Capps Amendment
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The Capps Amendment was a provision sponsored in the House by Rep. Lois Capps and included in America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
(H.R. 3200).
As reported out of committee, it would have prohibited federal funding for abortions except in cases allowed by the Hyde Amendment, and was described, by political commentators and fact-checker PolitiFact.com as well as its supporters, as a compromise which aimed to maintain the status quo for new programs created through the legislation.
The amendment was eventually replaced by the Stupak-Pitts Amendment.
America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
The proposed America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 was an unsuccessful bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on July 14, 2009. The bill was introduced during the first session of the 111th Congress as part of an effort of the Democratic Party leadership to enact health...
(H.R. 3200).
As reported out of committee, it would have prohibited federal funding for abortions except in cases allowed by the Hyde Amendment, and was described, by political commentators and fact-checker PolitiFact.com as well as its supporters, as a compromise which aimed to maintain the status quo for new programs created through the legislation.
The amendment was eventually replaced by the Stupak-Pitts Amendment.