POSITIVE Reproductive Rights 118th Congress

H.R.561 EACH Act

EACH Act — repeals the Hyde Amendment, allowing federal Medicaid funding to cover abortion care for low-income patients (118th Congress)

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Legal & Constitutional Grounding

Hyde Amendment restricts Medicaid abortion coverage since 1976; Guttmacher documents disproportionate impact on low-income women.

Hyde Amendment (annual appropriations rider since 1976) — restricts federal Medicaid funding for abortion

42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq. — Medicaid framework
Guttmacher Institute: 1 in 4 women on Medicaid in states with total abortion restrictions face disproportionate barriers

EACH Act — ends Hyde Amendment restrictions on Medicaid abortion coverage. The Hyde Amendment disproportionately restricts access for low-income women, with documented maternal mortality increases.