Researchers from Baylor University College of Medicine Report Details of New Studies and Findings in the Area of Bioethics (A Consequentialist Ethical Analysis of Federal Funding of Elective Abortions)

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2021 APR 05 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- Research findings on Biotechnology - Bioethics are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting from Houston, Texas, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Insurance coverage of abortion varies widely across the United States and is an extensively debated issue. Medicaid coverage of abortion is particularly relevant because the majority of abortion patients are poor or low-income and are thus often covered by Medicaid.”

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the Baylor University College of Medicine, “Since the Hyde Amendment was first passed in 1976, federal Medicaid funds have been banned from covering the costs of elective abortion. Although states are allowed to use their own funds to cover abortions for their Medicaid recipients, only 17 states currently do so. Of these 17 states, only five cover abortion costs voluntarily; the others do so pursuant to court order. The medical literature includes few ethical analyses of the Hyde Amendment’s ban on Medicaid funding of elective abortions.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “To fill this gap, we perform an ethical analysis of federal policy to fund elective abortions using a consequentialist approach focused on consequences for pregnant women and their children.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: A Consequentialist Ethical Analysis of Federal Funding of Elective Abortions. Bioethics, 2021. Bioethics can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Bioethics - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-8519)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Emile Gleeson, Baylor University College of Medicine, School of Medicine, Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12833. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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