{"id":333715,"date":"2025-07-20T08:59:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T13:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=333715"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T20:51:29","slug":"taxpayer-dollars-shouldnt-fund-late-term-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/taxpayer-dollars-shouldnt-fund-late-term-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxpayer dollars shouldn&#8217;t be funding dangerous late-term abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Though there is never a reason to intentionally end the life of a preborn child by abortion, the abortion industry does so even while it knowingly puts women at risk \u2014 especially by <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/late-term-abortionist-dangers-induction-abortion\/\">violating the &#8220;standard of care&#8221;<\/a> when it comes to late-term abortions. (Click to read parts <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/late-term-abortionist-term-safer-18-weeks\/\">one<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/experts-insurers-late-term-abortions-unsafe-clinics\/\">two<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/late-term-abortionist-dangers-induction-abortion\/\">three<\/a> of this series.)<\/p>\n<p>As Live Action News has already shown, abortionists are aware that, at a certain point in the second trimester, abortion <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/late-term-abortionist-term-safer-18-weeks\/\">becomes far more risky<\/a> to women than carrying to term. In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/late-term-abortionist-dangers-induction-abortion\/\">the industry knows<\/a> that in doing late-term abortions outside hospital or hospital-like settings, it is violating the &#8216;standard of care&#8217; and putting women at significantly greater risk. But knowing and doing are two different things&#8230; and an industry that intentionally and electively kills human beings clearly cannot be trusted to care about the safety of women or their children.<\/p>\n<p>So <em>why are taxpayer dollars being funneled to abortionists<\/em> who not only kill children but put women at risk by violating the &#8216;standard of care&#8217;?<\/p>\n<h2>Key Takeaways:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Abortionists and others know that committing induction abortions late in pregnancy outside hospital settings does not follow the &#8216;standard of care.&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Multiple states fund these late-term abortions using their portion of Medicaid (state taxpayer) dollars, even though using federal Medicaid is not allowed because of the federal Hyde Amendment.<\/li>\n<li>In states where Medicaid is used to pay for abortions, 70% of those utilizing it for this reason were Black, and 66% were Latino, showing that taxpayers are largely paying for the deaths of minorities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Backstory:<\/h2>\n<p>In 2015, medical malpractice attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/guide.bnnmedia.org\/CablecastPublicSite\/show\/96061?site=3\">Mike Seibel<\/a> investigated a <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/future-abortion-obgyn-residency-trained-thousands-kill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan Residency abortion training program<\/a> at the University of New Mexico (UNM), later winning a malpractice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S9bpWgr-1IU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawsuit<\/a> against abortionist <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/curtis-boyd-memoirs-death-ended-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curtis Boyd<\/a> with co-counsel Justin Hall. Seibel discovered that 23 year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/amber-thurman-pro-abortion-state-keisha-atkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keisha Atkins<\/a> had been given the abortion pill regimen during her 24-week induction abortion as part of an <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/late-term-abortionists-experimented-hundreds-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">experiment<\/a> at Boyd\u2019s Southwestern Women\u2019s Options (SWO) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Atkins died as a result of the abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Boyd\u00a0has <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/two-abortionists-estimated-killed-300000-human-beings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted<\/a> to ending the lives of 250,ooo preborn babies.<\/p>\n<p>Seibel told Live Action News that the abortion industry knows committing later abortions in outpatient facilities is more dangerous for woman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sGhffW15ATY&amp;t=1544s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emphasizing<\/a> that \u201cThe Standard of Care is that they should be done in a hospital or hospital-like setting&#8221; due to the risks involved.