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Does medical cover abortions?

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Some government health insurance plans in certain states (like Medicaid) cover abortion, but others do not. And some plans only cover abortion in certain cases. Your local Planned Parenthood health center can give you more information about coverage in your state, or other funds that can help you pay for your abortion. read more

A Guttmacher Institute survey found that 86.5 percent of employment-based health plans cover medical abortion and 86.9 percent of employment-based health plans cover surgical abortion. The Kaiser Family Foundation’s 2003 Employer Health Benefits Survey found that 46 percent of workers have coverage for abortion care. read more

The law limits the type of abortion coverage that may be offered in any health benefit plan, state health insurance exchange, or federally mandated health insurance exchange. read more

Many of the laws restricting coverage of abortion prohibit coverage even where it is necessary to protect a woman from serious, permanent, and even life-shortening health conditions. read more

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