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Hyde Amendment.
rule banning U.S. federal funds from paying for abortions except to save a pregnant woman's life or those resulting from rape or incest
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DAVID BEREIT: Pro-Life Movement Sends A Clear Message About A Political Liability For Republicans
Representative Henry Hyde’s legacy is slipping away before our eyes. Since 1977, Rep. Hyde’s hard-won and bipartisan Hyde Amendment has prohibited the taxpayer funding of abortion in healthcare bills and saved an…
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In U.S. politics, the Hyde Amendment is a legislative provision barring the use of federal funds to pay for abortion, except to save the life of the woman, or if the pregnancy arises from incest or rape. Before the Hyde Amendment took effect in 1980, an estimated 300,000 abortions were performed annually using federal funds.
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