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Trump Enforces Hyde Amendment to Stop Taxpayer-Funded Abortions
Life News ^ | January 25, 2025 | Steven Ertelt

Posted on 01/25/2025 11:26:54 AM PST by Morgana

Yesterday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to enforce the Hyde Amendment, reinforcing the prohibition of federal funds for elective abortions.

This action underscores the administration’s commitment to preventing taxpayer dollars from being used to fund killing babies in abortions.

The Hyde Amendment, first enacted in 1976, has been a longstanding policy barring the use of federal funds for abortions, except in very rare emergency cases. Trump’s executive order not only reaffirms this policy but also revokes previous executive orders that sought to protect access to abortion, thereby reversing this part of Joe Biden’s radical abortion agenda.

In conjunction with enforcing the Hyde Amendment, President Trump reinstated the Mexico City Policy, which prohibits federal funding for international organizations that perform or promote abortions, like Planned Parenthood.

A leading pro-life group alluded the move in comments to LifeNews.com.

SBA Pro-Life America President Majorie Dannenfelser praised Trump, saying:

“With this action the president is getting American taxpayers out of the abortion business and restoring sanity to the federal government. This is a big win for babies and mothers, and it reflects the will of the majority of Americans who strongly oppose bankrolling the abortion industry at home and abroad. On behalf of pro-life Americans and the moms and babies that will be saved from the tragedy of abortion, thank you, President Trump.”

Trump’s executive order reads as follows:

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. For nearly five decades, the Congress has annually enacted the Hyde Amendment and similar laws that prevent Federal funding of elective abortion, reflecting a longstanding consensus that American taxpayers should not be forced to pay for that practice. However, the previous administration disregarded this established, commonsense policy by embedding forced taxpayer funding of elective abortions in a wide variety of Federal programs.

It is the policy of the United States, consistent with the Hyde Amendment, to end the forced use of Federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote elective abortion.

Sec. 2. Revocation of Orders and Actions. The following Executive Orders are hereby revoked:

(a) Executive Order 14076 of July 8, 2022; and

(b) Executive Order 14079 of August 3, 2022.

Sec. 3. Implementation. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall promulgate guidance to the heads of executive departments and agencies related to implementation of sections 1 and 2 of this order.

Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; heydeamendment; prolife; taxes; taxpayers; trump; trumpmas; yourtaxdollars
THANK YOU JESUS

THANK YOU PRESIDENT TRUMP

1 posted on 01/25/2025 11:26:54 AM PST by Morgana
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To: Morgana

The man is amazing, and he LOVES AMERICA!


2 posted on 01/25/2025 11:31:29 AM PST by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
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To: Morgana

Everyday is Christmas! It’s a pleasure to go online and see what Trump accomplished in the last 12 hours. Everything is monumental.


3 posted on 01/25/2025 11:33:05 AM PST by albie (U)
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To: Morgana

Where do taxpayer dollars fund abortion?


4 posted on 01/25/2025 11:39:30 AM PST by Kathy in OC
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To: Morgana

We should all pray for his safety. The demonic forces hate him.


5 posted on 01/25/2025 11:39:35 AM PST by BipolarBob (DEIs pronouns are was/were/has been.)
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To: Morgana

Ok.... take the fact that abortion is murder out of the equation.

Why are my tax dollars paying for your sexual indiscretions????


6 posted on 01/25/2025 11:44:12 AM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
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To: Kathy in OC

Planned Parenthood gets millions from the federal government through Medicaid and other means. That should now end.


7 posted on 01/25/2025 11:45:05 AM PST by Orosius (A“Wake America Up Again )
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To: Kathy in OC

All over the world, in any thin disguise the left can craft. And they’re crafty.


8 posted on 01/25/2025 11:45:18 AM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
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To: Morgana

“ THANK YOU JESUS
THANK YOU PRESIDENT TRUMP”

My sentiments exactly!


9 posted on 01/25/2025 11:50:17 AM PST by GizzyGirl
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To: GizzyGirl

Amen. Protect those who cannot protect themselves.


10 posted on 01/25/2025 11:59:16 AM PST by exnavy (See article IV section 4 of our constitution.)
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To: Morgana

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/01/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-enforces-overwhelmingly-popular-demand-to-stop-taxpayer-funding-of-abortion/


11 posted on 01/25/2025 12:01:30 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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To: Morgana

It should be noted that Hyde was a Democrat.

How far the dems have fallen.

(of course the GOP too - but that is another matter)


12 posted on 01/25/2025 12:19:36 PM PST by jonno (You are the carbon they want to reduce.)
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To: Morgana

This is the day of Liberation
Let freedom brightly shine
Justice for all, our justice.
From exile to White House
From Gulag to liberty
Donald has brought us over
Singing the song of victory:

“Glory to your second term, O Trump”

Donald returned to White House
Trumpling down Bidens’ drecht
And to those in Gulag’s bowels
Bestowing flight!


13 posted on 01/25/2025 1:09:41 PM PST by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: alstewartfan

why the hell are my tax dollars paying to kill your baby! Your irresponsibility is now my problem? I dont think so, great going Mr President keep up the winning


14 posted on 01/25/2025 1:11:16 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: alstewartfan

why the hell are my tax dollars paying to kill your baby! Your irresponsibility is now my problem? I dont think so, great going Mr President keep up the winning


15 posted on 01/25/2025 1:11:16 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: BipolarBob; All
"We should all pray for his safety. The demonic forces hate him."

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Keep praying for Trump !


16 posted on 01/25/2025 1:50:33 PM PST by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: clee1

Exactly.

You want an abortion, fine, do it on your own time on your own nickel.

Why should I subsidize your sex life?


17 posted on 01/25/2025 4:18:05 PM PST by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning dto all antisemites)
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