The Capps Amendment was a provision sponsored in the House by Rep.
Lois Capps
Lois Ragnhild Capps (née Grimsrud; January 10, 1938) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1998 to 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 22nd District from 1998 to 2003 ...
and included in
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 eff ...
(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
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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.
[Capps, Rep. Loi]
"The Truth About the Capps Amendment"
''The Huffington Post
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'', September 16, 2009[ Marcus, Ruthbr>"The Next Health Reform Myth"]
''The Washington Post'', September 9th, 2009
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