The fate of the Hyde Amendment, which protects taxpayers from having to fund elective abortions, still hangs in the balance as Democrats in the House and Senate are determined to repeal it. Similarly, Democrats also oppose the Weldon Amendment, which protects conscience protections for hospitals and providers that do not perform abortions. They also oppose the Helms Amendment, which protects foreign aid from funding elective abortions abroad.
Such members of both the House and the Senate, specifically the so-called moderate Democrats in the House of Representatives who will run for purple Senate seats in 2022.
Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) announced in June that she was running for pro-life Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) Senate seat. Demings’ pro-abortion record is not only perceptible through her support for the repeal of Hyde, Weldon, and Helms. She co-authored the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA), which she seeks to codify Roe v. Wade at the federal level.
Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA) was elected in a special 2018 House of Representatives race, considered competitive in a district that was heavily Republican. Lamb ran for and was elected as the so-called moderate. But he also opposes such pro-life protections. He also is a co-sponsor of the WHPA, which he joined just earlier this month.
The congressman is seeking to fill the vacant seat left by retiring Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA).
A particularly notable abortion supporter on this list is Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) because he once described himself as pro-life. He publicly abandoned such a label in 2015However. Like the others, in addition to opposing it, he is a co-sponsor of the WHPA. What’s more, it is co-sponsor Equal Access to Abortion Coverage under Health Insurance (EACH) Act, which repeals Hyde. This act was previously known as EVERY WOMAN Actuntil the awakening, Democrats stopped rightly associating pregnancy with the woman.
The congressman openly flaunts his pro-abortion stance on the website of your Chamberwhich contains statements opposing Hyde.
During his unforgettable 2019 presidential campaign, Republican Ryan said that “we need to get rid of the Hyde Amendment” and that “we need to start moving in the right direction, politically.”
You can win in battleground states like Ohio with a progressive, pro-choice, anti-Hyde platform. Don’t you believe me? Ask @TimRyan.
— . (@MK_McMaster) June 5, 2019
The Hyde Amendment is a tax on millions of Americans seeking abortions. This is inappropriate and should be repealed. Access to abortion care should not be restricted by zip code, income or health care provider. This is the LAW https://t.co/yO2H3CaIOb
— Tim Ryan (@TimRyan) June 5, 2019
On the 43rd anniversary of the Hyde Amendment, it is time to INCREASE and end abortion bans once and for all. We should all be able to live, work and make decisions about our health and future with dignity and economic security. #BeBoldEndHyde pic.twitter.com/578hsr0Nh0
— Congressman Tim Ryan (@RepTimRyan) September 30, 2019
Representative Ryan is seeking to fill the vacant seat left by retiring Senator Rob Portman (R-OH).
The NRSC has he warned it support for getting rid of such amendments and thus forcing taxpayer-funded abortions and, in Weldon’s case, losing conscience protections, is a sign of the Democrats’ “radical left agenda.”
Both Representatives Lamb and Ryan were targeted Democrats for American Life’s July 2021 appeal calling on them and 10 other Democratic House members to support Hyde.
They are both targeted by another pro-life group, the Susan B. Anthony List #Scary20 List pro-abortion Democratic senators and congressmen, which is a six-digit number advertising campaign.
There is indeed a pattern here, as any Democrat supporting common-sense taxpayer protections would be the exception rather than the norm in the party.
The credibility of common-sense etiquette is what supports such amendments on the part of Americans.
AND majority Americans consistently maintained Hyde amendmentAccording to numerous surveys. Even Slate acknowledged Hyde’s popularity, warning that “Funding abortion isn’t as popular as Democrats think”
An even larger majority supports Helms, with 77 percent not wanting their taxpayer dollars to fund abortions abroad.
Hyde has been around since 1976, winning the budget poll every year with bipartisan support. Weldon has passed the exam every year since 2005 with bipartisan support, and Helms has passed every year since then
