A resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment and its enduring legacy of saving the lives of more than 2,600,000 unborn children and respecting the conscience rights of the American people.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 912 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 912

Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment and its enduring 
 legacy of saving the lives of more than 2,600,000 unborn children and 
        respecting the conscience rights of the American people.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 28, 2026

Mr. Lankford (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Justice, Mr. Ricketts, Mrs. 
 Hyde-Smith, Mr. Daines, Mr. Risch, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Scott of Florida, 
  Mr. Budd, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Capito, Mr. 
  Cruz, Mr. Banks, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Lee, Mr. Hoeven, Ms. 
   Graham, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Hagerty, and Mr. McCormick) submitted the 
 following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                               RESOLUTION

 
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment and its enduring 
 legacy of saving the lives of more than 2,600,000 unborn children and 
        respecting the conscience rights of the American people.

Whereas September 30, 2026, marks the 50th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment, a 
        longstanding pro-life provision which protects Federal taxpayer dollars 
        from being used to take human life through elective abortion;
Whereas, in 1976, Congressman Henry J. Hyde introduced an amendment, which bears 
        his name, to House of Representatives Bill No. 14232, 94th Congress 
        (referred to in this preamble as the ``Hyde Amendment'');
Whereas, in introducing his amendment, Congressman Hyde explained, ``We who seek 
        to protect that most defenseless and innocent of human lives, the 
        unborn--seek to inhibit the use of Federal funds to pay for and thus 
        encourage abortion as an answer to the human and compelling problem of 
        an unwanted child.'';
Whereas the Hyde Amendment was adopted by Congress, shortly after Roe v. Wade, 
        410 U.S. 113 (1973) was decided, by a bipartisan vote and has been 
        renewed in both Republican and Democratic majorities through the annual 
        appropriations process for 50 years;
Whereas, since 1976, more than 2,600,000 lives have been saved by the Hyde 
        Amendment;
Whereas the Hyde Amendment reflects the bipartisan principle that American 
        Federal taxpayer dollars should not be used to finance abortions, 
        safeguarding taxpayers' conscience rights;
Whereas public funding of abortion makes the American taxpayer complicit in the 
        physical, emotional, and societal harm caused to women by abortion and 
        increases the pressure a woman may already feel to have an abortion;
Whereas the 50th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment provides an opportunity to 
        remember the more than 64,000,000 abortions that have taken place in the 
        United States since the Roe v. Wade decision; and
Whereas every human life in the womb has inherent dignity and worth, is not 
        inconvenient, and has the right to life: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) recognizes the 50th anniversary of the introduction of 
        the amendment by Congressman Henry Hyde (referred to in this 
        resolution as the ``Hyde Amendment'');
            (2) commemorates the adoption of the Hyde Amendment in 
        1976, and its continued inclusion in Federal appropriations 
        bills for 5 decades;
            (3) honors the legacy of Congressman Hyde and recognizes 
        his leadership in establishing the policy that bears his name;
            (4) recognizes the 2,600,000 lives saved by the Hyde 
        Amendment;
            (5) affirms the principle that Federal taxpayers should not 
        be compelled to fund abortions in violation of their deeply 
        held religious, moral, medical, or ethical convictions;
            (6) recognizes the Members of Congress, advocates, 
        citizens, and organizations that have worked for more than 5 
        decades to preserve protections for unborn children and to 
        maintain limitations on the use of Federal funds for abortion; 
        and
            (7) encourages the people of the United States to reflect 
        upon the history and significance of the Hyde Amendment and the 
        loss of more than 64,000,000 babies through abortions that have 
        taken place since Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).
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