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_333701\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333701\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-333701 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mike-Seibel-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Attorney Mike Seibel, late-term abortion expert\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mike-Seibel-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mike-Seibel-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mike-Seibel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mike-Seibel-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mike-Seibel-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mike-Seibel-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mike-Seibel-960x960.jpg 960w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mike-Seibel-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mike-Seibel.jpg 1852w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-333701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Medical malpractice attorney Mike Seibel<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/experts-insurers-late-term-abortions-unsafe-clinics\/\">Abortion industry experts<\/a>\u00a0have even <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/late-term-abortionist-dangers-induction-abortion\/\">testified in court<\/a> that they are aware that the &#8216;standard of care&#8217; for late-term induction abortions is that they take place within hospitals or hospital-like facilities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A doctor or clinic that performs an induction abortion outside of a hospital or hospital-like facility would expose a patient to needless danger,&#8221; claimed Seibel. &#8220;We have a whole bunch of testimony from the abortion industry itself saying &#8216;this is below the standard of care,'&#8221; Seibel said, &#8220;and, because they are violating the standard of care, they should not be eligible for Medicaid reimbursements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Details:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><em>Is Medicaid funding late-term induction abortions that do not conform to the &#8216;standard of care&#8217;?<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Medicaid <em>can<\/em> be used to fund <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-birth-thing-legal-9-states-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">late-term abortions<\/a>, despite federal <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/hyde-amendment-restrains-unlimited-taxpayer-funded-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyde Amendment<\/a> prohibitions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/medicaid\/state-indicator\/abortion-under-medicaid\/?currentTimeframe=0&amp;sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D\">which<\/a> &#8220;ban[] state use of federal Medicaid dollars to pay for abortions unless the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, or the abortion is &#8216;necessary to save the life of the woman.'&#8221; States, however, decide whether or not to use their portion of those dollars to pay for the killing of preborn babies \u2014 at any stage of development, for any reason.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/state-policy\/explore\/state-policies-abortion-bans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 2025 report<\/a> from the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute, &#8220;9 states [Alaska, Colorado, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, and Vermont] and the District of Columbia do not restrict abortion on the basis of gestational duration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1977\/06\/21\/archives\/court-rules-states-may-deny-medicaid-for-some-abortions.html?searchResultPosition=253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruled<\/a> that taxpayer-funding of abortions could be limited. Despite the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/study-hyde-amendment-saved-2-4-million-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyde Amendment<\/a>, taxpayer dollars still fund some abortions <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/unearthed-court-docs-planned-parenthood-considers-all-abortions-medically-necessary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for any reason<\/a>\u00a0at the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/half-abortions-medicaid-taxpayer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state level<\/a>, according to expenditure reports at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaid.gov\/medicaid\/finance\/state-expenditure-reporting\/expenditure-reports\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medicaid.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_333849\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333849\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-333849\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Abortion-Coverage-under-Medicaid-National-Health-Law-April-2025-700x671.jpg\" alt=\"Abortion Coverage under Medicaid National Health Law April 2025\" width=\"700\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Abortion-Coverage-under-Medicaid-National-Health-Law-April-2025-700x671.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Abortion-Coverage-under-Medicaid-National-Health-Law-April-2025-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Abortion-Coverage-under-Medicaid-National-Health-Law-April-2025-768x736.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Abortion-Coverage-under-Medicaid-National-Health-Law-April-2025-500x479.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Abortion-Coverage-under-Medicaid-National-Health-Law-April-2025.jpg 913w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-333849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abortion Coverage under Medicaid National Health Law April 2025<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><em>Which state Medicaid programs pay for abortion, regardless of gestational age?