Sign Our Petition to Repeal Hyde!
THE HYDE AMENDMENT
Women Are Denied Their Rights
Bans on abortion funding most severely affect poor women, women of color, and young women. The cost of a first-trimester abortion is more than a family on Medicaid pays for rent each month.
Women on public assistance often face a double-bind: no help paying for abortion in cases of unwanted pregnancies; and no financial support after childbirth because of “family cap” laws that punish them for having a child. Because of restrictive federal laws, immigrant women are usually denied abortion coverage, even in states in which Medicaid pays for abortion.
Flyers & Fact Sheets
- Hyde – 30 Years is Enough! English Color Flyer. English B&W Flyer. NEW: Spanish Color Flyer. Spanish B&W Flyer.
- Hyde and Human Rights, a flyer by Ipas, National Health Law Program, and NNAF.
- NEW: Immigrant Women's Abortion Access: Stories of Latina and Caribbean Women in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts, a publication of the Women's Health and Education Fund of Southeastern Massachusetts and Connections Coop.
- Policy and Action Brief, from African American Women Evolving in Chicago. This 4-page brief describes the impact on women of color of the Hyde Amendment, emergency contraception, HIV/AIDS, and other issues.
- Just the FACTS: African American Women and Reproductive Health. A factsheet from African American Women Evolving.
- Impact on Asian Pacific Islander Women, a flyer by the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum. www.napawf.org
- Young Women and Hyde Factsheet and Facilitation Guide by the Pro-Choice Public Education Project. www.protectchoice.org
- Latinas and Hyde Factsheet by the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, www.latinainstitute.org
- Religious Pro-Choice Americans Speak Out Against the Hyde Amendment- a flyer produced by the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. http://www.rcrc.org
- Hyde Amendment Bingo Game and Answer Sheet
Articles and Reports
- Abortion Funding: A Matter of Justice, a report by the National Network of Abortion Funds, 2005
- The Heart of the Matter: Public Funding of Abortion for Poor Women in the United States, an article by Heather D. Boonstra in the Guttmacher Policy Review, Winter 2007
- The Economics of Abortion Access in the US: Restrictions On Government Funding For Abortion Is The Post-Roe Battleground, an article by Marlene Gerber Fried in Conscience: The Newsjournal of Catholic Opinion, Winter 2005 – 2006
- Abortion Funding for Poor Women: The Myth of the Rape Exception, an article by Stephanie Poggi on Center for American Progress website, April 28, 2005
- Revisiting Public Funding of Abortion for Poor Women, an Issue Brief by the Guttmacher Institute, 2000
Other Resources
List of organizations participating in the Hyde–30 Years Is Enough! Campaign.
