The Trump administration warned California on Friday that it must stop requiring health insurance plans in the state to provide abortion coverage or risk losing federal money. It threatens to further restrict Californians’ access to abortion services, which must be offered in health plans that cover individuals and employees of small business in the state. Advertisement“If California wants to provide abortion services, it can do so,” said Roger Severino, who directs the Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services. AdvertisementAccess to abortion has long been a bedrock of California health policy, and the state enshrines a right to privacy in its constitution. Becerra, who is representing the state in numerous disputes with the Trump administration, blasted the warning Friday.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 24, 2020 15:24 UTC