Celebrating Fifty Years of the Hyde Amendment

At 50, the Hyde Amendment’s lifesaving legacy needs defending - Lozier Institute

On Wednesday, the federal Hyde Amendment turns 50 years old. First passed on Sept. 30, 1976, the Hyde Amendment is a provision of the annual appropriations bill that funds the Department of Health and Human Services. It largely prevents federal taxpayer dollars from funding elective abortions through the Medicaid program. The passage of the Hyde […]

Henry Hyde, A Pro-Life Hero

In 1976, a freshman congressman from Illinois named Henry Hyde attached a single sentence to the annual appropriations bill for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, declaring: “None...

Over 2 million people are alive today because of Henry Hyde’s amendment

Fifty years ago — on Sept. 30, 1976 — Congress first enacted an amendment offered by the late, great Rep. Henry Hyde of Illinois to prohibit federal Medicaid funds from being used to subsidize the killing of unborn children by abortion. During debate in the House, Henry said: “An innocent, defenseless human life, in a […]

Celebrating Fifty Years of the Hyde Amendment

Just three years after the nationwide legalization of abortion in 1973 with the Roe v. Wade decision, freshman Congressman Henry Hyde of Illinois observed a problem: American taxpayers were being forced to pay for abortions through federally funded healthcare plans like Medicaid. More than that, he knew that whatever the government pays for, it encourages.   […]