Public Funding for Contraceptive, Sterilization and Abortion Services, 1994

• Published in: Family planning perspectives Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 166 - 173
• Main Authors: Sollom, Terry, Gold, Rachel Benson, Saul, Rebekah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The Alan Guttmacher Institute 01.07.1996; Alan Guttmacher Institute, etc
• Subjects: Abortion; Abortion, Legal - economics; Abortion, Legal - statistics & numerical data; Appropriations and expenditures; Birth control; Contraceptives; Family planning; Family planning services; Family Planning Services - economics; Family Planning Services - legislation & jurisprudence; Female; Finance; Financing, Government - statistics & numerical data; Financing, Government - trends; Funding; Grants; Health Expenditures - statistics & numerical data; Health Expenditures - trends; Health Services Research; Humans; Intergovernmental fiscal relations; Managed care; Medicaid; Medicaid - economics; Population; Pregnancy; Public expenditures; Reproductive sterilization; Social policy; Social services; Sterilization; United States; United States; Americas; Sterilization, Sexual > cost; Organization And Administration; Public Sector; United States; Research Methodology; North America; Sampling Studies; Fertility Control, Postconception; Financing, Government; Public Assistance; Medical Assistance, Title 19 > changes; Macroeconomic Factors; Programs; Family Planning; Financial Activities; Abortion, Induced > cost; Studies; Surveys; Economic Factors; Government Sponsored Programs > changes; Northern America; Developed Countries; Family Planning Programs > cost; Contraception > cost; Funds
• ISSN: 0014-7354; 2325-5617
• DOI: 10.2307/2136193

In 1994, federal and state funding for contraceptive services and supplies reached $715 million. Funding totaled $148 million for contraceptive sterilization and $90 million for abortion services. According to a survey of state health, Medicaid and social service agencies, reported spending on contraceptive services and supplies increased by 11% between 1992 and 1994. In the same period, spending under Title X rose by 37%, making it the third largest public funding source for contraceptive services and supplies. The largest source of public funds for family planning services continues to be the joint federal-state Medicaid program. Medicaid family planning expenditures increased by only 4% between 1992 and 1994, a sizable decrease in growth from previous years. State funds continue to be the second largest source, providing almost one-quarter of reported public expenditures in 1994. The maternal and child health and social services block grants remain relatively minor sources of support nationally, although in a handful of states they provide the majority of public-sector funds. State governments were virtually the sole source of public support for the 203,200 abortions provided in 1994 to low-income women. Despite the loosening of federal abortion funding criteria in FY 1994 permitting payment in cases of rape and incest, federally funded abortions numbered only 282.