Executive Order 14182: Enforcing the Hyde Amendment
Date Signed: January 24, 2025
Key Provisions:
- Executive Order 14182 will federally enforce the Hyde Amendment, a rule that prevents federal funding for elective reproductive care
- The EO explains that “it is the policy of the United States, consistent with the Hyde Amendment, to end the forced use of Federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote elective abortion”
- Executive Order 14182 revokes two Biden era policies that protected access to reproductive health services
Interfaith Alliance Counterpoints:
- Interfaith Alliance strongly supports the right to reproductive access, and we believe it should be available as an essential health-care right.
- We reject the idea that there should be an exception to the United States’ support of tax-payer healthcare simply because it refers to reproductive health.
- We will continue to lift up an interfaith voice that supports the right to reproductive care and rejects the use of religious exemptions to deny women their legally protected right to an abortion.
- Enforcing the Hyde Amendment would greatly diminish our country’s public health and would prevent federal resources from supporting reproductive freedom.
Countering Hate Against Our Beloved: Interfaith Alliance of Iowa
In the face of rising hate and legislative attacks on LGBTQ+ communities and higher education, the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa stands as a crucial voice for faith-based pluralism and social justice. Through advocacy and coalition-building, the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa continues to challenge policies that undermine human dignity and religious freedom.
