From a friend on the Hill:

Pro-life Groups:

Today, the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice held a hearing on H.R. 7, the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.”  This legislation would make the Hyde amendment permanent and government-wide and would stop funding abortion insurance coverage in the “Affordable Care Act” (P.L. 111-148).

The subcommittee heard testimony in support of H.R. 7 from:

Helen Alvaré, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law (video, written testimony)

Richard Doerflinger, Associate Director, Secretariat of Pro-life Activities, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (video, written testimony)

And testimony in opposition to H.R. 7 from :

Susan Wood, Associate Professor of Health Policy and of Environmental & Occupational Health, Department of Health Policy, George Washington University (written testimony)

Members and staff may also be interested in the following video excerpts from the hearing:

Opening Statement by Subcommittee Chairman Trent Franks (R-AZ)

Opening Statement by Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH)

Opening Statement by Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)

Questions by Chairman Trent Franks (R-Z)