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The '''Hyde Amendment''', named after its sponsor Congressman [[Henry Hyde]], is a provision added annually to the Appropriations Acts which forbids the use of [[federal]] monies to pay for [[abortion]] except for narrow exceptions.

The '''Hyde Amendment''', named after its sponsor Congressman [[Henry Hyde]], is a provision added annually to the Appropriations Acts which forbids the use of [[federal]] monies to pay for [[abortion]] except for narrow exceptions.

Thanks to the Hyde Amendment, "no more than 1,000 abortions a year are directly funded by federal taxpayers."<ref name="Forbes">https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2015/10/02/are-american-taxpayers-paying-for-abortion/</ref> But an analysis concluded that federal and state "taxpayers subsidize roughly 24% of all abortion costs in the U.S." -- which "is equivalent to taxpayers paying the full cost of 250,000 abortions a year."<ref name="Forbes"/>

Thanks to the Hyde Amendment, "no more than 1,000 abortions a year are directly funded by federal taxpayers."<ref name="Forbes">https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2015/10/02/are-american-taxpayers-paying-for-abortion/</ref> But an analysis concluded that federal and state "taxpayers subsidize roughly 24% of all abortion costs in the U.S."—which "is equivalent to taxpayers paying the full cost of 250,000 abortions a year."<ref name="Forbes"/>

==Opposition==

==Opposition==

In other words, cutting funds for elective abortions actually had a measurable positive impact, reducing abortion complication rates for Medicaid-eligible women.

In other words, cutting funds for elective abortions actually had a measurable positive impact, reducing abortion complication rates for Medicaid-eligible women.

[[Category:Abortion]]

[[Category:Abortion]]