Open AccessStrategies for Securing Funding for Abortion Under the Hyde Amendment: A Multistate Study of Abortion Providers’ Experiences Managing Medicaid
Author(s) -
Amanda Dennis,
Kelly Blanchard,
Denisse Córdova
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2011.300212
Subject(s) - medicaid , abortion , psychological intervention , family medicine , medicine , business , nursing , pregnancy , political science , law , health care , biology , genetics
We investigated systematic barriers, identified by previous research, that prevent women from obtaining Medicaid coverage for an abortion even when it should legally be available: when the pregnancy resulted from rape or incest or threatens the mother's life. We also aimed to document strategies to improve access to federal Medicaid funding in qualifying cases.