| Not covering contraceptives in group health plans actually costs employers 15-17% more than providing contraceptive coverage. |
|  | Banning Abortions in State Exchange SB 92 / AB 154 |
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| Introduced by Senators Zipperer, Leibham, Cowles, Galloway, Hopper, Kapanke, Kedzie, Lazich, Moulton and Wanggaard;
Cosponsored by Representatives Vos, Jacque, Ballweg, Brooks, Endsley, Farrow, Honadel, Kapenga, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Kooyenga, Kuglitsch, LeMahieu, Nass, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Petersen, Pridemore, Severson, Spanbauer, Steineke, Thiesfeldt, Van Roy, Weininger, Williams, Wynn and Ziegelbauer
SB 92 History
SB 92
SB 92 Lobbying Effort
Status:
10/20/11 Passed by Senate
3/13/12 Passed by Assembly |
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| In Wisconsin, both state and federal law prohibit any public funds from being used for abortion services except in the very limited circumstances of 1) when a woman will die; 2) when a woman is the victim of rape or incest; or 3) when a woman’s health is severely compromised. The Affordable Care Act went to great lengths to ensure that this status quo of prohibiting any public funds from paying for abortion services is maintained. In fact, the law requires women paying for abortion coverage in exchange health plans must make two payments for their insurance: one check to cover premium payment and one check to pay for their abortion coverage.
SB 92 would interfere with women’s ability to purchase the health coverage they need by telling insurers that any policies they sell in our state’s insurance exchange could not cover abortion at all beyond the three very limited exceptions. The health exception would allow abortion coverage only for cases in which “due to a medical condition existing prior to the abortion, the physician determines that the abortion is directly and medically necessary to prevent grave, long-lasting physical health damage to the woman.”
Like anyone else in the population, pregnant women are susceptible to cancer, heart disease, diabetes, severe depression, addictions, and other serious health problems. Surgery, x-rays, chemotherapy, or other treatment vital to women’s health or life may come to a halt once the pregnancy is discovered. A woman might need an abortion if a continued pregnancy would threaten her life or health, including her future fertility or if she requires further treatments that may damage a developing fetus. Examples of this situation includes a woman who has severe seizures that can only be treated by a medication known to cause severe fetal abnormalities and a fetus that has a significant abnormality, making it impossible for the baby to survive outside the womb. |
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