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What The 50-Year Legacy Of The Hyde Amendment Means For The Future
Confirmed
In Short: The Hyde Amendment, which restricts federal Medicaid funding for abortions, celebrates 50 years with bipartisan support, while the 21st Amendment Brewery reopens in 29 states by June 2026.
The Hyde Amendment, named after its sponsor Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL), was attached to the appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare on September 30, 1976, with widespread bipartisan support.
According to a new report by the Charlotte Lozier Institute, the Hyde Amendment has prevented $2.1 billion in federal Medicaid funds from financing abortions and is estimated to have saved 2,646,474 lives since its implementation.
The Charlotte Lozier Institute's report highlights the Hyde Amendment's significant impact on human lives, noting that it has saved one out of every 72 children born in the United States since 1976.
The report underscores the importance of maintaining the Hyde Amendment's integrity amid the federal government's expanded role in financing health care.
In a separate development, the 21st Amendment Brewery, which had shut down its San Francisco brewpub and production facility last November, is making a comeback.
Pennsylvania, the brewery's second-largest market, will see a resurgence of 21st Amendment beers, following California, the home state.
What's confirmed
- The Hyde Amendment, named after its sponsor Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL), was attached to the appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare on September 30, 1976, with widespread bipartisan support.
- According to a new report by the Charlotte Lozier Institute, the Hyde Amendment has prevented $2.1 billion in federal Medicaid funds from financing abortions and is estimated to have saved 2,646,474 lives since its implementation.
- The Charlotte Lozier Institute's report highlights the Hyde Amendment's significant impact on human lives, noting that it has saved one out of every 72 children born in the United States since 1976.
- The report underscores the importance of maintaining the Hyde Amendment's integrity amid the federal government's expanded role in financing health care.
- In a separate development, the 21st Amendment Brewery, which had shut down its San Francisco brewpub and production facility last November, is making a comeback.
- Pennsylvania, the brewery's second-largest market, will see a resurgence of 21st Amendment beers, following California, the home state.
What's still developing
- Our new report, “The Hyde Amendment at 50,” shows that the Hyde Amendment has had a profound effect that is difficult to overstate.
- Fifty years later, it’s time to strengthen the Hyde Amendment.
- As Beer Street Journal reported at the time of closure, 21st Amendment died on infrastructure.
- While we still wait to see if Anchor Brewing still has a future, at least 21st Amendment has found it’s way back – to 29 states by June 2026.
- Summer is coming and so is Hell or High Watermelon Wheat once again. 21st Amendment beers are currently available in California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New York, with coast-to-coast distribution targeted for June 2026.
- They have acquired 21st Amendment’s brand, recipes, and distribution rights in a seven-figure deal.