Sentences with phrase «abortion coverage in»

Twenty - five states limit abortion coverage in the ACA's marketplaces, including 10 that restrict coverage in all private health care plans regulated by the state; 15 Texas will become the 11th state to broadly restrict private abortion coverage when a new law goes into effect in 2018.

Bans the State of Illinois and local governments from paying for abortions or including abortion coverage in health plans such as Medicaid and employee health insurance.

Planned Parenthood sharply criticized the House Rules Committee for rejecting an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2012 that would allow military women to access insurance coverage that includes abortion coverage in the cases of rape or incest.

The majority of private health insurance plans currently offer abortion coverage, and the Stupak / Pitts amendment would result in the elimination of private abortion coverage in the «exchange,» the new insurance market created under health care reform, as well as in the public option, if one is created.

These new restrictions bring to eight the number of states limiting abortion coverage in all private insurance plans (see Restricting Insurance Coverage of Abortion).

Even with the Republican failure to repeal former President Barack Obama's health care law, Democratic lawmakers in some states are pressing ahead with efforts to protect birth control access, Planned Parenthood funding and abortion coverage in case...

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Almost all of the coverage of the Lancet findings suggests that this decline in abortions correlates to increased access to contraceptives — for obvious reasons.

As of today, the Green family, the evangelical Christian owners of Hobby Lobby Creative Centers and Mardel Christian Bookstores, potentially owes the federal government $ 21.3 million in fines for defying the HHS mandate that requires all companies to provide insurance coverage for all FDA - approved prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, surgical sterilizations and abortion - inducing drugs, including «the morning after pill» and «the week after pill.»

All persons enrolled in insurance plans in State Exchanges that include elective abortion coverage to pay a separate premium straight from their paychecks to fund all types of elective abortion (ObamaCare Sec. 1303 (b)(1) & (2), Pg.

The fold - out brochure, which landed in Iowa mailboxes last week and was provided to CNN by a Des Moines - area voter, draws a series of contrasts between Obama and Mitt Romney on the issues of abortion, same - sex marriage and insurance coverage for contraception.

But preserving and pumping up a failed system» let alone doing so in a way that funds abortion, bankrupts the next generation, and makes any genuine reform far more difficult while failing to reach anything like universal coverage» is hardly a cause for joy or relief.

Permitting federally subsidized qualified health plans to provide abortion coverage through the state insurance exchanges required in all 50 states.

They said they would be required «to provide insurance coverage for certain drugs and devices that the applicants believe can cause abortions,» which would be against their religious beliefs, Sotomayor wrote in her opinion.

The mere fact that people are allowed to pay for their OWN abortion coverage, without federal money, is just too much for these people, which leads one to believe that people like the «Susan B. Anthony» List are malicious liars, though a fair amount of idiocy is involved in their thinking no one will call them on their lies.

From the news coverage this has received, you'd think that one of the most pressing issues in America is that women who want to kill their unborn child have to endure the horrific inconvenience of pressing a button on their smartphone and using Google to search for the location of the nearest abortion mill.

In December 2007, when Belmont Abbey College discovered coverage for abortion, contraception and sterilization tucked away in their employee health - insurance policy, they did what any Catholic college would - well, ought to - do, they had that coverage removeIn December 2007, when Belmont Abbey College discovered coverage for abortion, contraception and sterilization tucked away in their employee health - insurance policy, they did what any Catholic college would - well, ought to - do, they had that coverage removein their employee health - insurance policy, they did what any Catholic college would - well, ought to - do, they had that coverage removed.

In answer to the question of why the Reproductive Parity Act was needed, proponents said they were concerned that implementation of the Affordable Care Act might cause insurance carriers to stop covering abortions and new carriers might enter the market with more restrictive coverage.

Faculty at two Catholic colleges in California are upset that their administrations have dropped coverage for elective abortions from the....

If the students are «good catholics» (lower case usage intentional, tyvm), they won't need to use the coverage for «contraception, sterilization, and abortion - causing medications» because they won't be engaging in pre-marital se x u al activity.

Democrats said the changes in Smith's bill would likely lead to a large number of women losing access to comprehensive health insurance coverage because small business owners would have an incentive to offer plans that don't cover abortion.

Fidelis, while comparable in price to Health Republic, is different in one crucial way: The company, also known as the New York State Catholic Health Plan, does not cover many of the reproductive services which Health Republic covered, including abortion, sterilization and contraception coverage.

Amended and tentatively passed by the state Senate in one day in a 27 - 14 vote without any support from state Democrats, the bill would limit insurance coverage for abortions, require doctors to be present for the entire procedure, make gender - selective abortions illegal and require abortion clinics to meet the same licensing standards as surgical centers.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee unveiled a new TV ad Tuesday labeling Katko, R - Camillus, a «yes man» for Boehner, R - Ohio, and once again attacks his positions on abortion and the Supreme Court's decision in the Hobby Lobby birth control coverage case.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's first ad in the 24th Congressional District race labels Republican challenger John Katko a «rubber stamp» for House GOP leadership and attacks his positions on abortion and the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby birth control coverage decision.

Lipinski is also one of just three Democrats in the House, all of whom are men, who voted in January for legislation that would prohibit qualified health care plans from including abortion coverage.

There is a carve - out in the abortion coverage requirement for Catholic - run health plans.

There is a carve out in the abortion coverage requirement for Catholic - run health plans.

