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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.
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.
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 ...
Here is a state-by-state guide to abortion laws today and how they have changed in the last two years: Impacts of Dobbs: More than 171K patients traveled out-of-state for abortions in 2023, new ...
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.
Currently, abortion is illegal in 12 states, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, and 29 states have some sort of abortion limitation based on gestational age. Nine states have no ...
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. [15] In 10 anti-abortion states, the number of women receiving abortions increased between 2020 and the end of 2023. [16]
The Supreme Court officially overturned Roe v.Wade last week, the 1973 landmark case that made the right to choose to have an abortion protected and legal.Now, Roe is no longer the law of the land ...