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‘Hyde’s Days Are Numbered’: Reps. Pressley, Lee, and AOC Vow to Repeal Law That Restricts Abortions for Low-Income Women

On the 43rd anniversary of the passage of the Hyde Amendment, a key piece of legislation that restricts abortion rights for Medicaid recipients, Representatives Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) have announced the law’s days are numbered. In a video shared exclusively with The Root, the congresswomen condemn the “egregious policy…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

September 30, 2019
Politics

Trump Administration Moves to Stop Family Planning Clinics From Issuing Abortions or Abortion Referrals

In a move that has Vice President Mike Pence’s name all over it, the Trump administration is making a push to prevent family planning clinics that receive federal funding from providing abortions or referring women for abortions, a move that would gut Planned Parenthood of some $60 million in funds. Before we all go marching…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

February 22, 2019