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The Hyde Amendment bars the use of federal funds to pay for abortion except to save the life of the pregnant woman, or if the pregnancy arises from incest or rape. [13] [14] Before the Hyde Amendment took effect in 1980, an estimated 300,000 abortions were performed annually using federal funds. [15]
Proponents of Hyde state that it is supported by 57% of the American public and opposed by 36%, as of 2016. [19] Critics say the Hyde Amendment disproportionately affects low-income women, women of color, younger women, and immigrants, as an estimated 42% of abortion recipients live below the poverty line. [20]
According to The Pro-Choice Public Education Project, the US provides more funding towards abstinence-only sex education programs rather than comprehensive sex education programs. From 1996 through 2007, the US Congress committed over $1.5 billion to abstinence-only programs. When funding is not provided towards comprehensive sex education ...
At least 21 states use public funds to support anti-abortion clinics, which have grown into a billion-dollar industry States funding anti-abortion clinics have some of highest rates of maternal ...
Attorney and construction executive Adam Benna is challenging incumbent state Rep. Demi Busatta Cabrera, R-Coral Gables, to represent a swath of central and south Miami-Dade County in the Florida ...
For nearly 30 years, Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania have approved millions of taxpayer dollars for an anti-abortion program. Now the state's new governor plans to end the ...
The NNAF works to facilitate networking and to provide support and technical assistance to local abortion funds that provide direct financial and logistical assistance to women seeking abortions. [6] In 2000, the Fund spearheaded the Campaign for Access to Reproductive Equity, which aimed to reverse the Hyde Amendment and make it possible for ...
The abortion bans that could be coming soon are another barrier some women will have to overcome to work and get ahead.