Abortions

Abortions A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no public funds that are made available to any institution, board, commission, department, agency, official, or employee of the State of Mississippi, or of any local political subdivision of the state, whether those funds are made available by the government of the United States, the State of Mississippi, or a local governmental subdivision, or from any other public source, shall be used in any way for, to assist in, or to provide facilities for abortion, except: 1. When the abortion is medically necessary to prevent the death of the mother, or 2. When the abortion is being sought to terminate a pregnancy resulting from an alleged act of rape or incest, or 3. When there is a fetal malformation that is incompatible with the baby being born alive. B. Medicaid coverage for abortion services is governed by federal law under the Hyde Amendment, which provides that abortion services are reimbursable under Medicaid in an inpatient or outpatient hospital setting in accordance with current standards of medical practice as follows: 1. When the abortion is medically necessary to prevent the death of the mother, or 2. When the abortion is being sought to terminate a pregnancy resulting from an alleged act of rape or incest. C. The physician is required to maintain sufficient documentation in the medical record that supports the medical necessity for the abortion for one of the reasons outlined in Rule 5.4.B.(a)(b).