Roe Reversal Could Exacerbate Medicaid Abortion Coverage Patchwork

By Bridget Early / May 6, 2022 at 4:24 PM
If Supreme Court follows through on its draft ruling to leave abortion policy to the states , the patchwork of abortion coverage for Medicaid enrollees would become more pronounced as states take new steps to make abortion inaccessible via trigger bans and other obstacles to care, experts say. Twenty-six states have existing mechanisms -- laws, constitutional amendments, or a combination of the two -- that would restrict abortions immediately or with a little state action were Roe v Wade...


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