Congress just took a historic step forward for racial, economic and reproductive justice 45 years in the making. Every year since 1976, lawmakers have chosen to deny insurance coverage of abortion to people working to make ends meet by adding a policy known as the Hyde Amendment to federal spending bills. But now, for the first time since Hyde’s inception, the U.S House passed a budget without this harmful policy.
Publication Name: Truthout
Link: https://truthout.org/articles/houses-hyde-amendment-vote-advances-abortion-justice-and-racial-equity/