In September 2017, West Coast LEAF joined with Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, Options for Sexual Health, and Island Sexual Health in calling for universal cost - coverage of the abortion drug Mifegymiso to ensure safe and equal access to reproductive health services Read MoIn September 2017, West Coast LEAF joined with Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, Options for Sexual Health, and Island Sexual Health in calling for universal cost - coverage of the abortion drug Mifegymiso to ensure safe and equal access to reproductive health services Read Moin calling for universal cost - coverage of the abortion drug Mifegymiso to ensure safe and equal access to reproductive health services Read More

In early news coverage, Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that «Abortion Case Dropped as High Court Leaves Law Voided» and «Firearm Ban After Assault Left Intact by U.S. High Court.»

Lying in my RSS feeds, buried beneath coverage of Hurricane Katrina's ongoing devastation and Monday's confirmation hearings for Chief - Justice - in - waiting John Roberts, are his many links to news that a U.S. District Court Judge has activated a 1998 law that Ohio teens must obtain written parental consent before they can receive an abortion.

Suicide, attempted suicide or any intentionally self - inflicted injury of you, a traveling companion, family member or business partner booked to travel with you, while sane or insane; an act of declared or undeclared war; participating in maneuvers or training exercises of an armed service, except while participating in weekend or summer training for the reserve forces of the United States, including the National Guard; riding or driving in races, or speed or endurance competitions or events; mountaineering (engaging in the sport of scaling mountains generally requiring the use of picks, ropes, or other special equipment); participating as a member of a team in an organized sporting competition or participating as a professional in a stunt, athletic or sporting event or competition; participating in skydiving or parachuting, parasailing, hang gliding, bungee cord jumping, extreme skiing, skiing outside marked trails or heli - skiing, mountaineering, any race, speed contests not including any of the regatta races, spelunking or caving, hot air ballooning, or scuba diving if the depth exceeds 120 feet (40 meters) or if you are not certified to dive and a dive master is not present during the dive; piloting or learning to pilot or acting as a member of the crew of any aircraft; being intoxicated or under the influence of any controlled substance unless as administered or prescribed by a legally qualified physician; the commission of or attempt to commit a felony or being engaged in an illegal occupation; normal childbirth or pregnancy (except complications of pregnancy) or voluntarily induced abortion; dental treatment (except as coverage is otherwise specifically provided herein); amounts which exceed the maximum benefit amount for each coverage as shown in the Schedule of Benefits; due to a pre-existing condition, as defined in the plan documents.

But in 2013, military coverage was extended to include coverage for abortions in cases of rape or incest, bringing it into line with the Hyde Amendment.

The exchange is the only place where premium subsidies are available, and advocates for reproductive rights have noted that in those 25 states (along with six other states where insurers are allowed to include coverage for abortion on their exchange plans but have chosen not to do so), there is no access to affordable health insurance with abortion coverage.

Just in the last two months, Arizona has taken two CAP bills all the way to the Supreme Court, where they were refused review: HB 2036, the 20 - week abortion ban, and HB 2800, which attempted to deny women with Medicaid coverage the right to access health care services at a provider of their choosing.

For the first time in over three decades, Congress has extended equitable abortion coverage to female Peace Corps Volunteers.

The Peace Corps is currently one of the only sectors of the U.S. government that denies women coverage for abortion in all cases.

That all changed at the end of 2014 when, after months of negotiations, the U.S. Congress finally passed a funding bill with bipartisan support that amended this policy to ensure that Peace Corps Volunteers have equitable coverage for abortion in cases of rape, incest, and to protect the life of the woman, consistent with the coverage that federal employees and women serving in the military receive.

For years, the Peace Corps Volunteers were one of the only groups of women who receive health care through the U.S. government who Congress denied coverage of abortion in all cases, even when a woman had been raped or faced a life - threatening pregnancy.

Finally, it should be made clear that the abortion coverage restrictions in Graham - Cassidy are part of a broader collection of provisions that would undermine access to reproductive health services.

• reviving the failed attempt to effectively ban private health insurance coverage of abortion in the new health exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act

Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Utah adopted provisions prohibiting all insurance policies in the state from covering abortion except in cases of life endangerment; they all permit individuals to purchase additional coverage at their own expense.

Iowa moved to further restrict coverage of abortion for Medicaid recipients in the state to only cases of life endangerment, rape and incest, and eliminated a long - standing provision in state law providing coverage in cases where there is a diagnosed fetal abnormality.

· revives the failed attempt to effectively ban insurance coverage of abortion in the new health exchanges under the Affordable Care Act — taking away a common health benefit that most private health plans currently offer;

Further, it tries to revive the failed attempt to effectively ban private health insurance coverage of abortion in the new health exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act.

All of these states permit coverage of an abortion in cases of life endangerment, rape or incest; the Indiana law also permits coverage when there is a risk of «substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function.»

At the very end of the year, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed legislation that would have prohibited coverage of abortion in plans in the Exchange as well as all private health plans, except when the woman's life is endangered.

In two other developments related to insurance coverage of abortion, North Carolina moved to limit abortion coverage under the health plan offered to state employees to cases of life endangerment, rape and incest; this brings to15 the number of states restricting abortion coverage for state employees.

«Planned Parenthood strongly opposes the Nelson / Hatch amendment, which goes far beyond the Hyde amendment and current law to restrict private health insurance coverage of abortion in the US,» said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

With concern escalating across the country over proposed restrictions on private health insurance coverage of abortion included in the health care reform bill passed by the House last week, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D - NY) and other women leaders in denouncing this anti-women's health amendment passed by the House.

• Peace Corps is currently one of the only sectors of the government that denies women coverage for abortion in all cases, including rape, incest and life endangerment.