Wednesday, April 14

Federal Law regarding Funding for Abortion

According to the Hyde Amendment (a legislative provision barring the use of certain fed. funds to pay for abortions) : * Federal law requires that states cover abortions under Medicaid in the event of rape, incest, and life endangerment, but bans the use of fed. Medicaid funds for any other abortions.

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Based on these restrictions, 32 states and DC fund abortions through Medicaid only in the cases of rape, incest, or life endangerment. SD covers abortions only in the cases of life endangerment, which does not comply with federal requirements under the Hyde Amendment. IN, UT and WI have expanded coverage to women whose physical health is jeopardized, and IA, MS, UT and VA also include fetal abnormality cases.


* Seventeen states (AK, AZ, CA, CT, HI, IL, MD, MA, MN, MT, NJ, NM, NY, OR, VT, WA, WV) use their own funds to cover all or most “medically necessary” abortions sought by low-income women under Medicaid.

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