Restrictions on Low-Income Women's Access to Abortion

The District of Columbia prohibits public funding for abortion for women eligible for medical assistance for general health care unless the procedure is necessary to preserve her life or the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.  Department of Health Medical Assistance Program (May 19, 1994) at http://doh.dc.gov/doh/cwp/view,a,1371,q,602591.asp.