Hyde Amendment Has Saved 2 Million Unborn Lives, Attorneys General Tell Congress

A coalition of 22 attorneys general signed a letter to House and Senate leaders this week urging them to keep the Hyde Amendment in the next budget and thus oppose taxpayer-funded abortion.

The letter was sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

President Biden supported the Hyde Amendment for most of his political career before coming under pressure during the presidential campaign and opposing it.

“Unborn life might be nothing more than a matter of politics for the administration, but it is something quite different for us: the policy in question is one of life or death,” the letter says. “Studies of the Hyde Amendment have found that it has saved the lives of millions of unborn children – saving 2.13 million lives in its first forty years alone, and saving over 60,000 lives per year today.”

The amendment, which dates back to the 1970s, must be reauthorized annually. The current version allows for exceptions for rape, incest and to save the mother’s life.

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