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Abortion is already largely protected in the state, with voters having cleared the way for the legalization of abortion up to 24 weeks and in the case of medical emergencies back in a 1990 referendum.
With a decision on the future of abortion access in the U.S. forthcoming, 42 new abortion restrictions have passed this year in 11 states.
The bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives but was rejected by the U.S. Senate. [169] After the Dobbs decision, Merrick Garland, the U.S. Attorney General, asserted that under federal law, states do not have the right to restrict access to FDA-approved abortion pills, but Louisiana passed a law to ban mailing them. [170]
Abortion is legal in Delaware up to the point of fetal viability. Parental notification is required for minors under the age of 16. [39] 55% of adults said in a poll by the Pew Research Center that abortion should be legal in all or most cases. There was a therapeutic exceptions in the state's legislative ban on abortions by 1900.
Since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v.Wade in June 2022, several states have enacted abortion shield laws to protect abortion access. The goal of these laws is to ensure that providers (in the state where abortion is legal) can perform abortions for patients who traveled from states where abortion is illegal; and also to protect telehealth actions, when the provider prescribes abortion ...
The House of Representatives passed a package of spending bills this week without provisions banning federal funding for most abortions in the U.S. and abroad, marking the first time in decades ...
Nevada - PASSED. Abortion is currently legal in Nevada up to 24 weeks of pregnancy or if the pregnancy can be fatal for the mother. Question 6, or the Right to Abortion Initiative, asked voters to ...
The Hyde Amendment bars the use of federal funds to pay for abortion except to save the life of the pregnant woman, or if the pregnancy arises from incest or rape. [13] [14] Before the Hyde Amendment took effect in 1980, an estimated 300,000 abortions were performed annually using federal funds. [15]