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To: US House Emanual Cleaver, Senater Josh Hawley, Senator Roy Blunt
END THE HYDE AMENDMENT BLOCK ON ABORTION FUNDING
The Hyde Amendment is a policy rider that has been championed by the vocal anti-abortion Congressman Henry Hyde. The amendment bars the use of federal funds for abortion healthcare. This means that medicaid recipients, service members, and young people who are most dependant on federally-funded health services cannot access abortion services through their healthcare plan and are left to find the money and resources to seek out this procedure on their own. For many people, this is equivalent to an abortion ban. This amendment unfairly affects our most financially vulnerable citizens.
However, the Hyde Amendment is not a permanent law, and can simply be excluded from the next federal budget. We believe that all pregnant people deserve access to abortion healcare regardless of their financial status, and demand that this amendment be excluded from the next federal budget.
Why is this important?
This amendment bars the use of federal funds for abortion healthcare. This means that medicaid recipients, service members, and young people who are most dependant on federally-funded health services cannot access abortion services through their healthcare plan and are left to find the money and resources to seek out this procedure on their own. For many people, this is equivalent to an abortion ban. This amendment unfairly targets our most vulnerable citizens. Abortion healthcare and bodily autonomy should be a human right, not a luxury that only the privileged can afford. We believe all pregnant people deserve access to abortion healcare regardless of their financial status, and demand that this amendment be excluded from the next federal budget.