Currently, Congress bans federal employees from choosing a health-care plan that covers abortion. Singling out abortion for exclusion from health-care plans that cover other reproductive-health services is harmful to women's health and discriminates against women in public service.
The coverage of abortion services in federal health plans would not mean that abortion is being subsidized by the federal government. Currently, the government simply contributes to the premiums of federal employees in order to allow them to purchase private health insurance. Many American workers receive health insurance through their employers. Such benefits are part of the employees’ compensation. Federal employees are no different.
