---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 441.200"
title: "42"
number: "441.200"
heading: "Basis and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/441.200"
---

# §441.200. Basis and purpose.


This subpart implements [section 402](/cfr/42/402.md) of Pub. L. 97-12, and subsequent laws that appropriate funds for the Medicaid program, including [section 204](/cfr/42/204.md) of Pub. L. 98-619. All of these laws prohibit the use of Federal funds to pay for abortions except when continuation of the pregnancy would endanger the mother's life.


## Notes

### Amendments

[52 FR 47935, Dec. 17, 1987]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45229, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[52 FR 47935, Dec. 17, 1987]