Thursday, December 29, 2011
Ohio Governor Signs Law Limiting Insurance Coverage for Abortions
Reuters (12/21): Ohio law bans funding abortions in insurance exchanges, by Mary Wisniewski:
Ohio Governor John Kasich on Wednesday signed a law that would prohibit abortion coverage from the state insurance exchange Ohio must create under the federal health care law.
"While we can all agree that people should have access to healthcare, we reject the notion that abortion is healthcare because the only measure of 'success' of an abortion procedure is the death of an innocent child," said Mike Gonidakis, executive director of Ohio Right to Life, in a statement. . . .
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/reproductive_rights/2011/12/ohio-governor-signs-law-limiting-insurance-coverage-for-abortions.html