Letter From LGBT Groups to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice on its Hearing, “The Ultimate Civil Right: Examining the Hyde Amendment and the Born Alive Infants Protection Act.”

This September 22, 2016 letter, signed by LGBT groups including the ACLU, was submitted to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice for its hearing entitled “The Ultimate Civil Right: Examining the Hyde Amendment and the Born Alive Infants Protection Act.” The letter urges members of the committee and the entire House and Senate to omit the Hyde Amendment, a harmful and discriminatory policy which places onerous restrictions on abortion coverage, from all future appropriations measures, and to oppose all attempts to limit the health care options of those enrolled in federal programs.