We Need Comprehensive Insurance Coverage that Includes Abortion Care 

As part of the deal to end the shutdown of the federal government, Senate Republicans agreed to hold a vote to extend the enhanced premium tax credits — crucial funding that makes insurance coverage affordable for people who purchase plans through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace. Recent reporting indicates that anti-abortion advocates and lawmakers are demanding that insurance coverage of abortion be prohibited for plans sold in the Marketplaces. This would effectively ban insurance coverage of abortion for people who purchase coverage through the ACA Marketplace, allowing the federal government to deny insurance coverage of abortion to millions of people. 

This push is part of the broader effort by Republican lawmakers to restrict health care and artificially separate abortion, an essential component of health care, from the rest of the system.