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Thursday, August 17th, 2017

Texas governor signs bill to limit insurance coverage for abortions

Author:     Jon Herskovitz
Source:     Reuters
Publication Date:     AUGUST 15, 2017 / 2:15 PM
Link: Texas governor signs bill to limit insurance coverage for abortions
Stephan:   Now here's how this same issue is playing out in a Red value state, Texas.  What will happen? Texas will see increases in self-inflicted abortions, some of which result in the mother's death; increased sexually transmitted diseases; increased breast cancer reaching advanced stages before being diagnosed. More deaths of women. A general degradation of healthcare for the women of Texas, thanks to the ignorance and bias of Christofascists who are obsessed with limiting a woman's right to control her own body.

Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott
Credit: AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman/Jay Janner

AUSTIN, TEXAS — The Republican governor of Texas signed into law on Tuesday a measure that will restrict insurance coverage for abortions, compelling women to buy a supplemental plan if they want coverage for the procedure.

Governor Greg Abbott said the measure known as House Bill 214 would protect abortion opponents from subsidizing the procedure. Democratic critics decried it as forcing people to buy “rape insurance.”

Texas, the most-populous Republican-controlled state, has been at the forefront in enacting abortion restrictions, with many of its measures followed by other socially conservative states. But when HB 214 goes into law on Dec. 1, Texas will be the 11th state to restrict abortion coverage in private insurance plans written in the state.

“As a firm believer in Texas values, I am proud to sign legislation that ensures no Texan is ever required to pay for a procedure that ends the life of an unborn child,” Abbott said in a statement.

The Republican sponsor of a Senate bill on abortion insurance restriction, Brandon […]

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