Nine states currently ban or
restrict abortion providers or affiliated organizations like Planned Parenthood from receiving public funds, and thirteen states restrict access to emergency contraception.
Not exact matches
Each year, more Targeted Regulation of
Abortion Provider (TRAP) laws are introduced into state legislatures to further
restrict medical professionals from providing safe, legal
abortions.
Planned Parenthood has also faced ongoing efforts by some states to limit the government funding the
abortion provider receives through Title X and Medicaid, as well as state laws
restricting abortion.
Instead of protecting women, the brief states, the law jeopardises women's health by
restricting access to
abortion providers.
States that
restrict or bar the allocation of state family planning funds to certain types of family planning or
abortion providers
Ultimately, the legislature passed an omnibus TRAP (Targeted Regulations on
Abortion Providers) bill (SB 1722 / HB 1411) that lists over 10 medically unnecessary and burdensome government regulations and mandatory reporting to restrict women's access to safe and legal a
Abortion Providers) bill (SB 1722 / HB 1411) that lists over 10 medically unnecessary and burdensome government regulations and mandatory reporting to
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These limits exist alongside the already burdensome Hyde Amendment, which bars federal Medicaid coverage of
abortion in most circumstances; 35 states decline to extend state Medicaid funds to cover
abortion beyond very limited circumstances.19 This increasingly
restricted environment creates severe disincentives for insurers to contract with
abortion providers — and specialized
abortion providers in particular — and for
providers to accept insurance if contracts are offered.