dakota190 Posted August 1, 2009 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 97 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 640 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 4 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/14/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted August 1, 2009 http://www.lifenews.com/nat5310.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningGlory Posted August 1, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1,022 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 39,193 Content Per Day: 6.10 Reputation: 9,977 Days Won: 78 Joined: 10/01/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted August 1, 2009 This just makes me mad....I seem to remember reading that Medicaid doesn't pay for abortions. Am I wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Believer1997 Posted August 1, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 66 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,363 Content Per Day: 1.12 Reputation: 119 Days Won: 9 Joined: 11/07/2008 Status: Offline Share Posted August 1, 2009 This just makes me mad....I seem to remember reading that Medicaid doesn't pay for abortions. Am I wrong? I believe that Medicaid does pay for them. I think it's been that way for a long time, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningGlory Posted August 1, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1,022 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 39,193 Content Per Day: 6.10 Reputation: 9,977 Days Won: 78 Joined: 10/01/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted August 1, 2009 This just makes me mad....I seem to remember reading that Medicaid doesn't pay for abortions. Am I wrong? I believe that Medicaid does pay for them. I think it's been that way for a long time, too. Seriously? This is something I need to find out about. I will be checking the Texas dept. of whatever it's called to find out. Or...is Medicaid federal???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Believer1997 Posted August 1, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 66 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,363 Content Per Day: 1.12 Reputation: 119 Days Won: 9 Joined: 11/07/2008 Status: Offline Share Posted August 1, 2009 This just makes me mad....I seem to remember reading that Medicaid doesn't pay for abortions. Am I wrong? I believe that Medicaid does pay for them. I think it's been that way for a long time, too. Seriously? This is something I need to find out about. I will be checking the Texas dept. of whatever it's called to find out. Or...is Medicaid federal???? I believe it's multiple levels of funding - states provide the Medicaid care - but it is federally funded. There are a lot of women who have been on Medicaid that have had abortions from the clinics they receive care from - so I quite certain - it is funded by taxpayer dollars. This is from the National Institute of Reproductive Health and has some information... http://www.nirhealth.org/sections/ourprogr...ngbarriers2.pdf In 1977, Congress first passed the Hyde Amendment, which restricts the use of federal Medicaid funds for abortion to cases of rape, incest or when the woman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LadyC Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 i think medicaid is state by state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgedrw81 Posted August 2, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,823 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 36 Days Won: 2 Joined: 04/10/2009 Status: Offline Share Posted August 2, 2009 Abortion can be stopped through education not through funding and laws Blessings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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