A long-standing protection for taxpayers is in danger.
The federal Hyde Amendment, which has barred taxpayer funding of abortion except in limited cases, is in jeopardy. This time-tested policy safeguards hard-earned taxpayer dollars, while also saving lives that would be otherwise lost to abortion.
It’s time for us to speak to our congressional representatives and U.S. senators and let them know that no budget should be approved unless it contains Hyde Amendment protections for taxpayers, unborn babies and their mothers.
Maria V. Gallagher
Harrisburg
The writer is legislative director of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation.