‘The world has changed’: Legal battle in Pa. challenges Medicaid restrictions on abortion access

‘The world has changed’: Legal battle in Pa. challenges Medicaid restrictions on abortion access

She was 19 and pregnant, and thousands of miles from home, when she found out that her insurance wouldn’t cover an abortion. A similar scenario has happened to countless women in Pennsylvania, under a ban on Medicaid-covered abortions. Today, that ban is back in court.  Imagine walking into a health care facility for a medical procedure that you agonized over getting, only to be told that your insurance doesn’t cover it. It happened to Signe Esp…