<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>As of March 12, 2025, the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/states.guttmacher.org\/policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a>\u00a0that \u201c19 states [Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington] have a policy or court order that directs state Medicaid funds to pay for abortions under all circumstances\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pro-abortion Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/medicaid\/state-indicator\/abortion-under-medicaid\/?currentTimeframe=0&amp;sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Funds%20Abortions,%20Exceeding%20Federal%20Requirements%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that 20 states fund abortions, \u201cexceeding federal requirements,\u201d adding Colorado in addition to the 19 listed by Guttmacher.<\/p>\n<p>Only \u201c7 states [Alaska, Kentucky, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and West Virginia] require providers to indicate the method of payment,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/state-policy\/explore\/abortion-reporting-requirements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guttmacher<\/a> claimed.<\/p>\n<p>In some states that pay for abortions, there are no limits for reasons or gestational age. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>California <\/strong>&#8211; &#8220;Abortion is a covered benefit <strong>regardless of the gestational age of the fetus<\/strong>&#8221; (emphasis added) and &#8220;Medical justification and authorization for abortion are not required,&#8221; the state&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/mcweb.apps.prd.cammis.medi-cal.ca.gov\/assets\/26092CC9-AAAF-432E-A672-85D649215F8A\/abort.pdf?access_token=6UyVkRRfByXTZEWIh8j8QaYylPyP5ULO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medi-Cal program<\/a> stated in 2024. Between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhcs.ca.gov\/dataandstats\/statistics\/Pages\/Medi-Cal_Fee-for-Service_Expenditures.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2014<\/a> and 2020, California taxpayers <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/two-states-third-abortions-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funded<\/a> approximately 411,000 abortions, costing nearly $118M, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/data.chhs.ca.gov\/dataset\/abortion-related-services-funded-by-medi-cal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data<\/a> from the State\u2019s Medi-Cal website. But between 1989 to 2020, the state\u2019s taxpayer-funded abortions had reached nearly\u00a0<strong><em>one billion<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<em><strong>dollars<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0($785,421,873).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Colorado<\/strong> &#8211; A <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250409120138\/https:\/\/leg.colorado.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/2025A\/bills\/fn\/2025a_sb183_00.pdf\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/leg.colorado.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/2025A\/bills\/fn\/2025a_sb183_00.pdf\">fiscal analysis<\/a>, in the state where late term abortionist Warren Hern <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortionist-warren-hern-elective-late-term-abortions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously<\/a> operated, literally <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250409120138\/https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/03\/25\/colorado-bill-enshrine-abortion-access-legislature-save-money-medicaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> that taxpayer-funded abortion (projected at nearly $5.9 million in FY2026-27 ) would save taxpayers money <strong>because it would prevent births<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_334130\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-334130\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-334130 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Illinois-abortion-v-medicaid-averted-births-700x259.png\" alt=\"Colorado abortion v Medicaid averted births\" width=\"700\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Illinois-abortion-v-medicaid-averted-births-700x259.png 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Illinois-abortion-v-medicaid-averted-births-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Illinois-abortion-v-medicaid-averted-births-768x284.png 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Illinois-abortion-v-medicaid-averted-births-500x185.png 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Illinois-abortion-v-medicaid-averted-births.png 813w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-334130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colorado abortion v Medicaid averted births<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Maryland <\/strong>&#8211; The most current <a href=\"http:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/pubs\/budgetfiscal\/2019fy-budget-docs-operating-m00q01-mdh-medical-care-programs-administration.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data<\/a> on state taxpayer dollars funding abortion (which may not include all abortions), shows that in <a href=\"http:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/pubs\/budgetfiscal\/2010fy-budget-docs-operating-m00q00-dhmh-medical-care-programs-administration.pdf\">2006<\/a>, the state funded 3,831 abortions at a price tag of \u00a0$2.7M. Just 10 years later, in <a href=\"http:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/pubs\/budgetfiscal\/2019fy-budget-docs-operating-m00q01-mdh-medical-care-programs-administration.pdf\">2016<\/a>, that number had more than doubled to 7,897 abortions at double the cost \u2014 $5.4M. By <a href=\"https:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/cmte_testimony\/2023\/hgo\/1HK_x-sX0UJeZvlfVSQ7ZJeBuUZZvdIgm.pdf\">2020<\/a>, just four years later, the state paid for 9,864 abortions at a cost of $6.5M.