"One in four cannot pay, so they carry to term." Tee

Rep. Henry Hyde told the House in 1976 he would like to prevent any abortion, for a rich woman, a middle class woman, or a poor woman, and that the Medicaid appropriations bill was the only tool available to him. His amendment banning most federal Medicaid funding for abortion passed that year and has been renewed every year since. As of 2025, 34 states and the District of Columbia follow the Hyde floor with no state money added, leaving 7.8 million Medicaid enrolled women aged 15 to 49 with insurance that excludes abortion, and the Guttmacher Institute finds about one in four of those who seek an abortion end up continuing the pregnancy because they cannot pay out of pocket. The front print says "One in four cannot pay, so they carry to term." and, under it, the address of the Reproductive Justice page on this site, where the claim sits with its evidence, the best case against it, and the answer.

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