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The Hyde Amendment is a legislative provision barring the use of certain federal funds to pay for abortion unless the pregnancy arises from incest, rape, or to save the life of the mother.
The Hyde Amendment is not a permanent law, but rather is a "rider" that in various forms has been routinely attached to annual appropriations bills since 1976. Legislation including the Hyde Amendment generally only restricts the use of funds allocated for the Department of Health and Human Services and primarily affects Medicaid.
So how difficult would it be for Planned Parenthood (PP) to keep separate books?
One set showing expenditures/receipts for NON-Federal Funds and another set of expenditures/receipts for Federal funds?
Now this would mean PP would have to have abortions done in separate unattached facilities so that
all the operating expenses i.e. utilities, lease payments, as well as equipment, and employee salaries
paid out of the separate NON-Federal funds account.
You'd think PP would eliminate ANY of the violation of the Hyde Amendment simply by having these
stand alone facilities. That way all expenses would be paid from NON-Federal Funds?
Until PP can show that NO FEDERAL FUNDS are used for abortions, then Federal funding is in violation of the HYDE Amendment.
The Hyde Amendment is not a permanent law, but rather is a "rider" that in various forms has been routinely attached to annual appropriations bills since 1976. Legislation including the Hyde Amendment generally only restricts the use of funds allocated for the Department of Health and Human Services and primarily affects Medicaid.
So how difficult would it be for Planned Parenthood (PP) to keep separate books?
One set showing expenditures/receipts for NON-Federal Funds and another set of expenditures/receipts for Federal funds?
Now this would mean PP would have to have abortions done in separate unattached facilities so that
all the operating expenses i.e. utilities, lease payments, as well as equipment, and employee salaries
paid out of the separate NON-Federal funds account.
You'd think PP would eliminate ANY of the violation of the Hyde Amendment simply by having these
stand alone facilities. That way all expenses would be paid from NON-Federal Funds?
Until PP can show that NO FEDERAL FUNDS are used for abortions, then Federal funding is in violation of the HYDE Amendment.