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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman
GD, I was surprised during this whole debate to find that abortions are covered at all - because I presumed they were considered elective. Apparently, not so.
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It's shifted around a bit. Hyde was passed right after Roe v. Wade was decided. It was initially written to prevent Medicare from covering abortions except in cases of health risk to the mother, rape, and incest. It was later rewritten to remove the health risk exception. And then again rewritten to remove the rape and incest exception. But in 1993, those exceptions were written back in and that's where we stand now.