How State Policies Shape Access to Abortion Coverage: Data Interactive
2023
This data interactive, developed by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), shows the increase in states with laws restricting abortion coverage when using Medicaid and private insurance from 2010 to the present. The ACA renewed legislative efforts to limit abortion coverage, this time in private insurance plans. The ACA maintains the limits of the Hyde Amendment, which banned federal funding for abortion except for pregnancies that endanger the life of the woman or are a result of rape or incest. The ACA also specifically excludes abortion as an Essential Health Benefit and permits states to ban abortion coverage from Marketplace plans. A handful of states had prior laws restricting abortion coverage in private insurance. After 2010, many more states enacted private plan restrictions and also banned abortion coverage from Marketplace plans, some of which are more restrictive than the Hyde limitations. The set of interactive maps provides up-to-date coverage for all 50 states. The most recent map, accurate as of December 2023, shows that 33 states and the District of Columbia have Medicaid coverage limitations, 10 states have private insurance limitations, 25 states have state marketplace coverage limitations, and 6 states have no coverage limitations. Users can download the map data.
How State Policies Shape Access to Abortion Coverage: Data Interactive
Source:
Interactive: How State Policies Shape Access to Abortion Coverage. Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation 2023. https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/interactive-how-state-policies-shape-access-to-abortion-coverage.