National Education Association of Rhode Island v. Garrahy; Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island v. Caldarone
Federal supplement 598: 1374-1388
1984
PMID: 11648356 Document Number: 419375
Two Rhode Island statutes which regulated the availability of health insurance for abortions were found unconstitutional by the U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island, and summary judgment was granted to the parties challenging the health insurance prohibition. The first statute required all insurers doing business in the state to exclude coverage for all induced abortions from comprehensive health insurance policies, except as a separate option for which an additional premium would be charged. The second statute barred all municipal employers in Rhode Island from providing employees with health benefits covering the excluded abortions.