Abortion in the United States

===Medicaid===
The [[Hyde Amendment]] is a federal legislative provision barring the use of federal Medicaid funds to pay for abortions except for rape and incest.<ref>{{cite web | title = The Hyde Amendment | publisher = National Committee for a Human Life Amendment | date = April 2008 | url = http://www.nchla.org/datasource/ifactsheets/4FSHydeAm22a.08.pdf | access-date = January 23, 2009  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091116133030/http://www.nchla.org/datasource/ifactsheets/4FSHydeAm22a.08.pdf | archive-date = November 16, 2009 }} text and history</ref> The provision, in various forms, was in response to ''Roe v. Wade'', and has been routinely attached to annual appropriations bills since 1976, and represented the first major legislative success by the [[pro-life movement]]. The law requires that states cover abortions under Medicaid in the event of rape, incest, and life endangerment.<ref>{{cite web |author=Francis Roberta W. |title=Frequently Asked Questions |url=http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/faq.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417234051/http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/faq.htm |archive-date=April 17, 2009 |access-date=September 13, 2009 |work=Equal Rights Amendment |publisher=Alice Paul Institute}}</ref>