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The state passed the Reproductive Health Equity Act into law in April 2022, which protects abortion rights, and assures "every individual has a fundamental right to make decisions about the individual's reproductive health care, including the fundamental right to use or refuse contraception; a pregnant individual has a fundamental right to ...
The state of abortion rights has been upended by the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. As of Nov. 6, more than a dozen states have banned abortions or no longer have ...
The Nebraska Right to Abortion Initiative sought to enshrine in the state constitution the right to an abortion until fetal viability or to save the life of the mother.
In some states, these numbers can be tremendously different, for example in Missouri, a state very hostile to abortion rights, the abortion rate by state of occurrence dropped from 4 in 1000 women aged 15–44 for 2017 to 0.1 for 2020, because 57% of abortion recipients went out of state in 2017, while 99% did so in 2020. [319]
The good news: For millions of them voting in the 10 states below, hope is on the ballot next week in the form of initiatives—issues or laws decided during a general election—that would ...
Casey, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of waiting periods because the Justices determined that they don't pose an "undue burden" or "substantial obstacle" to getting an abortion. [27] Many states require people seeking an abortion to have mandatory counseling before the procedure, and 28 of the states that require counseling have ...
The right to an abortion is determined at the state level, but local policies and neighborhood rules – such as control over required permits, zoning laws and noise ordinances – can indirectly ...
From October through December 2023, nearly 8,000 people per month in anti-abortion states were getting abortion medication from clinicians operating in states with shield laws. [15] In 10 anti-abortion states, the number of women receiving abortions increased between 2020 and the end of 2023. [ 16 ]