WaPo fact-checker dings Jayapal for claiming 'majority' of US supports federal funding for abortions
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The Washington Post awarded Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., two "pinocchios" Wednesday for her false claim that the "majority" of Americans support the use of federal funds to provide abortions.
The amendment, which has lived on through annual appropriations bills for nearly 45 years, has received increased attention since 2019 following then-presidential candidate Joe Biden's announcement that he would oppose it, despite his previous support for it while serving as a U.S. Senator.
Jayapal has vowed to oppose any future spending bill that contains the Hyde amendment, while another prominent Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has said a spending bill that did not include it would be "dead on arrival" in the Senate.
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