Bart Stupak: “Current law with respect to abortion services includes the Hyde amendment. The Hyde amendment and other similar statutes…”

“Current law with respect to abortion services includes the Hyde amendment. The Hyde amendment and other similar statutes to it have been the law of the land on Federal funding of abortion since 1977 and apply to all other health care programs--including SCHIP, Medicare, Medicaid, Indian Health Service, Veterans Health Care, military health care programs, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. The intent behind both this legislation and the Executive order the President will sign is to ensure that, as is provided for in the Hyde amendment, that health care reform will maintain a ban on the use of Federal funds for abortion services except in the instances of rape, incest, and endangerment of the life of the mother.”