Data as of June 1, 2010.
The federal Hyde Amendment, passed in 1977, bans state use of federal Medicaid dollars to pay for abortions unless the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, or the abortion is "necessary to save the life of the woman." States can use their own funds to cover other medically necessary abortions - usually defined by states as those to protect the physical or mental health of the woman - for Medicaid recipients. States that fund abortions beyond the federal requirement are shown here.

Alan Guttmacher Institute, State Policies in Brief, "State Funding of Abortion Under Medicaid," June 1, 2010; available at http://www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/spibs/spib_SFAM.pdf.

1. State provides funds pursuant to a court order.
2. State voluntarily provides funding for medically necessary abortions.
3. State funds in cases of physical health endangerment.
4. State funds in cases of fetal abnormality.
5. State only pays for abortions when necessary to protect the woman's life.