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Although the legislation will allow insurers to provide these services, it will not require them to do so.
The current restriction on abortion coverage through Virginia’s health insurance exchange was put in place in 2011 during Republican Gov. Robert McDonnell’s administration after the Affordable Care Act was passed. Federal funds can’t cover abortion costs due to the Hyde Amendment, except for specific circumstances.
“The current ban on providing abortion care for private insurance companies does nothing to promote or protect the health and safety of anyone it’s purely politically based,” said Rae Pickett, communications director for Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia.
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