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Op-Ed: Don’t let Hyde Amendment get your way I used to think abortion is really a personal choice until I learned my aunt’s choice. After borrowing enough money form my relatives, she finally gets an appointment for her abortion. For my aunt, likes many low-income women on Medicaid in Texas, the only choice for their unwanted pregnancy is either high-cost and late-term abortions or giving birth. This choice is not from their personal preferences, but is influenced with abortion legislations. Abortion has been legalized since 1973 the Supreme court case Roe vs. Wade, but it has become an ongoing social debate on abortion when it comes to its access and coverage. According to Barusch (2014), social policy in the United State have not been a positive impact for women’s reproductive rights movement. Opponents of legal abortion view abortion as murder, and some advocate violence against clinics and physicians. Numberless laws have passed for restricting access to abortion by arguing the fetus’ right. These laws interfere the freedom of women to make personal decisions for her and her family. Among these laws, Hyde Amendment is the oldest restriction that bans the using of federal funding for abortion coverage, with exceptions when the pregnancy arises from incest, rape, or to save the life of the mother. The Hyde Amendment has gotten its way to negatively impact on low-income women’s reproductive rights. Perhaps the author of Hyde Amendment, Henry Hyde, a Republican ofShow MoreRelatedMass Medias Effect on the Perception of Contraception 1436 Words   |  6 PagesContraception has been a controversial subject for many years and has been in and out of the media’s focus for just as long. Media itself is biased therefore has such a strong impact on how we see many different things. 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