Washington State Debates Insurance-Funded Abortion Bill

Senate Majority Leader Rodney Tom, D-Medina, speaks at a pro-choice rally on Feb. 18, 2013, in Olympia, Wash. in support of H.B. 1044. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte) Since the Affordable Care Act was enacted in 2010, at least 17 states have passed legislation that in some way restricts abortion coverage in their insurance exchanges, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Yet in Washington state, legislators seems to be moving against the trend of conservative abortion opposition. In February, the “Reproductive Parity Act,” or H.B. 1044, passed in the Washington House by a vote of 54-43.  The bill, which would…