As reported in The Judge Report and FreeRepublic.com, former Congressman Henry Hyde has passed away at the age of 83.
Hyde was recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for work in defending the unborn while serving in the House of Representatives. A recent lifesite.net article describes how Hyde was instrumental in fighting abortion:
Hyde was the first person to win a political victory for the pro-life cause since Roe vs. Wade, with his Hyde Amendment in 1976 banning public spending on abortions.
ChicagoTribune.com has a video of Hyde describing his reaction to the phone call from the White House, which informed him that he was to receive this award.
The unborn certainly had a friend in Henry Hyde and may they gain more such friends in 2008...
God alone knows how many babies' lives were spared, and how many women were spared heartache, complications, and death because of the Hyde Amendment. (Little known fact -- cutting public funds for abortion cuts the number of hospitalizations for abortion complications among publi-pay eligible women. Despite the keening to the contrary from those who want to line their pockets with tax dollars.)
Thank you for being a man of courage and conviction, Henry Hyde. May you rest in peace.