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Its lack of acknowledgment at the state and local policy level demonstrates the lack of priority or evasion of the government to acknowledge abortion as a healthcare service that must be stated specifically as a subsidized service by the federal government.
Interestingly, with the approval and passage of the Affordable Care Act (or "Obamacare"), federal policy on abortion remains vague if not directly banned or discouraged. While abortion is not explicitly stated as a health service that will be subsidized under this new healthcare law, it is contended that abortion services and its funding are "always included unless it's explicitly excluded" (O'Neil, 2012). Thus, women can avail of abortion services as a healthcare and preventive service subsidized by the federal government and covered in health insurance plans.
This new development in the federal policy on abortion is a step forward to directly acknowledging and confronting the legislative status of abortion policy in the country....
While Obamacare could be considered being responsive to this healthcare service need of women, other interventions at the national and even international level needs to be scrutinized, as U.S. policy on reproductive health program funding to international agencies and developing and underdeveloped countries remain anti-abortion. At best, these health programs are implementing Abstinence-only and Faith & Abstinence (F&a) intervention programs that in reality, does not prevent abortion and resolves the healthcare problems it entails once this occurs and is needed (Santelli et al., 2006:73).
References
"Federal and state bans and restrictions on abortion." (2012). Planned Parenthood Action Center. Retrieved 28 July 2012. Available at: http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/positions/federal-state-bans-restrictions-abortion-644.htm
O'Neil, T. (2012). "Obamacare and abortion: Health overhaul could lead to federal subsidy of abortion, critic says." The Washington Free Beacon. Retrieved 28 July 2012. Available at: http://freebeacon.com/obamacare-and-abortion/
Santelli, J., M. Ott, and M. Lyon. (2006). "Abstinence and abstinence-only education: a review of U.S. policies and programs." Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 38.
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