title: Public funding for contraceptive, sterilization and abortion services, 1994.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Alan Guttmacher Institute, Washington, D.C., USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sollom
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saul
mesh_terms: D000029:Abortion, Legal / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005260:Female; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics; D011247:Pregnancy; D014481:United States