Abortion in the United States Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Private insurance=== * Six states require coverage in all private plans: California, Illinois, Maine, New York, Oregon, and Washington. (2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Are abortions covered by health insurance? |url=https://www.insurance.com/health-insurance/are-abortions-covered-by-health-insurance#:~:text=1%20Abortion%20regulations%20vary%20by%20state%20and%20health,as%20life%20endangerment%2C%20rape%2C%20incest%20and%20fetal%20abnormality. |website=Insurance.com |access-date=April 11, 2023}}</ref> * Note: The following figures are from 2008 and may have changed since that time. * 5 states (ID, KY, MO, ND, OK) restrict insurance coverage of abortion services in private plans: OK limits coverage to life endangerment, rape or incest circumstances; and the other four states limit coverage to cases of life endangerment. * 11 states (CO, KY, MA, MS, NE, ND, OH, PA, RI, SC, VA) restrict abortion coverage in insurance plans for public employees, with CO and KY restricting insurance coverage of abortion under any circumstances. * U.S. laws also ban federal funding of abortions for federal employees and their dependents, Native Americans covered by the Indian Health Service, military personnel and their dependents, and women with disabilities covered by Medicare.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kff.org/womenshealth/upload/3269-02.pdf |title=Women's Health Policy Facts |year=2008 |access-date=January 2, 2009 |publisher=The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225020023/http://www.kff.org/womenshealth/upload/3269-02.pdf |archive-date=February 25, 2009 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page