Reply #63: Who's coverage is being restricted?

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Every woman would already be allowed to have an abortion. Every single woman would be allowed to have an abortion. The thing is, who's paying for the abortion?

So far federal already has in place abortion for those who have been raped, due to incest, or if the mother's health is in danger. That is fully covered by the law, Hyde did that, and now Stupak just reiterated that law. Does it prohibit private insurers from providing payment or some monetary funding for abortions? We don't have the full details on that, from where I am. And even if it did, most insurance companies (well I know the ones in NYC) don't cover abortion just like that. You'd pay an out of pocket expense to have that done.

I have read people say this is an attack on the poor. If you're fighting that insurance companies used to cover this----well the poor don't get private insurance. The whole point of reformation is because the poor don't get insurance so they were NEVER covered, because they never had it. Medicaid doesn't provide it unless it's for rape, incest, or the mother's health from what I understand adn that will be upheld. However, medicaid---post Hyde doesn't pay for abortions---so Stupak so far didn't do much to change the status quo in this area.