"When viewed in the context of the Medicaid program to which it is appended, it is obvious that the Hyde Amendment is nothing less than an attempt by Congress to circumvent the dictates of the Constitution and achieve indirectly what Roe v. Wade said it could not do directly."
Roe v. Wade

January 1, 1970

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MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN, p.331

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