Today, HHS took action to continue its work to enhance and strengthen access to reproductive health care, including safe and legal abortion. Read more about the letter that SecBecerra and BrooksLaSureCMS issued to all U.S. governors:
, we have seen the gut-wrenching stories of women suffering and not getting the care they need because of newly-enacted laws that restrict abortion care. We have also seen state legislatures try to mislead women by saying they’re protecting patients while also making it a crime to provide abortion care.
“With today’s guidance, we encourage states interested in developing approaches that use federal funding, including Medicaid funding under section 1115 demonstration authority, to engage with us to expand access to care.
The letter comes just days after a Federal court granted a preliminary injunction restraining and enjoining the State of Idaho from enforcing Idaho’s anti-abortion law in situations where an abortion is a necessary stabilizing treatment for an emergency medical condition. Earlier this month, the U.S.
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