House Dems Plan to Repeal Hyde Amendment
For more than 40 years, Democrats and Republicans have stuck to a compromise on abortion: No government money would be used to pay for ending pregnancies.
Now, top House Democrats say they plan to challenge that status quo. Beginning next year, Democratic leaders in the House no longer will back the annual move to put the prohibition into law, they've told a small group of House Democrats. If successful, ending the ban, known as the Hyde amendment, would mark one of the most significant changes in abortion policy in decades. Read more...