Urge your Member of Congress to end the HYDE amendment today and together
we can protect access to reproductive health.
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Dear Friend,
Today, the U.S. House Labor, Health and Human Services Subcommittee is
holding a hearing on the harms of the Hyde Amendment. The Hyde Amendment
is a harmful bill that restricts government funds from being used to cover
abortion—except in extremely limited circumstances—essentially ensuring
that low-income women; Black, Indigenous, and people of color; LGBTQ
people; low-wage workers; and immigrants can’t access the same rights to
safe, legal abortion as the rest of the population.
For over four decades, anyone who relies on government health care has
been unable to use their benefits to cover the cost of an abortion. [ [link removed] ]
Right now, we have more than 180 co-sponsors in the House, and over 20
co-sponsors in the Senate, for the EACH Woman Act – with only a few weeks
left to add co-sponsors, we need to show overwhelming support to end the
Hyde amendment.
[1]Quick signature! Urge your Member of Congress to support the EACH
Woman Act which would repeal the Hyde Amendment!
The EACH Woman Act is a bill that would ensure abortion coverage for all.
It should not matter how much money you make or whether or not you have
insurance – each of us should be able to make personal decisions without
politicians interfering. For decades, restrictions like the Hyde Amendment
have pushed abortion care out of reach for people who have already been
marginalized by our healthcare system.
Our letter reads:
As one of over a million members of MomsRising, I am writing to urge you
to co-sponsor the EACH (Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health
Insurance) Woman Act to repeal the Hyde Amendment.
The Hyde Amendment restricts government funds from being used to cover
an abortion—except in extremely limited circumstances. The Hyde
Amendment excludes people who receive Medicaid, military personnel,
federal employees, Black, Indigenous, and people of color; LGBTQ people;
low-wage workers; and immigrants and Indigenous people from accessing
their legal right to abortion. Denying access to abortion solely due to
one’s socioeconomic status is completely unacceptable. More than half of
the 7.5 million women affected by this coverage ban are women of color.
The time is now to overturn a ban that has only exacerbated health and
income inequalities for millions of women and families over the last
four decades. In fact, the American Public Health Association study
found that women who sought an abortion but could not get one were more
likely to be living in poverty a year later than women who did get an
abortion.
Being able to manage how many children we have and when we have them has
been nothing short of revolutionary—not just for women and mothers, but
for our country as a whole. The EACH Woman Act is a bill that would
ensure abortion coverage for all. It should not matter how much money
you make or whether or not you have insurance – each of us should be
able to make personal decisions without politicians interfering.
Now is the time to ensure that every person with the ability to give
birth has access to the legal right to abortion care.
[ [link removed] ]Take action now! Join us to urge your member of Congress to support the
EACH Woman Act by signing our letter.
Abortion care is health care, period. And most people who have abortions
are already parents. [ [link removed] ] The Hyde Amendment excludes people who receive
Medicaid, military personnel, federal employees, and Indigenous people
from accessing their legal right to abortion. Currently, only 16 states
have a policy that directs Medicaid to pay for all or most medically
necessary abortions. [ [link removed] ] It is abhorrent that one’s access to abortion
depends on their zip code or income level. [ [link removed] ] Let’s be clear, the Hyde
Amendment was enacted to restrict government funds from being used to
cover abortion for low-income women and women of color, specifically. Not
surprisingly, more than half of the 7.5 million women affected by this
coverage ban are women of color. These efforts to restrict abortion care
have only one goal in mind: to end all abortion. We won't allow it.
[3]Tell your member of Congress to stand up against the Hyde Amendment by
supporting the EACH Woman Act - SIGN NOW!
Banning abortion doesn’t end abortion — it just ends safe, legal abortion.
The EACH Woman Act will ensure that harmful bans on abortion, like the
Hyde Amendment, will be overturned. On this day of action, it’s more
important than ever to have an outpouring of support from constituents
like you for the EACH Woman Act. We will not rest because abortion care
still remains out of reach for too many -- and is threatened even more by
the recent Supreme Court appointment. Urge your Congress members to end
HYDE today and together we can protect access to reproductive health.
Sincerely,
Diarra, Nadia, Felicia, Tina, Monifa, Kristin, and the entire
MomsRising/MamásConPoder team
[1] Rewire News, [4]Ten Reasons Folks Should Care About the Hyde
Amendment.
[2] The American Public Health Association, [5]Socioeconomic consequences
of abortion compared to unwanted birth
[3] Slate.com, [ [link removed] ]The Mother Majority; and Guttmacher
Institute, [ [link removed] ]Infographic: U.S. Abortion Patients
[4] Guttmacher Institute, [ [link removed] ]State Funding of Abortion Under Medicaid
[5] Planned Parenthood,[ [link removed] ] Hyde Amendment
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