The Biden Administration Announced It Will Remove the Hyde Amendment

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Today marks a step in the right direction for reproductive rights in the U.S.: The Biden administration announced its plan to remove the Hyde Amendment restriction from government spending bills. The announcement follows Vice President Kamala Harris's remarks at the 2021 Generation Equality Forum in Paris, where she restated the administrations commitment to gender equity and equality. Though President Biden's budget proposal last month revealed they were dropping the policy, Wednesday's announcement reinforces the administration's commitment to making healthcare more accessible.

The announcement has long been anticipated: President Biden pledged to repeal the Hyde Amendments during his campaign. The Hyde Amendment, originally instated in 1976, bars the use of federal funds to pay for abortion except in cases where the woman's life is at risk, or if the pregnancy is a result of incest or rape. This means that many pregnant people, especially those on Medicaid (Medicaid provides coverage to 1 in 5 women of reproductive age), have limited or no reasonable access to care: Approximately one-quarter of women who would have Medicaid-funded abortions instead give birth when this funding is unavailable. We know that the Hyde Amendment exacerbates racial disparities and that it disproportionally impacts women of color's access to care.

Though many Republican leaders are expected to fight the notion in budget negotiations, the removal of Hyde remains an important step in protecting the reproductive rights of people in the U.S., and making abortion access more equitable.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-biden-administration-announced-it-will-remove-the-hyde-amendment/ar-AALDJgv

[Wounded Bear]

1. This white male approves this message...

[krispos42]

3. As does this one!

The less control women have over their bodies the worse off we all are.

[Trueblue1968]

5. female approves it too

[Aristus]

13. And this one...

[gratuitous]

16. A different kind of #metoo movement

The time is always right to do the right thing.

[wryter2000]

25. Love it

May I head up the ladies auxiliary?

[calimary]

31. I'll help!

[Diamond_Dog]

2. Yes.

[George II]

4. This man is more impressive by the day. No, make that by the hour.

[boston bean]

6. Thank you Joe! Obama should have done this.

[llashram]

18. PRESIDENT Obama should

be left out of this. Besides what President Biden faces as POTUS, PRESIDENT Obama faced much, much more ONLY because he is a POC who did not have the backing President Biden has. Even in PRESIDENT Obama's first two years! I remember and study history all the way back to 1619...

[boston bean]

19. He could have done it. It was not politically beneficial to I suppose. I can understand.

But, women were being harmed. He could have/should have done it. Not sure what is wrong in stating that.

[llashram]

28. it was more than politics

with President Obama and his Presidency:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/16/jimmy-carter-racism-barack-obama
https://www.mediamatters.org/rush-limbaugh/how-years-right-wing-medias-obama-hatred-paved-way-trump
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/racism-in-the-era-of-trump-an-oral-history/
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/barack-obama-first-black-president-us-racism-white-supremacy-donald-trump-a7532206.html
https://remakinghistory.wordpress.com/2020/04/17/barack-obama-a-more-racist-union/
https://humanevents.com/2014/01/20/obama-blames-low-approval-numbers-on-racism/
https://www.dawn.com/news/584584/race-racism-and-opposition-to-obama,
and yet West firmly planted his lips on trump racist rancid ass
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/13/obama-says-racism-us-surfaces-violent-opposition-p/
and on and on
At least ACA is still there to help those who need it. And only because the racists in Congress and on the SC would not have been able to spin the extreme backlash in hurting so many thousands of Americans if they had successfully overturned it. Many of them women, whites and POC.

I am proud of President Obama, even though early in his Presidency I openly wondered why he wasn't doing more. I dug a little deeper...I backed off my criticismI'm done. Many have their criticisms yet many do not acknowledge the major reason President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama was not as successful as President Roosevelt and his wife First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

Eleanor Roosevelt was not openly called the derogatory names that Michelle Obama endured because of her colour. Thank God both President Obama and First Lady Michelle could handle the heat in that kitchen for 8 years of pure Amerikkkan bred racial hate.

I'm done...have a good one

[boston bean]

29. I am proud of Obama. I am proud of Biden. I am proud of Hillary. I am proud of Bill Clinton.

But none were perfect.

[llashram]

30. I agree 100%

[UTUSN]

7. Rolling *ALONG*!

[crickets]

8. Yes! Thank you. K&R

[SYFROYH]

9. My my. I finally beginning to believe.

[alwaysinasnit]

10. k&r for visibility

[MustLoveBeagles]

11. K&R

[BradBo]

12. That just made my day at work

tomorrow happy!!!! Can you imagine what’s gonna happen tomorrow? MAGA’s and Q’s have gone all religious. It’s their last defense. They will jump on the anti-abortion train now!!!
And The Pillow Guy is the engineer!

[betsuni]

14. K&R

[Hekate]

15. That is the answer to a prayer

[Cinnamonspice]

17. How is Biden going to do that?

It's an amendment. The only thing that can cancel this amendment out is another amendment. The SC will probably overturn it.

[malthaussen]

21. My question exactly. I believe the answer is he is just going to ignore it...

... it won't be the first time a President disregarded legislation in respect of spending decisions. Constitutionally, it is a bad thing, but it is an almost-traditional form of end run for an Administration now.

-- Mal

[WhiskeyGrinder]

24. It's an amendment to budget bills, not the constitution, and it's enacted over and over again.

All Biden has to do is submit a budget bill that doesn't have it in it, and it sunsets.

[wryter2000]

26. I believe

It’s an amendment to a bill. I know it’s not an amendment to the Constitution.

[lindysalsagal]

20. So many unwanted babies grow up to be damaged adults, and their mother's lives are often ruined.

Let's have the courage to make decisions about real-world implications in real people's lives, rather than stone-age superstitions.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

22. I'll celebrate when a budget is passed without it. It's always been a bargaining chip.

[spanone]

23. K&R

[Sympthsical]

27. Expected, but still a bold move

Given the increasing restrictions against choice across the country, this is needed more than ever.

The Republican shit fit should be epic.

[Red Mountain]

32. Cardinals are gonna be pissed.....

[pansypoo53219]

33. fucking halleluia. no more zombe fat bastard hyde.

[Mr.Bill]

34. I hope I'm wrong,

but I think republicans will vote to put Obama on Mt. Rushmore before they will vote to remove the Hyde amendment.

[PlanetBev]

35. Thrilled!

It took guts just for the administration to bring it up. I’m sick of the Dems always on the defensive and sick of worrying about whether the Pukes will be outraged. They’re already outraged all the time anyway.

While I’m at it, I should ask my cousins in Chicago to have their dogs piss on Hyde’s grave.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

36. Some Catholic bishops will be using this to push their "deny Biden the Eucharist" platform.

They are saying that the one and only moral issue that counts is abortion. A bunch of them gave Barr an award even after he started pushing for executions of federal prisoners, even though the Pope teaches that capital punishment is intrinsically immoral.