Sentences with phrase «federal funding for abortion because»
People on this type of assistance can't use federal funding for abortion because of an unfair federal policy called the Hyde Amendment (which has very narrow exceptions).
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Mr. Bush vetoed the bill because it would have allowed federal funding of abortions for victims of rape and incest — a provision anti-abortion House members had kept out of appropriations bills for almost a decade.
Some politicians claim that ending support to Planned Parenthood is related to abortion services, knowing full well that because of the Hyde amendment there has been no federal funding of abortion services except for very narrow exceptions for nearly four decades — and that low - income women have been prevented full access to abortion as a result.
The new legislation is unnecessary because the Hyde Amendment already prohibits the use of federal funds for abortion except in extreme, rare circumstances.