Anti-abortion groups worry Hyde Amendment’s 50-year run could end with new congressional majority

By: Kelcie Moseley-Morris

Outlets: Stateline

Published: September 29, 2026

Words: 1,746

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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In the early months of 2022, Democrats in Congress came close to passing an appropriations bill that did not include a provision barring federal funding for abortions — maybe the closest it had ever come in more than 40 years.

But those who wanted the Hyde Amendment included won the battle in the end. Three months later, the U.S. Supreme Court made its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health to allow …

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