A new study of the US law which prohibits federal funding of abortion has estimated that it has saved some two million lives since enacted in 1976. The study, undertaken by the Charlotte Lozier Institute, compared figures since the introduction of the Hyde Amendment in 1976 against the period from 1973 to 1977 – when the US government funded terminations – and came up with the two million difference. The Hyde Amendment, which must be renewed annually by Congress – remains a constant target for pro-abortion activists despite repeated studies showing that a majority of Americans do not want their taxes used to pay for terminations. The Hyde Amendment saves more than 60,000 lives in the United States annually.