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50 Years of the Hyde Amendment
Basic questions of constitutional order are back in play
By John M. Grondelski | October 13th 2026 11:31 AMSeptember 30 was the fiftieth anniversary of Congress first approving the “Hyde Amendment,” a budget provision subsequently adopted every year for the past half century limiting federal funds for Medicaid abortions. For those too young to remember its first enactment, it’s worth recalling the Constitutional issues that plagued its adoption…
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