ACLU, Maine Abortion Providers Appeal Judge’s Denial of Challenge to Maine Medicaid Abortion Coverage Ban
The lawsuit was filed in 2015, in
"Each of us should be able to make personal decisions about whether and when to have a child without politicians erecting barriers," said
While MaineCare covers pregnancy-related care including prenatal care and childbirth, it withholds coverage for abortion. The lawsuit argues that, in doing so, the state interferes with a woman's fundamental right to decide whether or not to continue a pregnancy and discriminates against women who decide to have an abortion.
"We are disappointed in the
The women harmed by this ban on abortion coverage are, by definition, low-income. For many of them, the denial of coverage for an abortion forces them to delay care. Some women are forced to make impossible decisions between paying for an abortion and paying for rent or heat. Still other women have been forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term against her will.
"We talk to women every day who struggle to come up with the money to pay for abortion care. For
"No one should be denied insurance coverage for abortion just because they are struggling financially," said
"Bans on insurance coverage for abortion can force a woman to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term or push a family to the economic brink," said
More information about the case is at: https://www.aclu.org/cases/mabel-wadsworth-womens-health-center-v-mayhew.
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