As reported out of committee, it would have prohibited federal funding for abortions except in cases allowed by the Hyde Amendment, and was described, by political commentators and fact-checker PolitiFact.com as well as its supporters, as a compromise which aimed to maintain the status quo for new programs created through the legislation.
capps, amendment, provision, sponsored, house, lois, capps, included, america, affordable, health, choices, 2009, 3200, reported, committee, would, have, prohibited, federal, funding, abortions, except, cases, allowed, hyde, amendment, described, political, co. The Capps Amendment was a provision sponsored in the House by Rep Lois Capps and included in America s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 H R 3200 As reported out of committee it would have prohibited federal funding for abortions except in cases allowed by the Hyde Amendment and was described by political commentators and fact checker PolitiFact com as well as its supporters as a compromise which aimed to maintain the status quo for new programs created through the legislation The amendment was eventually replaced by the Stupak Pitts Amendment 1 2 3 4 References Edit Boehner says Democrats health care plan would subsidize abortions St Petersburg Times PolitiFact August 7 2009 Healthcare reform bill doesn t cover elective abortions Los Angeles Times September 4 2009 Capps Rep Lois The Truth About the Capps Amendment The Huffington Post September 16 2009 Marcus Ruth The Next Health Reform Myth The Washington Post September 9th 2009 This United States federal legislation article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Capps Amendment amp oldid 801594599, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
