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Could the Hyde Amendment be repealed in 2020?

  • Written by Gretchen E. Ely, Professor of Social Work and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Could the Hyde Amendment be repealed in 2020?Abortion rights advocates wear pink shirts while opponents wear red at a public hearing in Boston.AP Photo/Steven Senne

In 1976, conservative Congressman Henry Hyde of Illinois introduced a bill that would ban the use of federal funding for abortion expenses except in instances of rape, incest or danger to the life of the mother.

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