Dear John,
A few weeks ago, we celebrated together when President Biden removed the Hyde Amendment from his proposed budget. That was an important milestone, decades in the making!
Today, we reached another milestone — the House followed the president’s lead and passed a Hyde-free spending bill! And we now need the Senate to do the same!
Tell your Senators to keep the Hyde amendment out of its budget too.
For more than 40 years, this shameful policy has penalized people with low incomes by withholding coverage for abortion care from those enrolled in Medicaid, who are disproportionately women of color.
It’s long past time to wipe this discriminatory, anti-abortion policy off the books.
We're going all out to get the first Hyde-free spending bill in years over the finish line. And we need your help!
Abortion opponents will no doubt try to add abortion restrictions back into the spending bill. That's why your Senators need to hear from you today.
Tell your Senators that we are not going backwards, and they need to maintain the gains made by President Biden when he removed the Hyde Amendment from his budget.
The politicians who wrote and keep reaffirming the Hyde Amendment, year after year, apparently believe that, if you are poor, politicians should deny you access to essential health care and take away your ability to decide if, when, and how to grow your family.
Enough is enough!
This is a crucial moment for Black, Indigenous, and people of color … as well as for women, LGBTQ folks, immigrants, and young people. Our communities continue to bear the brunt of the pandemic and are also the most harmed by the Hyde Amendment and other abortion bans.
Access to reproductive health care services, including abortion, is crucial for health justice and economic security and should not depend on someone’s income, insurance coverage, immigration status, or where they live.
Take action now: Tell your Senators to pass a Hyde-free spending bill and prioritize people of color working to make ends meet.
Thank you!
— Jessi Leigh
Jessi Leigh Swenson
Director, Congressional Relations, Health Justice
