June 10, 2011

State of Health Insurance Abortion Coverage Opt-Outs

     

Since the passage of Obamacare, officially titled the Paitient Protection and Affordable Care Act, many states have stepped in to fill the loophole allowing taxpayer funding of abortion.  They have accomplished this by passing laws prohibiting abortion coverage in health plans created through the state exchange program set up by Obamacare.  Arizona was the first state to do so in April of last year followed by four other states that session.  Eight more states have passed laws prohibiting abortion coverage in the 2011 session and eight additional states currently have such legislation pending.  The following chart and map gives details:

State Bill NumberDate Enacted/Status
Passed in 2010:
Total: 5 states
ArizonaAZ SB 13054/24/10
TennesseeTN SB 26865/05/10 (Democrat Gov. did not veto or sign, but allowed bill to become law without his signature.)
MississippiMS SB 32145/24/10
LouisianaLA HB 1247 7/02/10
MissouriMO SB 7937/23/10 (same scenario as TN)
Passed in 2011:
Total: 8 states
UtahUT HB 3543/23/11
IdahoID S 11154/01/11
VirginiaVA HB 24344/06/11
OklahomaOK SB 5474/20/11
IndianaIN HB 1210 5/10/11
NebraskaNE LB 225/18/11
Kansas KS HB 20755/25/11
FloridaFL H 976/02/11


Total passed: 13 states
Not Passed in 2011:

MinnesotaMN HF 201Vetoed (5/25/11)
Montana MT SB 176Vetoed (4/4/11)
ArkansasAR SB 113Passed Senate  and House with amendments, then House did not transmit bill back to the Senate for them to concur before adjournment (2/2/11)
GeorgiaGA SB 177Same path as AR (4/12/11)
Rhode IslandRI S 87Passed Senate (4/6/11)
Alabama AL SB 202Passed Senate  (5/24/11)


Total: 6 states
Pending in 2011 session:

PennsylvaniaPN SB 3Passed Senate
Ohio OH HB 79Reported out of House committee
WisconsinWI AB 154/SB 92In committees of origin
OregonOR HB 3600In House committee
Iowa HF 576, HSB 57, SF 38In committees of origin
MichiganHB 4143/HB 4147In House committee
South CarolinaSC H 3406/S102In committees of origin
New Jersey NJ A 3085In Assembly committee


Total: 8 states

Contact: Brianna Walden Source: FRCBlog