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/cmte_testimony\/2023\/hgo\/1HK_x-sX0UJeZvlfVSQ7ZJeBuUZZvdIgm.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020<\/a>: $6.5 million \/9,864 abortions<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/cmte_testimony\/2023\/hgo\/1HK_x-sX0UJeZvlfVSQ7ZJeBuUZZvdIgm.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019<\/a>: $$6.1 million\/9,676 abortions<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/cmte_testimony\/2023\/hgo\/1HK_x-sX0UJeZvlfVSQ7ZJeBuUZZvdIgm.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018<\/a>: $6.3 million \/9,875 abortions<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/pubs\/budgetfiscal\/2019fy-budget-docs-operating-m00q01-mdh-medical-care-programs-administration.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2017<\/a>: $5.7 million \/ 8,798 abortions<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/pubs\/budgetfiscal\/2019fy-budget-docs-operating-m00q01-mdh-medical-care-programs-administration.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016<\/a>: $5.4 million \/ 7,897 abortions<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/pubs\/budgetfiscal\/2019fy-budget-docs-operating-m00q01-mdh-medical-care-programs-administration.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015<\/a>: $5.7 million \/ 7,945 abortions<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/pubs\/budgetfiscal\/2018fy-budget-docs-operating-m00q01-dhmh-medical-care-programs-administration.pdf\">2014<\/a>: $5.6 million \/ 7,651 abortions<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/Pubs\/BudgetFiscal\/2016fy-budget-docs-operating-M00Q01-DHMH-Medical-Care-Programs-Administration.pdf\">2013:<\/a> $5.4 million \/ 7,528 abortions<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/Pubs\/BudgetFiscal\/2016fy-budget-docs-operating-M00Q01-DHMH-Medical-Care-Programs-Administration.pdf\">2012:<\/a> $5.2 million \/ 7,442 abortions<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/pubs\/budgetfiscal\/2015fy-budget-docs-operating-m00q-dhmh-medical-care-programs-administration.pdf\">2011:\u00a0<\/a>$5.4 million \/ 7,177 abortions<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/pubs\/budgetfiscal\/2014fy-budget-docs-operating-m00q-dhmh-medical-care-programs-administration.pdf\">2010:\u00a0<\/a>$4.7 million \/ 6,652 abortions<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/pubs\/budgetfiscal\/2012fy-budget-docs-operating-m00q00-dhmh-medical-care-programs-administration.pdf\">2009<\/a>: $3.4 million \/ 4,857 abortions<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/pubs\/budgetfiscal\/2011fy-budget-docs-operating-m00q00-dhmh-medical-care-programs-administration.pdf\">2008<\/a>: $2.2 million \/\u00a0 3,281 abortions<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/pubs\/budgetfiscal\/2011fy-budget-docs-operating-m00q00-dhmh-medical-care-programs-administration.pdf\">2007<\/a>: $2.2 million \/ 3,580 abortions<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/pubs\/budgetfiscal\/2010fy-budget-docs-operating-m00q00-dhmh-medical-care-programs-administration.pdf\">2006<\/a>: $2.7 million \/ 3,831 abortions<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Minnesota<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;There is no law limiting the availability of abortion based on how far along in pregnancy you are,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abortionfinder.org\/abortion-guides-by-state\/abortion-in-minnesota\/abortion-laws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> one online abortion locator. Minnesota&#8217;s Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ag.state.mn.us\/abortionrights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> is clear that &#8220;Minnesota law no longer requires that abortions be performed in a hospital, and facilities like birthing centers can now offer abortions.&#8221; The site also states that &#8220;qualifying patients&#8221; can receive &#8220;public assistance&#8230; to cover or partially cover the cost of reproductive health care services, including abortion,&#8221; and that those qualifying for Medicaid and Minnesota Care may also be able to receive taxpayer funded abortions, adding, &#8216;The use of these funds is no longer limited to instances of rape or incest, or where the pregnant person\u2019s health is in danger.&#8221; A <a href=\"https:\/\/mn.gov\/commerce-stat\/insurance\/industry\/policy-data-reports\/62J\/MN-AIR-Evaluation%20Report-Abortion-508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state evaluation<\/a> claimed that\u00a0&#8220;10,166 Minnesota residents had an induced abortion in 2022. Of these abortions, 48% were covered by state public insurance, 33.5% were self-pay, and 18.5% were covered by commercial plans.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>New Mexico<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;Abortion is not restricted based on gestational duration&#8221; and &#8220;State Medicaid funds cover abortion,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/states.guttmacher.org\/policies\/new-mexico\/abortion-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> Guttmacher. (The same was true for <a href=\"https:\/\/states.guttmacher.org\/policies\/alaska\/abortion-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alaska<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/unearthed-court-docs-planned-parenthood-considers-all-abortions-medically-necessary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously documented<\/a> by Live Action News), <a