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- 1Hyde Amendment Marks 50 Years as Critics Demand Repeal▼The Hyde Amendment’s 50th Anniversary: Enough is Enough
The Hyde Amendment, the decades-old ban on federal Medicaid funding for most abortions, marks its 50th anniversary. Reproductive rights advocates, including Public Health Reproductive Justice groups, are using the milestone to renew calls for its repeal, arguing the policy has blocked abortion access for low-income women for half a century. Supporters of the amendment defend it as a safeguard for taxpayers. The anniversary lands amid ongoing national battles over abortion funding following the fall of Roe v. Wade.
- 2Anti-abortion groups fear end of Hyde Amendment's 50-year run▼Anti-abortion groups worry Hyde Amendment’s 50-year run could end with new congressional majority
Anti-abortion groups are warning that the Hyde Amendment, the annual federal provision banning Medicaid funding for most abortions since 1976, could be dropped under a new congressional majority. Advocates on both sides are watching appropriations negotiations, with abortion-rights supporters pushing to remove the restriction and opponents mobilizing to preserve it.