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The abortion debate most commonly relates to the induced abortion of a pregnancy, which is also how the term "abortion" is used in a legal sense. [nb 1] The terms "elective abortion" and "voluntary abortion" refer to the interruption of pregnancy, before viability, at the request of the woman but not for medical reasons. [34]
Abortion is legal in New York up to 24 weeks of pregnancy. New York does not require a minor to notify a parent or guardian in order to obtain an abortion. [146] New York is known in the U.S. as a reproductive sanctuary state. This means that abortion is legal, and seen as health care provided by the state.
Donations to abortion funds and clinics have helped enable travel for people like Nekia. Last year, abortion funds provided more than $36 million in aid to those seeking abortions, according to ...
In New York, abortions are currently legal up to 24 weeks of pregnancy. Afterwards, the procedure is only allowed in cases where the pregnancy or the mother’s life is at risk.
The abortion debate is a longstanding and contentious discourse that touches on the moral, legal, medical, and religious aspects of induced abortion. [1] In English-speaking countries, the debate has two major sides, commonly referred to as the "pro-choice" and "pro-life" movements.
More than a dozen US states have banned or severely restricted access to abortion. View CNN’s abortion law map to see where abortions are legal, banned, or in limbo.
Enacted on November 10, 2000, this law was struck down by U.S. district judge Edward Harrington soon afterward because he felt there was an unacceptable discrepancy in the floating buffer zone being applied to anti-abortion protesters but exempted from clinic workers. [29] The law was restored in August 2001 by a federal appeals court. [30]
The logistics of accessing abortion are about to get more complicated, with at least 26 states set to ban the procedure after the fall of Roe vs. Wade.