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Speaking of the Hyde Amendment, Democrats just abandoned their attempt to repeal it

By Becket Adams
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Speaking of the Hyde Amendment, Democrats just abandoned their attempt to repeal it

Democrats are being a little schizophrenic on abortion right now.

On the one hand, the 2020 Democratic primary candidates are doing everything they can to become the party of abortion, including embracing Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez’s message that pro-lifers are unwelcome. But on the other hand, Democratic lawmakers this week abandoned an attempt to strike the Hyde Amendment, which bars federal funding for abortions, from a government spending bill.

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