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. 2017 Apr 18;317(15):1523-1524.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.2742.

The Hyde Amendment at 40 Years and Reproductive Rights in the United States: Perennial and Panoptic

Eli Y Adashi  1 , Rachel H Occhiogrosso Abelman  1
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The Hyde Amendment at 40 Years and Reproductive Rights in the United States: Perennial and Panoptic

Eli Y Adashi et al. JAMA. .
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This Viewpoint discusses the evolution of the Hyde Amendment, which in 1976 prohibited use of medical funds to pay for abortion except when the mother’s life is endangered, and efforts since then to nullify the amendment or codify it as a federal statute.

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