Medicaid Should Pay For Abortion Essay

I was against Medicaid paying for abortion until I furthered my research to find that Medicaid should pay for abortion. My reasoning for that is, these ‘unwanted’ children may not be properly cared for due to lack of money, patience or the mother to be may not be mature enough to handle raising a child. Although, many people would argue that abortion shouldn’t be paid for by Medicaid, due to it taking our tax dollars, and there’s no reason for someone to have an abortion due to their irresponsible actions. When families are forced to have children they can’t afford or children they just don’t want, it leads to child abuse or the lack of money can cause a child to go hungry. The family may feel resentment towards the baby, and it could possibly

However, guidelines do have to be met to qualify for State Medicaid paying for your abortion. These guidelines are called Federal Poverty Guidelines or the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) which states that your income must be less than $11,770 for individuals, $15,930 for a family of two, or $20,090 for a family of three. In 2008, 42% of women seeking an abortion were under the Federal Poverty guidelines. Principal findings in two study states, abortion providers reported that 97 percent of submitted claims for qualifying cases were funded. Although already a law, Federal Medicaid will only pay for an abortion if you are a victim of rape or incest or to save the life of the mother, which I completely agree with. However, there are many reasons people would argue with me about this. Those reasons may include, women should have the choice of being able to have the abortion, but the government shouldn’t pay for it. Or one might say, if the couple can have unprotected sex, they should be able to handle the outcome of the sex, which may be a child. Although, nothing besides abstinence is a foolproof way of having sex and the only way of preventing an unwanted pregnancy. And who are we to tell someone that they can’t have sex because there’s a chance of them getting