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6 hours ago · After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which federally guaranteed the right to an abortion, in June 2022, states have enacted a range of laws.At least 14 have implemented near-total abortion bans, while others have enshrined the right to abortion access in state law or passed shield laws protecting patients from other states who travel to get the procedure.
3 hours ago · Technically, abortion is not on the ballot here. North Carolina is one of more than a dozen states that have banned or heavily restricted abortion since Roe v. Wade was overturned and also don’t ...
May 22, 2024 · 1. About half of states restrict abortion. In 14 states, there are total bans on abortion, with very limited exceptions in cases such as rape or to save the life or health of the mother. A few...
Oct 9, 2024 · Across the U.S. in 2021, state legislatures enacted the most-ever abortion restrictions, and more followed in 2022. These restrictions run the gamut from outright abortion bans to laws that prohibit abortions based on a pregnant person’s reason for wanting to end a pregnancy.
In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, opening the door for states to ban abortion outright. Currently, abortion is illegal in 13 states.
Jun 2, 2023 · As of January 2023, abortion has been banned in 14 States across the country, and the consequences of the Supreme Court decision in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organisation has reverberated throughout the entire legal and policy system, the experts said.
Jun 13, 2024 · This Southern Poverty Law Center report explores the state of the anti-abortion movement in the United States. We begin, in Section I, by examining the history of the movement’s militant arm, which is responsible for decades of murders, assaults, bombings and other attacks on abortion providers and clinics. This historical view, which relies ...