The federal government is currently in shutdown mode after Democrats pushed to continue taxpayer support for health care plans that cover abortions and transgender medical procedures. If you are making health insurance. If you are funding the non-abortion portion of health insurance, that, by its very nature, is making the abortion portion of the policy more affordable. According to Jacobs, the federal dollars are also going to support transgender procedures in some states. Jacobs noted that the Trump administration has issued a final rule in June that would attempt to prevent taxpayer dollars going to cover transgender procedures.