says that any insurance plan that receives government funding cannot pay for abortions.

Democrats says that the bill raises taxes on small businesses because they currently receive a tax credit from the government if they provide abortion coverage to employees.  Without the tax credit, employers are less likely to cover employee abortions.

Republicans say that the bill does nothing to employers.  All that would happen is that employers would no longer automatically cover abortions because of the government’s funding the tax credit.  If an employer wants to cover employee’s abortions, they can choose to pay that out of their own company profits.

The Family Research Council said on a website, ObamacareAbortion.com, that the abortion tax credit is another way the lack of transparency is hurting Christian business owners who do not want to pay for abortion.