The Hyde Amendment prohibits tax-payer funded abortion and has been in place four decades with bipartisan support...until now. It has proven to be the greatest domestic abortion-reduction measure ever enacted by Congress and the majority of Americans do not want their tax dollars paying for abortions, yet it along with the Helms Amendment that prohibits US funds for international abortions are on the chopping block. We’re fortunate that our representative in the Chattanooga area, Chuck Fleishman, is fighting to uphold the Hyde Amendment and Tennessee Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty have introduced legislation to close loopholes that allow Title X family planning funds to go to entities that perform abortions, including Planned Parenthood. Every citizen who does not want their money paying for abortions must make sure their legislators know it.