Hyde Amendment Bingo
Directions: Read your Bingo sheet and for each square, find someone other than yourself who knows the answer. Write down the answer and have that person sign their name in the square. Only one square per person! When you have 5 in a row – across or diagonally – shout REPEAL! Be prepared to share what you’ve learned.
Joined the reproductive rights movement pre Webster Knows the connection between TANF and the Hyde Amendment Can provide the number of states that use their own money to fund all or some abortions Knows name of 1980 Supreme Court decision that informed under the US Constitution “the federal and state governments have no obligation to provide funds for the exercise of the right to abortion for poor women.” Knows the name of the newest Hydetype legislation on the federal level Knows which federal department limits expenditure of federal funds for abortion
Can name one “Hyde-like” ban Congress enacted after the Hyde Amendment
Knows what year the Hyde Amendment went into effect
Knows the approximate number of women of reproductive age who obtain health care through Medicaid
Knows the tagline of the Hyde - 30 Years
is Enough! Campaign
Knows what similarity is shared by the South Dakota abortion ban and the original Hyde Amendment as passed in 1976
Knows which political party supports restrictions on federal funding for abortion
Helped re-elect the last pro-choice president in 1996
Can name the first national effort to bring attention to the inequality of the Hyde Amendment
Knows how often the Hyde Amendment is renewed
Knows the year of the last “known” debate of the Hyde Amendment in Congress
Recently met someone who needed an abortion but was unable to pay for it
Can name the three exemptions under the Hyde Amendment
Is prepared to fight the fight for the rights of all women to choose
Knows the name and state of the Hyde Amendment author
This handout is adapted for NNAF from the Center for Policy Alternatives and the University of California at Berkeley Housing Office.