'Removing bans placed by the Hyde Amendment is critical to ensuring abortion care is not a luxury afforded by a few, but instead is healthcare that can be accessed by anyone who needs it,' Dr. Serina Floyd of PPMW_DC writes: BeBoldEndHyde
At the Planned Parenthood health center in Washington, D.C.—where I work as a physician—a counselor and I reviewed the files of patients I was to see that day. One individual, who I’ll call Lucy, was a very young patient there for an abortion, accompanied by her parents. All three were in agreement that continuing her pregnancy was not an option for physical, mental and emotional reasons.
Without insurance or the money to pay out-of-pocket for the procedure, it was likely that Lucy would have no option but to carry the pregnancy to term. For over 40 years, the Hyde Amendment has blocked federal insurance from covering abortion care outside of the exceptions of rape, incest, or life endangerment. And, unlike other states or jurisdictions, the District of Columbia is further prohibited by Congress from using its own money to provide abortion coverage to its residents. Lucy is only one of over 55,000 reproductive-age women in D.C. enrolled in Medicaid who is affected by these restrictions.
The Hyde Amendment not only restricts abortion coverage under Medicaid in D.C. and across the country, but also under the Indian Health Service, Medicare and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
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