Judy, You stated: As far as the total amount of money being spent on abortions right now by the federal government is concerned, I have no accurate data on that.

Would you happen to know where to look for such data or who to ask?

Thanks!

Dear Joe We have done some research and found this:

A quick search netted this document http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+economics+of+abortion+access+in+the+US:+restrictions+on...-a0138811689 which seems to have been written in 2005. It contains the paragraph: In the first years of legal abortion, federal Medicaid paid for about one-third of all abortions--294,000 in 1977. (3) However, since 1976 when Congress passed the Hyde Amendment prohibiting the use of Medicaid funds, public funds used to pay for Medicaid for abortion except in cases where the life of the pregnant woman is at stake, the federal government pays for virtually no abortions--267 in 1992. (4) Thirty-three states have also banned the use of state funding for abortions. In those states less than one percent of abortions are paid for with state funds, in contrast to 27 percent of abortions paid for by states without such restrictions. (5)

You might also want to contact Dennis Smith at the Heritage Foundation who is an expert numbers cruncher and may have a better idea:

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