The following comes from a Sept. 30 story by Dave Andrusko on the National Right to Life website.
The Hyde Amendment sticks in the craw of abortion absolutists as much as any pro-life law ever enacted. And today marks the 38th anniversary of passage of the law (the “Hyde” is the late pro-life champion, Rep. Henry Hyde), a titanic struggle that represented a major success against federal funding of abortion.
Prior to its passage in 1976, the federal Medicaid program paid for 300,000 abortions a year. Conservative estimates are that there are well over one million people are alive today because of the Hyde Amendment.
On this anniversary, there are many things worth remembering. Here are just five.
#1. Pro-abortionists never gave up, and it was not until the Harris v. McRae case, settled in 1980, that the United States Supreme Court agreed the law was constitutional. And even then the Court was split 5-4. National Right to Life filed an important brief in that case.
#2. Pro-abortionists have made a concerted effort to pretend that somehow the Hyde Amendment would prevent ObamaCare from allowing federally-subsidized health plans to cover abortions. This was and is completely erroneous.
#3. Polls consistently show strong majorities against federal funding of abortion. President Obama opposes the Hyde Amendment. No surprise, in either case.
#4. Speaking of never giving up, pro-abortionists still grind their teeth when they speak of the Hyde Amendment. For them the “right” to abortion never meant only the legal right to abort. It required that through Medicaid you and I and every other tax payer fund their abortions.
#5. Because the Hyde Amendment is a limitation provision within an annual appropriations bill, it is a fight pro-abortionists could take up every time the annual appropriations bill of the Department of Health and Human Services comes up. Fairly detailed information on the history of the Hyde Amendment, its demonstrated impact, and related issues is found in testimony presented by NRL at a House hearing in 2011, here.
We have a lot to thank the late Rep. Hyde for. At the top is enactment of the Hyde Amendment.
To read the original story, click here.
Like many other laws, OBAMA ignores or changes those he does not agree with via his Executive Orders, or he merely lies to the American people.
“Surprise! OBAMACARE subsidizes ABORTIONS”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2014/09/surprise-obamacare-subsidizes-abortions/
GAO (Government Accounting Office)
https://gao.gov/products/GAO-14-742R
Well, good Catholic Readers, “they” have largely won, at least now and in this life. Why go through the motions. Stop giving money to loser bishops, priests, and churches, and tell them that your hard-earned money is going where the Faith is taught and acted upon, every day (and such recipients need not all be Catholic). As for politicians, stand up! Support pro-life people and tell others about it. Expect to be reviled, and all that, but do it. You need to act, or the Hyde Amendment will just be a footnote in history. President Obama is not a good and moral man, notwithstanding statements by even main-stream Republicans. Beyond his duplicity, the Obama Administration is chock full of moral lepers who want nothing more than for America to fail. On the religious front, there is a lessening gap — widely reported — among what the Church does and wants and what American politicians want. Bishops get millions of dollars and largely fail to preach, or live, the Faith. Tradition is seen as the enemy by many, many in the Church because it is pure, and requires a disciplined life: no sexual “freedom”, which is the big issue for these folks. Abortion will be at least contained if American Catholics stood up and fought for life (and for man-woman marriage, too). Tell people to follow the Gospel, stop fornication, homosexual behavior, and all that. Unfortunately, Pope Francis seems intent on avoiding compliance with the Faith by supporting its “redefinition” (but there is still time, Holy Father). Find and return to fundamental principles, then live by them and teach them to others.
ahh good old christean fundmentalism. kind of like any other kind of fundamentalism. kind of mental if you ask me.
“Anonymous”: No one did. In fact, your comments — juvenile, snarky — are so typically Liberal. No attempt to refute by citing to competing scripture, Church teachings, Canon Law, Catechism, anything, just crassness, and sarcasm; never with any point (except yelling and attempting to belittle). Catholicism is supposed to be “fundamental” notwithstanding clerics like Cardinal Kasper that seek to “redefine” everything. By doing so — to your delight — that which is anathema becomes acceptable: saying, “be respectful” of everyone, including homosexuals, then becomes a tacit acceptance that what you (or most homosexuals) do with each other is fine and dandy — “Bravo” to quote Cardinal Dolan. It makes no sense to be part of a religion that changes with the times, with morals that are ephemeral, and subject to popular will. No, it does not matter if most people refuse to obey them. That behavior is to their loss. Many theologians, for example, believe that Christ’s real suffering before his Crucifixion was the realization of the vast numbers of people that refused, and would refuse, to believe in Him and follow his commandments. Liberals “grand their teeth” at not being able to control behavior, most specifically sexual behavior. Go join your Masters, they are happy to have you with them.
Obama is a great loss as a secular leader– because, like so many, he has no traditional religious nor moral foundation! His foundation is in liberal, often-immoral, immature, Godless, social activism! In the Church, we sadly have the same problem! Many priests, nuns, and bishops, of today– are NOT good, “practicing Catholics,” even on a laymen’s level! They should all have never gone to a seminary, or convent!
Dear Anonymous:
Did you flunk 3rd grade grammar? (1)The first letter in a sentence is capitalized. To achieve this when keyboarding, depress the “shift” key while depressing the letter key. (2) A sentence needs a subject and a verb. (3) Misspelled words are a sign of laziness. Please use your spellchecker.
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Ahh! (punctuation added) Good old Christean (sic) fundmentalism (sic). Kind of like any other kind of fundamentalism (inc. sentence). Kind of mental, (comma added) if you ask me. (inc. sentence).
Your irrational comments are made more repulsive by your obnoxious writing.
why yes, Peggy, I did. thanks for pointing that out for everyone!
Just another secular leftist.. not much to see here