A Catholic pro-life organization is urging President Donald Trump to direct the Internal Revenue Service to end tax breaks for abortions, asserting that killing babies does not qualify as medical care.
CatholicVote launched an initiative calling on Trump to instruct the IRS to clarify that abortions cannot be considered medical care under section 213(d) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The group argues that the current policy provides unjust tax deductions for a practice it views as ending innocent human lives rather than providing health care.
The change to include abortions as deductible expenses was made quietly by IRS bureaucrats, who lack the authority to define health care, according to CatholicVote. The organization says this decision was wrong at the time and remains so, especially following the Supreme Court’s 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade, which had legalized abortion nationwide.
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“It was the wrong decision then. And it is wrong today,” the group stated in its appeal. “The time has come to scrap this bureaucratic rule that provides tax breaks for abortions.”
CatholicVote emphasizes that Trump can implement this change without congressional approval, offering him flexibility on health care policy.
The group is encouraging Catholics to contact the president, with the message: “Tell the IRS: Abortion is not health care.”
The initiative aligns with pro-life efforts to eliminate government policies perceived as subsidizing abortion in the post-Roe era, where state laws now govern whether babies are killed in abortions.
Trump, who appointed justices instrumental in overturning Roe, has not yet responded to the call. During his first term, he advanced several pro-life policies, including restrictions on federal funding for abortion companies like Planned Parenthood.
