NCHLA Fact Sheets

Hyde Amendment (Last Updated on 4/22/2008)

The Hyde Amendment is a rider to the annual Labor/Health and Human Services (HHS)/Education appropriations bill which prevents Medicaid and any other programs under these departments from funding abortions, except in limited cases. It is named after Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R-IL) who, as a freshman legislator, first offered the amendment.

The Mexico City Policy (Last Updated on 10/5/2007)

The Mexico City Policy specifies that federal funds for family planning are available only to nongovernmental organizations that agree not to perform or promote abortion as a method of family planning in other countries. This policy was initiated by President Reagan in 1984 and was in place until rescinded by President Clinton on Jan. 22, 1993. Efforts to restore the policy by Congressional action were successful only for FY 2000 when a compromise was enacted into law. On Jan. 22, 2001, President George W. Bush moved to reinstate the Mexico City Policy in full. Since then, abortion advocates have been conducting a campaign to reverse the President's action.

Funding UNFPA - China's Coercive Population Control Program (Last Updated on 1/18/2005)

Key reports on China's coercive one-child-per-couple population control policy are presented along with information on the important support given to the policy by the United Nations Population Fund (referred to as the UNFPA). Past and present debate surrounding U.S. funding of the UNFPA is also provided.

Miltary Policy Toward Abortion (Last Updated on 2/9/2004)

Covers the use of Department of Defense funds and facilities for the performance of abortion.