Harris v. McRae
United States Supreme Court
448 U.S. 297 (1980)
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Harris (plaintiff) challenged the constitutionality of the Hyde Amendment, which barred states receiving federal Medicaid funds from covering abortions except when medically necessary to save the mother's life or in cases of reported rape or incest. The suit also asked whether the Amendment required states to cover the cost of procedures excluded from federal funding.
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Whether the Hyde Amendment's restrictions on federal Medicaid funding for abortion procedures violate the Constitution.