"The Hyde Amendment, the budget rider that has banned most Medicaid funding for abortion, turned
40 this year. In a break from recent tradition, Democrats, including the top of the ticket, now vow to make its days limited.
For years, Democrats have split on the provision: Some said it discriminated against low-income women, disproportionately women of color, while others, spooked by the words "taxpayer funding for abortion," saw it as a necessary political compromise with a divided public.
Until recently, her running mate, Tim Kaine, was firmly in the second camp. When asked by a Weekly Standard reporter as recently as early July about the Democratic platform including strong anti-Hyde language, Kaine said, "I haven't been informed of that change, but I'm going to check it out. I have traditionally been a supporter of the Hyde Amendment, but I'll check it out."
In comments this week to CNN and Bloomberg News, the Clinton campaign has signaled that Kaine now had indeed checked it out and stands with Clinton on public funding of abortion." NBC
For years, Democrats have split on the provision: Some said it discriminated against low-income women, disproportionately women of color, while others, spooked by the words "taxpayer funding for abortion," saw it as a necessary political compromise with a divided public.
Until recently, her running mate, Tim Kaine, was firmly in the second camp. When asked by a Weekly Standard reporter as recently as early July about the Democratic platform including strong anti-Hyde language, Kaine said, "I haven't been informed of that change, but I'm going to check it out. I have traditionally been a supporter of the Hyde Amendment, but I'll check it out."
In comments this week to CNN and Bloomberg News, the Clinton campaign has signaled that Kaine now had indeed checked it out and stands with Clinton on public funding of abortion." NBC
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