Anti-abortion groups worry Hyde Amendment’s 50-year run could end with new congressional majority
Anti-abortion groups are concerned that a potential change in the congressional majority could threaten the future of the 50-year-old Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal funding for abortions.
In the early months of 2022, Democrats in Congress came close to passing an appropriations bill that did not include a provision barring federal funding for abortions — maybe the closest it had ever come in more than 40 years. But those who wanted the Hyde Amendment included won the battle in the end. Three […]
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