The Hyde Amendment Has Saved 2 Million Lives. Democrats Want To Kill It

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The Hyde Amendment Has Saved 2 Million Lives. Democrats Want To Kill It

Today America celebrates 40 years of the Hyde Amendment, and most Americans still support its effect: preventing tax dollars from paying for abortions.

By Arina Grossu September 30, 2016

 

On September 30 America celebrates 40 years of the Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal funding for abortion. As a result of this law, more than 2 million Americans are alive today. Exactly one week ago, I, along with abortion survivor Gianna Jessen and Genevieve Plaster from the Charlotte Lozier Institute, testified before a House Judiciary subcommittee in favor of upholding the Hyde Amendment and enacting the Born-Alive Survivors Protection Act.

 

The Hyde Amendment was proposed by Rep. Henry Hyde and first enacted in 1976 on one of the spending bills Congress must pass each year. This law prevents taxpayer funding of abortions in various federal health programs run by the Department of Human Services, which oversees the National Institutes of Health, Medicaid and Medicare, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, among others.