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Administration Restricts Medicaid Coverage of RU-486


On March 30, 2001 the Bush administration notified state Medicaid directors that Medicaid funds could not be used to cover RU-486, the so-called abortion pill, except in cases involving rape, incest, or when the life of the mother is in danger. The new policy applies to RU-486 the standards of the 1976 Hyde Amendment, which restricts the use of federal money for abortions. (3/30/01)

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