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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSENATE RESOLUTION 912—RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HYDE
2,600,000 UNBORN CHILDREN AND RESPECTING THE CONSCIENCE RIGHTS OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE
Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Justice, Mr. Ricketts, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Daines, Mr. Risch, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Budd, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Banks, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Lee, Mr. Hoeven, Ms. Graham, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Hagerty, and Mr. McCormick) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:
S. Res. 912
Whereas September 30, 2026, marks the 50th anniversary of
the Hyde Amendment, a longstanding pro-life provision which
protects Federal taxpayer dollars from being used to take
human life through elective abortion;
Whereas, in 1976, Congressman Henry J. Hyde introduced an
amendment, which bears his name, to House of Representatives
Bill No. 14232, 94th Congress (referred to in this preamble
as the “Hyde Amendment”);
Whereas, in introducing his amendment, Congressman Hyde
explained, “We who seek to protect that most defenseless and
innocent of human lives, the unborn—seek to inhibit the use
of Federal funds to pay for and thus encourage abortion as an
answer to the human and compelling problem of an unwanted
child.”;
Whereas the Hyde Amendment was adopted by Congress, shortly
after Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) was decided, by a
bipartisan vote and has been renewed in both Republican and
Democratic majorities through the annual appropriations
process for 50 years;
Whereas, since 1976, more than 2,600,000 lives have been
saved by the Hyde Amendment;
Whereas the Hyde Amendment reflects the bipartisan
principle that American Federal taxpayer dollars should not
be used to finance abortions, safeguarding taxpayers'
conscience rights;
Whereas public funding of abortion makes the American
taxpayer complicit in the physical, emotional, and societal
harm caused to women by abortion and increases the pressure a
woman may already feel to have an abortion;
Whereas the 50th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment provides
an opportunity to remember the more than 64,000,000 abortions
that have taken place in the United States since the Roe v.
Wade decision; and
Whereas every human life in the womb has inherent dignity
and worth, is not inconvenient, and has the right to life:
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate—
(1) recognizes the 50th anniversary of the introduction of
the amendment by Congressman Henry Hyde (referred to in this
resolution as the “Hyde Amendment”);
(2) commemorates the adoption of the Hyde Amendment in
1976, and its continued inclusion in Federal appropriations
bills for 5 decades;
(3) honors the legacy of Congressman Hyde and recognizes
his leadership in establishing the policy that bears his
name;
(4) recognizes the 2,600,000 lives saved by the Hyde
Amendment;
(5) affirms the principle that Federal taxpayers should not
be compelled to fund abortions in violation of their deeply
held religious, moral, medical, or ethical convictions;
(6) recognizes the Members of Congress, advocates,
citizens, and organizations that have worked for more than 5
decades to preserve protections for unborn children and to
maintain limitations on the use of Federal funds for
abortion; and
(7) encourages the people of the United States to reflect
upon the history and significance of the Hyde Amendment and
the loss of more than 64,000,000 babies through abortions
that have taken place since Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).