"...Instead, it includes a provision that allows states to prohibit abortion coverage in the exchanges."
I think you're right. Given the judiciary's recent decision forbidding the Congress from de-funding ACORN, it would seem unlikely that they would allow the states to strip coverage of abortions from the insurance plans. This is language inserted only to placate the so-called pro-life Democrats, knowing full well it will be rendered moot by the state & federal courts.
Democrats who scream about a provision is just paid off by Amrican taxpayers. Nothing here.