Despite the attacks on Planned Parenthood, there are still 700 Planned Parenthood health care centers across the country and Planned Parenthood is still working with legislation to introduce bills to expand and protect access to reproductive health care across the country.
Alternative Solutions or Policies The anti-abortion debate and attack on reproductive health care rights is concerning to me as a woman, what concerns me the most however is affordability of abortion. The Hyde Amendment passed in 1976 excludes abortion from the comprehensive health care services provided by the federal government through Medicaid to people who are low income. There are currently only 17 out of 50 states that fund abortions for low-income women on same or similar terms as other pregnancy-related and/or general health services. …show more content…
The Hyde Amendment doesn’t really make sense because if a woman chooses to carry to term Medicaid and other insurance programs offer assistance in providing coverage for the necessary medical care. However, if the same woman decided she wanted to end her pregnancy, Medicaid and other federal insurance, programs will not provide coverage for her abortion, even if continuing the pregnancy puts the woman’s health at risk. Roe v. Wade declared that women have a right to choose early on in the pregnancy, so the government should not be able to intrude on someone who is low-income’s decision to terminate their pregnancy. Medicaid offers other forms of comprehensive reproductive health care such as family planning, prenatal care, childbirth services, etc. Abortion is the one thing that is singled out in the Hyde Amendment, so it appears that this amendment is nothing more than politicians attempting to impose their own belief system on women who are low
Alternative Solutions or Policies The anti-abortion debate and attack on reproductive health care rights is concerning to me as a woman, what concerns me the most however is affordability of abortion. The Hyde Amendment passed in 1976 excludes abortion from the comprehensive health care services provided by the federal government through Medicaid to people who are low income. There are currently only 17 out of 50 states that fund abortions for low-income women on same or similar terms as other pregnancy-related and/or general health services. …show more content…
The Hyde Amendment doesn’t really make sense because if a woman chooses to carry to term Medicaid and other insurance programs offer assistance in providing coverage for the necessary medical care. However, if the same woman decided she wanted to end her pregnancy, Medicaid and other federal insurance, programs will not provide coverage for her abortion, even if continuing the pregnancy puts the woman’s health at risk. Roe v. Wade declared that women have a right to choose early on in the pregnancy, so the government should not be able to intrude on someone who is low-income’s decision to terminate their pregnancy. Medicaid offers other forms of comprehensive reproductive health care such as family planning, prenatal care, childbirth services, etc. Abortion is the one thing that is singled out in the Hyde Amendment, so it appears that this amendment is nothing more than politicians attempting to impose their own belief system on women who are low