Friend,
Despite being a so-called “pro-choice
majority," the Congressional House has inserted Hyde Amendment
language into the labor HHS spending bill.
The Hyde
Amendment is a legislative provision barring the use of federal funds
to pay for abortion, and it has been written into federal law every
year since 1976. This unjust amendment bans abortion coverage for
those on Medicaid or federal insurance. This disproportionately
impacts low-income Black and Indigenous people, preventing them from
receiving abortion care just as the amendment's namesake Henry Hyde
intended.
“The Hyde Amendment was always unjust. At this moment in our
nation’s history, this racist abortion coverage ban is downright
unacceptable. The Hyde Amendment is an abortion restriction weaponized
against poor, young, Black, and Indigenous people and women of color.
How can any lawmaker call herself progressive or pro-choice while
supporting a policy that forces low-income people into unimaginable
struggles just to get the essential abortion care they
need?”
Kimberly Inez Mcguire, Executive
Director of URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender
Equity
Read the full statement here.
Thank you
for caring about reproductive justice and for practicing social
distancing when possible.
Solidarity,
Jaz, Digital Campaigns Manager
She/Ella
URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender
Equity
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