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The exceptions in the law were established in April 2023; previously, under a trigger law that went into effect after Dobbs, there were no exceptions to the state's abortion ban, though a doctor charged under the law could assert an affirmative defense that their actions were necessary to save their patient's life. [203]
Nebraska banned abortion after 12 weeks. South Dakota banned abortion with the exception to save the life of the mother. There are no exceptions for pregnancies from rape or incest, or for the ...
There are 11 states with abortion bans or early-term restrictions that do outline exceptions for cases of sexual assault, the KFF researchers note, but a combination of low provider availability ...
Nebraska voters instead approved cementing the state’s current 12-week abortion ban in the state constitution. The fight over abortion also continues in state legislatures and courts.
Wade, 30 states prohibited abortion without exception, 16 states banned abortion except in certain special circumstances (e.g. rape, incest, and health threat to mother), 3 states allowed residents to obtain abortions, and New York allowed abortions generally. [108] Early that year, on January 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court in Roe v.
Seven of the 10 states that sought to enshrine reproductive freedoms in the 2024 elections prevailed, and in some cases, the new constitutional amendments will overrule existing abortion bans
View CNN’s abortion law map to see where abortions are legal, banned, or in limbo. More than a dozen US states have banned or severely restricted access to abortion. View CNN’s abortion law ...
The state currently has a 15-week abortion ban in effect with no exceptions for rape or incest. Earlier this year, the Arizona state Supreme Court greenlit a near-total abortion ban that the ...