Current law

How do rape exceptions for abortion work? They don’t. Under current law, Medicaid is supposed to cover abortion services in cases of rape, incest, and life endangerment in Washington, D.C. and 32 states, including Virginia. Yet the intersection of Medicaid and abortion — which are stigmatized, respectively, as handouts and the destruction of life— creates a complicated process, perhaps by design, for providers and patients who just want insurance to pay for a health procedure as it’s supposed to. Sexual assault survivors aren’t exempt from that complicated process. A ThinkProgress analysis of Medicaid claims across the country found that few states with coverage restrictions have paid for many low-income people’s abortions — likely due to bureaucracy, ignorance, or stigma. In fact, in 2017, nine states failed to pay for a single survivor’s abortion, and four only paid for one. [READ MORE]( [Worst storm in nearly 100 years leaves U.S. islands devastated]( [READ MORE]( [Florida Republican governor’s appointee helped organize Proud Boys’ Pelosi protest]( [READ MORE]( [The conservative mainstream is embracing conspiracy theories]( [READ MORE]( [What the right gets wrong about Venezuela and the American left]( [READ MORE]( [From racketeering claims to rape charges, a guide to all the cases against Harvey Weinstein]( [READ MORE]( [Airbnb announces booking policy change to head off outcry over persistent racial discrimination]( [READ MORE]( [Jury finds defendants in FBI college basketball corruption trial guilty on all counts]( [READ MORE]( “A very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media that I refer to as Fake News. It has gotten so bad and hateful that it is beyond description. Mainstream Media must clean up its act, FAST!” [President Trump]( in a tweet blaming the media for the recent attempted bombings of, among others, the media CAPAF | ThinkProgress Center for American Progress Action Fund 1333 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 United States This email was sent to{EMAIL}. [unsubscribe](