Government to Investigate States That Require Insurers to Cover Abortion Care
Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice. Here’s this week’s latest.
HHS to probe states for “discrimination” over abortion coverage
The Trump administration announced last week it’s investigating more than a dozen states that require abortion services to be covered by health insurers. An HHS official framed the probe as an attempt to identify whether the states were “discriminating” against insurers by requiring them to cover the care “contrary to conscience.” The move comes amid GOP lawmakers’ escalating attacks on abortion access at the state and........
