The Hyde Amendment.

Abstract:


This document contains the text of the Hyde Amendment to the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's 1978 appropriations bill. The Hyde Amendment bans the use of Medicaid funds for abortions except in cases where rape or incest was promptly reported to authorities, where the mother 's life was in danger, or where "severe and long-lasting physical health damage" would accrue to the mother if the pregnancy were carried to term. This last condition must be certified by two physicians. The constitutionality of the Hyde Amendment, which limited the right to choose to those with the means to pay, was upheld by the Supreme Court. The Hyde Amendment does allow payments for drugs or devices to prevent implantation of a fertilized ovum and for termination of ectopic pregnancies.

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