Restrictions on reimbursement for abortions as denial or reduction of required service.

- Restrictions on reimbursement for abortions contained in Georgia's rules amount to a denial or reduction of a required service to an otherwise eligible recipient solely because of that eligible recipient's condition, i.e., pregnancy, and furthermore, these restrictions are not based on medical necessity or utilization control procedures nor is any contention made by the defendants that the abortions sought by the plaintiffs were not medically necessary or presented utilization control problems; therefore, under 42 C.F.R. § 440.230(c) the Georgia Department of Medical Assistance (now Department of Community Health) must provide reimbursement for these medically necessary abortions. Doe v. Busbee, 481 F. Supp. 46 (N.D. Ga. 1979).