Study Shows Half of Women Getting Second Abortion, Don't Use Private Insurance

Study Shows Half of Women Getting Second Abortion, Don't Use Private Insurance

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new study from the pro-abortion Guttmacher institute appears to confirm a point the pro-life community was making during the debate over health care reform. Meanwhile, the new research on women getting abortions find half getting at least their second abortion and more poor women getting abortions.

Abortion advocates claimed insurance companies paid for most abortions and any limits on abortion funding would deprive women of that coverage.

The pro-life community pointed to figures showing most abortions are paid for out of pocket and protecting the rights of taxpayers to not have their tax dollars paying for abortions would not infringe on insurance coverage.

A new study from the Guttmacher Institute, a former Planned Parenthood affiliate that takes a pro-abortion position, appears to validate the pro-life perspective.

A new GI survey shows most women pay for abortions out of pocket, with insurance companies picking up the costs of just 12 percent. Some 57 percent of women paid for their abortions, 13 percent received help from a nonprofit pro-abortion group that pays for poor women's abortions, and 20 percent got their abortions covered under Medicaid, as some states allow state tax dollars to pay for abortions.

The survey found one-third of women uninsured, one-third were on Medicaid, and one-third had private insurance coverage.