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Jim Sensenbrenner: “Neither the Hyde Amendment nor the federal authorities upholding the constitutionality of that amendment bar this court…”

On the recordApril 29, 1998
Neither the Hyde Amendment nor the federal authorities upholding the constitutionality of that amendment bar this court from affording greater protection of the rights of Medicaid-eligible women under our state constitution in this instance.
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Jim Sensenbrenner
Republican · Wisconsin

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The court ruled that state law could provide more rights than federal law.

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