href=\"https:\/\/states.guttmacher.org\/policies\/maryland\/abortion-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/states.guttmacher.org\/policies\/new-jersey\/abortion-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Jersey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/states.guttmacher.org\/policies\/oregon\/abortion-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oregon<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/states.guttmacher.org\/policies\/vermont\/abortion-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vermont<\/a>.) In just two years (2020 and 2021), New Mexico spent nearly <strong>$1 million tax dollars<\/strong>\u00a0funding\u00a0<strong>7,327<\/strong> abortions,&#8221; Abortion Free New Mexico (AFNM) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abortionfreenm.com\/news\/new-mexico-medicaid-spent-nearly-1000000-of-taxpayer-money-to-fund-abortions-from-2020-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. Previous data &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/abortiondocs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Medicaid-Abortions-2017-2019-Updated-9272020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reveals<\/a> from 2017-2019 state taxpayers paid $791,106.50 for 5,889 abortions,&#8221; AFNM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abortionfreenm.com\/news\/correction-new-mexico-taxpayers-funded-5889-abortions-at-a-staggering-79110650-from-2017-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>New York<\/strong> &#8211; Abortions are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyclu.org\/resources\/know-your-rights\/your-rights-abortion-care-new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">taxpayer-funded and available<\/a>\u00a0into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/health_care\/managed_care\/famplan10ques.htm\">third trimester<\/a> of pregnancy. State data reveals that\u00a034,054 (nearly half) of the 68,388 total abortions committed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/statistics\/vital_statistics\/2022\/table24.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022<\/a> were funded by Medicaid, nearly 50% in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/statistics\/vital_statistics\/2021\/table24.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 2021<\/a>, and nearly 49% in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/statistics\/vital_statistics\/2020\/table24.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020<\/a>. Live Action News <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/taxpayers-bill-medicaid-abortions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously<\/a> documented a breakdown of induced abortion from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/statistics\/vital_statistics\/\">New York Department of Health<\/a>, which revealed 44% of the total abortions committed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/statistics\/vital_statistics\/2012\/table20.htm\">2012<\/a> were tax funded, nearly 46% in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/statistics\/vital_statistics\/2013\/table20.htm\">2013<\/a>, 47% in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/statistics\/vital_statistics\/2014\/table20.htm\">2014<\/a>, 49% in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/statistics\/vital_statistics\/2015\/table24.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oregon<\/strong> &#8211; According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/politics\/index.ssf\/2018\/07\/volunteer-led_anti-abortion_in.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oregonian<\/a>, abortions are covered under the Oregon Health Plan, \u201cwhich\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stopthefunding.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/OHP_abortion_funding_2002%E2%80%932016.pdf\">paid $2.4 million for 3,769<\/a>\u00a0abortions in 2016, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/oha\/ERD\/Pages\/Public-Records-Requests.aspx?wp7014=se:%22abortion%22\">Oregon Health Authority documents<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Washington State<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8211; WA&#8217;s Medicaid, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hca.wa.gov\/about-hca\/programs-and-initiatives\/apple-health-medicaid\">Apple Health<\/a>, lists &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hca.wa.gov\/assets\/billers-and-providers\/Pregnancy-related-services-bg-20250101.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Health Pregnancy Related Services<\/a>&#8221; in its Medicaid guide for 2025. It states that covered services include &#8220;voluntary terminations,&#8221; including &#8220;spontaneous, incomplete, missed, induced, and elective abortions&#8230;.&#8221; The carrier &#8220;pays for surgical abortions that occur in an ambulatory surgical center (ASC), hospital&#8230;. Abortion centers must be approved by and contracted with HCA to bill for facility fee payments for a surgical abortion&#8230;. Abortion centers are reimbursed the facility fees only for surgical abortions.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Reality Check:<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><em>When &#8220;low-income&#8221; translates primarily to communities of color<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Abortion is <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/washpo-dishonestly-downplay-abortion-eugenics-ties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tethered<\/a> to eugenics \u2014 so it is no surprise that studies have shown that in some states, Medicaid-funded abortions appear higher among targeted communities of color.