At their recent national convention, Democrats for the first time included in their platform a call for the Hyde Amendment to be repealed. For now, repeal of the Hyde Amendment is a long-term goal, not an imminent likelihood. The remaining states restrict Medicaid coverage of abortion to the limited cases allowed under the Hyde Amendment. With Congress unlikely to repeal the amendment any time soon, action is expected at the state level. "Hyde is one of the harshest remaining barriers to abortion," said Destiny Lopez of All above All, a coalition seeking the amendment's repeal.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 16, 2016 07:18 UTC