Medicaid Funding of Abortion: Setting the Record Straight

There is apparently confusion regarding how the federal government enforces the Hyde Amendment prohibition on federal funding of abortion. Such confusion could result in failure to enact appropriate safeguards against government funding of abortions in the overall health care legislation currently u...

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Published in:Policy File 2009
Main Author: Smith, Dennis G
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Government
Health care policy
Reproductive health
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Summary:There is apparently confusion regarding how the federal government enforces the Hyde Amendment prohibition on federal funding of abortion. Such confusion could result in failure to enact appropriate safeguards against government funding of abortions in the overall health care legislation currently under consideration. Unless a specific prohibition on abortion funding is included in the final health care bill, the government will end up funding the procedure.