Hyde Amendment

  • September 21, 2021

Op-ed: Preserving the Hyde Amendment and Protecting the Vulnerable

As Congress prepares to vote on funding priorities for the coming year, we are encouraged that attention is...
  • July 6, 2021

House members urge Biden to restore Hyde Amendment to budget proposals

Proposing a budget without the Hyde Amendment "is an affront to the majority of Americans who do not...
  • June 29, 2021

House Appropriations Committee urged to include pro-life policies in bills

The chairmen of the U.S. bishops' pro-life and international policy committees have urged the House Appropriations Committee and...
  • June 23, 2021

House GOP leaders, attorneys general urge Congress to make Hyde permanent

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and several other Republican leaders in the House asked their Democratic counterparts...
  • May 11, 2021

Bishops urge Catholics to sign petition against Hyde Amendment’s repeal

Diocesan Respect Life coordinators and the Pro-Life Secretariat of the U.S Conference of Catholic Bishops are encouraging Catholics...
  • March 1, 2021

COVID-19 bill OK’d without Hyde language to prevent funding of abortion

Over a dozen nonprofit organizations, including Catholic Charities USA, praised the American Rescue Plan passed by the U.S....
  • February 10, 2021

Bill would block taxpayer funding of abortion, make Hyde Amendment permanent

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, has introduced a bill to prohibit use of federal taxpayer dollars to...
  • January 28, 2021

Bishops, other pro-life leaders decry Biden action ending ‘Mexico City policy’

The chairman of the U.S. bishops' pro-life and international policy committees said President Joe Biden's memo rescinding the...