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New research shows the far-reaching effects of the abortion bans that have proliferated the United States since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in 2022. Three new studies have provided ...
Pregnant people in states with bans have relied on medication—in some cases prescribed and mailed by a health care provider in a state with abortion protections—to terminate their pregnancies.
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.
States with strict bans, meanwhile, have started floating fetal personhood bans, abortion pill punishments, and other restrictions. Most legislatures will convene during the second week in January ...
Abortion was illegal in North Dakota from 2022 to 2024, until Judge Bruce Romanick ruled that the state's abortion ban violated the Constitution of North Dakota's equality provisions. [ 160 ] [ 161 ] 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.
In 14 states that enacted abortion bans, the two studies looked at infant deaths, before a child’s first birthday, and birth rates among females ages 15 to 44, defined as of reproductive age ...
Idaho is one of 14 states that now ban abortion at all stages of pregnancy with limited exceptions. Most Republican-controlled states have started enforcing new bans or restrictions since Roe was ...
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 ...