In this map, the Guttmacher Institute highlights the effects of the Hyde Amendment, an appropriations rider that bars federal Medicaid funding from covering abortion care except in the limited cases of rape, incest and life endangerment.
In practice, 15 states address Hyde restrictions by allowing state funding for Medicaid abortion coverage. While 17 states have a policy that calls for them to use state funding for abortion care "either voluntarily or by court order," Guttmacher researchers note that two states, Arizona and Illinois, "are funding so few abortions that they appear to be in violation of their court orders." Meanwhile, the majority of states do not provide Medicaid coverage for abortion care beyond the Hyde restrictions.
In a related infographic, Guttmacher draws attention to how Hyde "falls particularly hard on women of color." Citing the effects of "social and economic inequality linked to racism and discrimination," the researchers explain that women of color are more likely than white women to have coverage through Medicaid. According to Guttmacher, of the seven million women who are "subject to the Hyde Amendment," 52 percent are women of color (Boonstra, Guttmacher Institute, 7/14).
