# Hyde Amendment The Hyde Amendment is a provision, first attached to federal spending bills in 1976 and named for Representative Henry Hyde, that bars most federal Medicaid funding for abortion. The Supreme Court upheld it in *Harris v. McRae* (1980), and Congress has renewed it in annual appropriations since. See [[Anti-Abortion Movement]] and [[Abortion Politics]]. > [!note] Stub > This is a short entry that hasn't been fully written yet.