Save Our Hydes: Losing Pro-Life Amendment Could Drastically Increase Abortions
Benjamin Clapper writes on LifeNews.com:
. . . A Serious Threat: The Termination of the Hyde Amendment
The Hyde Amendment, originally enacted in 1976, is a pro-life limitation amendment in the annual appropriations bill that restricts the direct federal funding of abortion through Medicaid.
Without the Hyde Amendment, women eligible for Medicaid would have their abortions paid for by the Federal Government – in other words, OUR tax dollars. If abortions are free to the individual, you can bet on abortion rates increasing . . .