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  2. Abortion in the District of Columbia - Wikipedia

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    Because of the nature of their abortion laws, New York City and the District of Columbia became destination centers for women in 1971 who were seeking legal abortions. [1] In 1980, the District of Columbia provided local funding for poor women who sought abortions. These funds covered around 85% of all women in the district seeking abortions.

  3. United States v. Vuitch - Wikipedia

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    United States v. Vuitch, 402 U.S. 62 (1971), was a United States Supreme Court abortion rights case, which held that the District of Columbia's abortion law banning the practice except when necessary for the health or life of the woman was not unconstitutionally vague.

  4. Anti-abortion activists, including one who kept fetuses ... - AOL

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    Five anti-abortion activists, including a woman who was discovered to have five fetuses in her home, were convicted Tuesday of illegally blocking a reproductive clinic in Washington, D.C., The ...

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  6. United States abortion protests (2022–present) - Wikipedia

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    On June 24, 2022, in a 5–4 decision, the Supreme Court officially overturned Roe v.Wade and Planned Parenthood v.Casey. [9] The decision was divisive among the American public, [10] with 55 to 60% "split between those who think that it (abortion) should be mostly legal with some exceptions and mostly illegal but with exceptions" [11] and was generally condemned by international observers and ...

  7. Anti-abortion activist who kept fetuses at home convicted of ...

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    A group of anti-abortion activists, including a woman who famously stored fetal remains in a refrigerator in her Washington, D.C., row house basement, has been convicted of violating federal law ...

  8. Abortion law in the United States by state - Wikipedia

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    The legality of abortion in the United States and the various restrictions imposed on the procedure vary significantly, depending on the laws of each state or other jurisdiction, although there is no uniform federal law. Some states prohibit abortion at all stages of pregnancy, with few exceptions; others permit it up to a certain point in a ...

  9. Roe v. Wade - Wikipedia

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    As of 2011, forty-seven states and the District of Columbia had laws allowing certain people to decline to perform certain actions or provide information related to abortion or reproductive health. [368] At the federal level, the Church Amendment of 1973 was proposed to protect private hospitals objecting to abortion from being deprived of funding.