The Hyde Amendment is popular. Why do Democrats pretend otherwise?

The current Democratic Party is much more extreme than in previous years, which is evident on a range of issues but especially on abortion. It is true that the party has always been the one of so-called abortion rights. But at times, there has been room, however minuscule, for some compromise at the national level. That is all but gone.

Last week, the House passed a bill that removed the long-standing Hyde Amendment from a spending package. Since the mid-1970s, the amendment restricting federal funds from being used for abortions has been included in legislation. This unwanted evolution is hardly surprising given President Joe Biden’s and Vice President Kamala Harris’s commitment to abortion extremism.