PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE / AP: …Gov. Tom Corbett’s office announced without fanfare Monday afternoon that he had signed the bill into law. It would allow policies sold through the [new insurance] exchanges to provide for abortion only in cases of rape or incest or to save the life of the woman.
The federal health care law calls for health insurance exchanges — online clearinghouses where people can compare and buy individual policies — to be open for business by January 2014. The federal government is to operate exchanges for states, such as Pennsylvania, that have declined to establish their own.
The law permits states to ban policies sold on their exchanges from covering abortion. Twenty other states have laws restricting abortion coverage on the exchanges, according to the Guttmacher Institute, which provides research on abortion and other sexual health issues… (more)