<\/p>\n<p>The Guttmacher Institute <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/psrh.12250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analyzed<\/a> state-funded abortion, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/news-release\/2024\/new-study-underscores-critical-role-state-medicaid-coverage-has-improving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a> in February of 2024 that &#8220;Medicaid usage for abortion care was highest among respondents in Medicaid states who identified as Black (70%), Latinx (66%), had one or more prior births (70%\u201377%), those having second-trimester abortions (75%) and those with the lowest incomes (78%). &#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_333667\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333667\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-333667\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Guttmacher-Institute-19-states-fund-abortion-via-state-medicaid-dollars-700x359.jpg\" alt=\"Guttmacher Institute 19 states fund abortion via state Medicaid dollars\" width=\"700\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Guttmacher-Institute-19-states-fund-abortion-via-state-medicaid-dollars-700x359.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Guttmacher-Institute-19-states-fund-abortion-via-state-medicaid-dollars-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Guttmacher-Institute-19-states-fund-abortion-via-state-medicaid-dollars-768x394.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Guttmacher-Institute-19-states-fund-abortion-via-state-medicaid-dollars-1536x788.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Guttmacher-Institute-19-states-fund-abortion-via-state-medicaid-dollars-500x256.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Guttmacher-Institute-19-states-fund-abortion-via-state-medicaid-dollars.jpg 1618w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-333667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guttmacher Institute 19 states fund abortion via state Medicaid dollars<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Live Action News previously <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/hyde-amendment-restrains-unlimited-taxpayer-funded-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documented<\/a> how funding abortion \u2014 as well as ease of access and location to abortion facility, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/number-abortion-facilities-cut-half-since-80s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plays a role<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/taxpayers-fund-abortion-more-happen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increased abortions<\/a>. This is a win for abortion profiteers.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC11605993\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 study<\/a> found that &#8220;In Maine and Illinois, implementing state Medicaid coverage of abortion contributed to an immediate overall increase in abortion access&#8230;.&#8221; Another <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/psrh.12250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found<\/a> that &#8220;Between 2017 and 2020, Illinois and Maine introduced Medicaid funding of abortion and the abortion rate increased by 14 and four abortions per 1000 Medicaid insured women, respectively.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When Illinois introduced Medicaid coverage for abortion, the abortion rate increased by 2.4 per 1,000 women (18.2%)\u00a0 and births decreased by 1.7 per 1,000 women (2.8%). Decreases in birth rates were higher among Black and Hispanic people, people in low-income areas, and for people who lived closer to an abortion facility,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/sph.umd.edu\/news\/study-examines-effects-state-funding-abortion-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthaffairs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1377\/hlthaff.2024.00145\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Maryland School of Public Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-334128\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FPA-no-cost-abortion-for-Medicaid-in-Illinois-700x323.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FPA-no-cost-abortion-for-Medicaid-in-Illinois-700x323.png 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FPA-no-cost-abortion-for-Medicaid-in-Illinois-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FPA-no-cost-abortion-for-Medicaid-in-Illinois-768x354.png 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FPA-no-cost-abortion-for-Medicaid-in-Illinois-1536x708.png 1536w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FPA-no-cost-abortion-for-Medicaid-in-Illinois-500x231.png 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FPA-no-cost-abortion-for-Medicaid-in-Illinois.png 2019w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A separate <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC11366969\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> concluded that &#8220;Medicaid coverage of abortion care is associated with a much higher lifetime incidence of abortion among individuals insured by Medicaid. We infer that Medicaid coverage of abortion care costs may have a very large impact on the accessibility of abortion care for low\u2010income women.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We find evidence that in Maryland, a state that has long provided Medicaid funding for low-income women&#8217;s abortion care, women insured by Medicaid are much more likely to have had an abortion over their reproductive lifetimes than are Maryland residents not insured by Medicaid,&#8221; authors wrote.