PIP: Analyzes the level of state and federal abortion funding during FY 1978, the first year after enforcement of the Hyde amendment, and assesses how much the Hyde amendment increased the unmet need for publicly funded abortions in this period. Data on the number of abortions performed in each state and on Medicaid expenditures come from the Alan Guttmacher Institute 1978 survey of state Medicaid agencies and the quarterly reports filed by state Medicaid agencies with the Health Care Financing Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services. From FY 1977 to FY 1978, the number of subsidized abortions decreased by 101,000, or more than 1/3. During FY 1978, about $52 million was spent by federal and state Medicaid agencies for about 194,000 abortions, mostly for welfare recipients, and about 99% of those monies were state funds. The 16 states and District of Columbia which adopted or maintained a liberal standard accounted for 98% of all public funds expended for abortion services during FY 1978. 14 states which adopted standards parallel to federal restrictions spent about $290,000 for about 600 abortions, 83% of which involved federal reimbursement. 19 states with more restrictive standards than the federal ones funded about 1200 abortions costing about $535,000, with 80$ of public funds coming from state sources only. In the year following the abortion restrictions the unmet need for abortions increased to 233,500. Where the use of state funds were restricted, unmet need rose to approximately 99% of total need.