Type (example)

string ("West Virginia")

Description

The state for which regulations apply.

If checked, the state requires that require private health plans regulated by the state cover abortion.

Type (example)

bool (true)

Description

• If checked, the state requires that require private health plans regulated by the state cover abortion.

• These requirements do not apply to self-insured plans (in which the employer takes on all the risk, instead of contracting with a health insurer) as self-insured plans are regulated at the federal, not state, level.

Type (example)

bool (true)

Description

• Few states require that private insurance cover abortion. If checked, private insurance may do so, but is not necessarily required to.

• Private insurance here refers to non-self-insured plans. In self-insured plans, the employer takes on all the risk, instead of contracting with a health insurer; self-insured plans are regulated at the federal, not state, level.

Type (example)

bool (true)

Description

• If checked then, despite other restrictions, the state allows private insurance coverage for cases where abortion is necessary to save the pregnant person's life.

• Private insurance here refers to non-self-insured plans. In self-insured plans, the employer takes on all the risk, instead of contracting with a health insurer; self-insured plans are regulated at the federal, not state, level.

Type (example)

string, "major bodily function" or null

Description

• If checked then, despite other restrictions, the state allows private insurance coverage for cases when the pregnant person's faces a "substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function." In other words, a very serious health condition.

• Private insurance here refers to non-self-insured plans. In self-insured plans, the employer takes on all the risk, instead of contracting with a health insurer; self-insured plans are regulated at the federal, not state, level.

Type (example)

string, "Lethal fetal anomaly" or null

Description

• If checked then, despite other restrictions, the state allows private insurance coverage for cases when the fetus has a lethal fetal anomaly.

• Private insurance here refers to non-self-insured plans. In self-insured plans, the employer takes on all the risk, instead of contracting with a health insurer; self-insured plans are regulated at the federal, not state, level.

Type (example)

bool (true)

Description

• If checked then, despite other restrictions, the state allows private insurance coverage for cases of rape or incest.

• Private insurance here refers to non-self-insured plans. In self-insured plans, the employer takes on all the risk, instead of contracting with a health insurer; self-insured plans are regulated at the federal, not state, level.

Type (example)

bool (true)

Description

• If checked, the state has not restricted abortion coverage in ACA plans. Except in a few states that have required abortion coverage, a lack of restrictions does not mean that every plan offered in the Exchange will include abortion coverage.

• Exchange plans refer to health plans offered in the state's Health Care Exchange that was established under the federal Affordable Care Act. The federal ACA law included a provision that encouraged states to adopt abortion coverage restrictions.

Type (example)

bool (true)

Description

• If checked then, despite other restrictions, the state allows exchange insurance coverage for cases where abortion is necessary to save the pregnant person's life.

• Exchange plans refer to health plans offered in the state's Health Care Exchange that was established under the federal Affordable Care Act. The federal ACA law included a provision that encouraged states to adopt abortion coverage restrictions.

Type (example)

string, "major bodily function" or "physical"

Description

• If checked then, despite other restrictions, the state allows exchange insurance coverage for cases when the pregnant person's faces a "substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function" or other serious impacts on "physical" health.

• Exchange plans refer to health plans offered in the state's Health Care Exchange that was established under the federal Affordable Care Act. The federal ACA law included a provision that encouraged states to adopt abortion coverage restrictions.

Type (example)

string, "Lethal fetal anomaly" or null

Description

• If checked then, despite other restrictions, the state allows exchange insurance coverage for cases when the fetus has a lethal fetal anomaly.

• Exchange plans refer to health plans offered in the state's Health Care Exchange that was established under the federal Affordable Care Act. The federal ACA law included a provision that encouraged states to adopt abortion coverage restrictions.

Type (example)

bool (true)

Description

• If checked then, despite other restrictions, the state allows exchange insurance coverage for cases of rape or incest.

• Exchange plans refer to health plans offered in the state's Health Care Exchange that was established under the federal Affordable Care Act. The federal ACA law included a provision that encouraged states to adopt abortion coverage restrictions.

Type (example)

bool (true)

Description

• If checked then the state prohibits any and all exchange insurance coverage for abortion

• Exchange plans refer to health plans offered in the state's Health Care Exchange that was established under the federal Affordable Care Act. The federal ACA law included a provision that encouraged states to adopt abortion coverage restrictions."

Type (example)

bool (true)

Description

• If checked, the state has a policy in place to use Medicaid funds to pay for abortion, most of these states require coverage for "medically necessary" abortion. This is a vaguely-defined criterion usually based on a decision between a pregnant person and their medical provider and can include circumstances beyond physical health, such as mental or emotional health or familial situations.

• Medicaid is a federal-state insurance program. Based on the Hyde amendment, states are required to use Medicaid funds to pay for abortion in cases of rape, of incest, or when the pregnant person's life is endangered; these are also the only circumstances in which federal Medicaid funds may be used to pay for abortion. Most states limit abortion coverage just to the Hyde amendment, though some states offer additional coverage (for example, when the pregnant person's health is at risk).

Type (example)

bool (true)

Description

• If checked then the state allows Medicaid insurance coverage for cases where abortion is necessary to save the pregnant person's life (this is required by the Hyde amendment).

• Medicaid is a federal-state insurance program. Based on the Hyde amendment, states are required to use Medicaid funds to pay for abortion in cases of rape, of incest, or when the pregnant person's life is endangered; these are also the only circumstances in which federal Medicaid funds may be used to pay for abortion. Most states limit abortion coverage just to the Hyde amendment, though some states offer additional coverage (for example, when the pregnant person's health is at risk).

Type (example)

string, "physical"

Description

• If checked then the state allows Medicaid insurance coverage for cases when the pregnant person's physical health is endangered.

• Medicaid is a federal-state insurance program. Based on the Hyde amendment, states are required to use Medicaid funds to pay for abortion in cases of rape, of incest, or when the pregnant person's life is endangered; these are also the only circumstances in which federal Medicaid funds may be used to pay for abortion. Most states limit abortion coverage just to the Hyde amendment, though some states offer additional coverage (for example, when the pregnant person's health is at risk).

Type (example)

string, "Serious fetal anomaly" or null

Description

• If checked then the state allows Medicaid insurance coverage for cases when the fetus has a serious or lethal fetal anomaly

• Medicaid is a federal-state insurance program. Based on the Hyde amendment, states are required to use Medicaid funds to pay for abortion in cases of rape, of incest, or when the pregnant person's life is endangered; these are also the only circumstances in which federal Medicaid funds may be used to pay for abortion. Most states limit abortion coverage just to the Hyde amendment, though some states offer additional coverage (for example, when the pregnant person's health is at risk)."

Type (example)

string, "Serious fetal anomaly" or null

Description

• "If checked then the state allows Medicaid insurance coverage for cases of rape or incest (this is required by the Hyde amendment).

• Medicaid is a federal-state insurance program. Based on the Hyde amendment, states are required to use Medicaid funds to pay for abortion in cases of rape, of incest, or when the pregnant person's life is endangered; these are also the only circumstances in which federal Medicaid funds may be used to pay for abortion. Most states limit abortion coverage just to the Hyde amendment, though some states offer additional coverage (for example, when the pregnant person's health is at risk).