Passed in 1976, the Hyde Amendment took effective in 1780,when the supreme court ruled it to be constitutional. The Hyde Amendment stated that women would not have the benefits to be cover by federal funding in case they wanted to go through the procedure of abortion. Named after the congressman Henry Hyde the amendments must be passed each year. President Bill Clinton was the one who went against it throughout his campaign in 1992 came to petition a modified version of the Amendment. Actually, the recent version allows medicaid to be used only in cases of rape or incest and also if the health of the woman is at risk, but all others options are banned.
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On the other side, the states hold the decision for application or not. The law has been