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In the late 1960s, Indiana saw various reforms to the anti-abortion laws of the 1950s, which previously made it “a crime at common law to wilfully solicit and/or procure a miscarriage” or to “wilfully terminate a pregnancy except by the operation of nature.” [11] By 1967, no state had fully legalized abortion, but many states had begun the process of reforming laws in favor of ...
Abortion was formerly illegal in North Dakota, until Judge Bruce Romanick ruled that the state's abortion ban violated the Constitution of North Dakota's equality provisions. [ 158 ] [ 159 ] The law technically made exceptions to save the life of the pregnant woman, or, until 6 weeks into a pregnancy, in cases of rape or incest.
Women who live in states with abortion bans worry what would happen if they had a pregnancy complication or miscarriage. (Illustration: Aisha Yousaf; photos: Getty Images) (Illustration by Aisha ...
On March 24, 2020, Governor Brad Little signed into law S1385, a trigger law stating that if and when states are again allowed to ban abortion on their own authority, performing an abortion would be a felony in Idaho except for cases of the life of the mother, rape, or incest; [1] [2] [3] exceptions are not made for the health of the pregnant person nor of the fetus. [4]
Residents of 10 states will vote on abortion-related ballot measures. A spate of recent reports have emerged about the life-threatening consequences of strict bans.
Though the Kentucky Attorney General’s office has provided guidance that miscarriage treatment remains legal, the abortion ban that went into effect in 2022 does not explicitly state that ...
West Virginia's primary abortion statute is a holdover from a Virginia law passed in 1848. [6] The statute reads: Any person who shall administer to, or cause to be taken by, a woman, any drug or other thing, or use any means, with intent to destroy her unborn child, or to produce abortion or miscarriage, and shall thereby destroy such child, or produce such abortion or miscarriage, shall be ...
Missouri is the first state with a near-total abortion ban in effect to approve an abortion rights initiative. Missouri's ban does not have exceptions for rape, incest or fatal fetal anomalies.