<\/p>\n<h3><em><strong>Taxpayers shouldn&#8217;t be paying for this<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p>According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/medicaid\/issue-brief\/variability-in-payment-rates-for-abortion-services-under-medicaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KFF.org<\/a>), \u201cThere is tremendous variability in how much states reimburse for abortion services in states that use state funds to pay for abortions under Medicaid&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Medication abortion: $162 (RI) to $665 (NM)<\/li>\n<li>D&amp;C procedures: $146 (WA) to $1,000 (NY)<\/li>\n<li>D&amp;E procedures: $248 (WA) to $1,300 (NY), $1,920 (IL)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIn recent years, some states, such as Illinois, New York, New Mexico, and Maryland have significantly boosted their Medicaid reimbursement rates to support abortion access in their states in the face of abortion bans and restrictions in states across the nation. For example,\u00a0<strong>six states have more than doubled their reimbursement rates for D&amp;C procedures and five states for D&amp;E procedures since 2017<\/strong>,\u201d KFF.org wrote (emphasis added).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In states that fund abortion services for Medicaid enrollees the median reimbursement for a D&amp;E procedure was $570, ranging from a low of $248 in Rhode Island and Washington to a high of $1,920 in Illinois,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/medicaid\/issue-brief\/variability-in-payment-rates-for-abortion-services-under-medicaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KFF added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Induction abortions, which are generally committed at 25 weeks gestation and later \u2014 and should only be committed in a hospital, according to some abortion providers \u2014 cost far more.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_333684\" style=\"width: 708px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333684\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-333684\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cost-of-late-term-abortions-per-Innovating-Education-698x700.jpg\" alt=\"Cost of late term abortions per Innovating Education\" width=\"698\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cost-of-late-term-abortions-per-Innovating-Education-698x700.jpg 698w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cost-of-late-term-abortions-per-Innovating-Education-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cost-of-late-term-abortions-per-Innovating-Education-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cost-of-late-term-abortions-per-Innovating-Education-768x771.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cost-of-late-term-abortions-per-Innovating-Education-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cost-of-late-term-abortions-per-Innovating-Education-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cost-of-late-term-abortions-per-Innovating-Education.jpg 1197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-333684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cost of late term abortions (Innovating Education)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThird trimester abortion\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC9321603\/\">costs can range<\/a>\u00a0from a couple thousand dollars to over $25,000, depending on how far along the pregnancy is and how clinically complex it is,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/womens-health-policy\/issue-brief\/abortions-later-in-pregnancy-in-a-post-dobbs-era\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> KFF.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/saynsumthn.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/30\/mother-paid-abortion-doc-25k-to-euthanize-36-week-unborn-baby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yahoo Parenting<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/what-kind-of-mother-is-8-months-pregnant-and-117104430132.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highlighted<\/a> a woman who claimed that she paid $25,000 to \u201ceuthanize\u201d her 36-week-old preborn baby via induction abortion.<\/p>\n<p>A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/24pdf\/23-1275_e2pg.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decision<\/a>\u00a0from the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-states-defund-abortion-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Supreme Court<\/a> in the case of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oyez.org\/cases\/2024\/23-1275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic<\/em><\/a>\u00a0will\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedia.org\/case\/medina-v-planned-parenthood-south-atlantic\/\">allow states<\/a> to redirect taxpayer dollars away from abortion facilities; perhaps more states should enact these measures.<\/p>\n<p>Live Action News will detail putting the late term abortion industry on notice for violating the &#8216;standard of care&#8217; in the next article of this series.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><i>Follow Live Action News on <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\"><b><i>Facebook<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i> and <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/LiveActionOrg\/\"><b><i>Instagram<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i> for more pro-life news.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though there is never a reason to intentionally end the life of a preborn child by abortion, the abortion industry does so even while it knowingly puts women at risk \u2014 especially by violating the &#8220;standard of care&#8221; when it comes to late-term abortions. 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