Insurance Prohibition for Abortion

Health and disability insurance providers must offer a policy that expressly excludes coverage for abortion not necessary to preserve the woman's life or to terminate pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. § 3215(e) (Enacted 1982; Last Amended 1988).

Employee health plans funded by the state may not include coverage for abortion unless an independent physician certifies that the abortion is necessary to preserve the woman's life or the pregnancy is the result of rape personally reported by the victim to a law enforcement agency prior to the abortion or incest personally reported by the victim to a law enforcement agency or child protective services prior to the abortion. 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. §§ 3215(c), (d) (Enacted 1982; Last Amended 1988).