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Performing an illegal abortion is a Class C felony, with imprisonment of 5 to 10 years, and fines of $1,000 to $10,000. [86] The ACLU announced plans to sue the state in court, claiming that the state constitution implicitly recognizes abortion as a legal right.
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 ...
In Florida, an abortion rights measure received 57% of voter support—a share that would have been enough in other states, but shy of the 60% required to amend the state constitution.
Currently, 13 states have criminal penalties for performing abortions, regardless of gestational age. [188] The penalties in states that have made abortion illegal vary, as outlined below. This chart lists only the penalties authorized specifically by the state laws which explicitly restrict (or ban) abortions.
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
Abortion is the termination of human pregnancy, often performed in the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. In 1973, the United States Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade recognized a constitutional right to obtain an abortion without excessive government restriction, and in 1992 the Court in Planned Parenthood v.
Each state’s timeline and process varies—some laws are already in place and others can take a few weeks—but within 30 days, all 13 states will have officially banned abortion and instituted ...
By December 2023, telehealth accounted for 19% of all abortions in the US. [13] Telehealth accounted for 20% of all abortion care in the first three months of 2024. [14] 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 ...