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If the final version of the appropriations bill excludes the Hyde Amendment, it would mark the first time in decades that the federal budget allowed funding of abortion in Medicaid.
Mexico City Policy and Hyde and Weldon Amendments are targeted for exclusion.
Pro-life leaders criticized the omission of these ‘riders’ from the spending bills.
The Susan B. Anthony List warns that a “patchwork” of pro-life policies could be at risk in President Biden’s budget, if he excludes or alters the amendments.
The Trump administration has formally notified the state that forcing insurers to include elective abortions in every health-insurance policy violates the federal Weldon Amendment.
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