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'''Abortion funding''' at taxpayer expense occurs by court order in 13 states, and by legislation in another 4 states.<ref>http://www.aclu.org/FilesPDFs/map.pdf</ref> These states include many of the largest states, such as [[California]] and [[New York]].
'''Abortion funding''' at taxpayer expense occurs by court order in 13 states, and by legislation in another 4 states.<ref>http://www.aclu.org/FilesPDFs/map.pdf</ref> These states include many of the largest states, such as [[California]] and [[New York]].
[[Congress]], by virtue of the [[Hyde Amendment]], prohibits [[federal]] taxpayer funding for virtually all elective [[abortion]]s.
[[Congress]], by virtue of the [[Hyde Amendment]], prohibits [[federal]] taxpayer funding for virtually all elective [[abortion]]s. This includes no abortion coverage under Medicaid, the federal employee health benefits plan or the Tricare plan for military families.<ref name=wp>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/14/AR2009111401597.html|title=Health-care reform and abortion coverage: Questions and answers|work=Washington Post|date=November 15, 2009|accessdate=September 5, 2012|first=Alec|last=MacGillis}}</ref> However, 17 states and the District of Columbia use non-federal funds to provide Medicaid coverage for abortions.<ref name=wp/>
In 1988, Congress amended [[Title IX]] to preclude an argument that schools must provide abortion funding in order to comply with legislation that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in educational institutions receiving federal aid.
The cost of many abortions are covered by private health insurance. During the consideration of the Affordable Care Act in 2009, Representatives [[Bart Stupak]] (D-Mich.) and [[Joe Pitts]] (R-Pa.) offered an amendment which would limit prohibit insurance plans that take subsidized customers from offering abortion coverage.<ref name=wp/> The Stupak=Pitts bill would have forced low income women to chose between accepting a federal subsidy for health insurance or paying the fuil cost of an insurance plan that included abortion coverage. The Senate bill did not contain the Stupak-Pitts amendment. President Obama agreed to an Executive Order prohibiting the use of federal funds for abortions under the new law, and ultimately Stupak agreed to the Senate bill, resulting in the end of his long political career.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/09/rep-bart-stupak-retire/|title=
Rep. Bart Stupak Announces His Retirement After Health Care Controversy|date=April 09, 2010|work=FoxNews.com|accessdate=September 5, 2012|author=Chad Pergram and Dominique Pastre}}</ref>
==See Also==
==See Also==