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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]
The state passed the Reproductive Health Equity Act into law in April 2022, which protects abortion rights, and assures "every individual has a fundamental right to make decisions about the individual's reproductive health care, including the fundamental right to use or refuse contraception; a pregnant individual has a fundamental right to ...
This November, voters in at least 10 states will take to the polls to determine the future of abortion access in their state, after a nationwide effort by organizers to secure a wave of ballot ...
In some states, these numbers can be tremendously different, for example in Missouri, a state very hostile to abortion rights, the abortion rate by state of occurrence dropped from 4 in 1000 women aged 15–44 for 2017 to 0.1 for 2020, because 57% of abortion recipients went out of state in 2017, while 99% did so in 2020. [318]
On Election Day, Floridians will vote on Amendment 4, a ballot measure that aims to repeal the state's restrictive six-week abortion ban and guarantee the right to an abortion until fetal viability.
Current state law allows abortion up to 15 weeks after the first day of the pregnant person's last menstrual period (LMP). Arkansas : Supporters of an abortion measure are appealing the Secretary ...
Abortion is the termination of human pregnancy, often performed in the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. In 1973, the United States Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade recognized a constitutional right to obtain an abortion without excessive government restriction, and in 1992 the Court in Planned Parenthood v.
Abortion was a key focal point of the 2024 presidential election, with abortion rights ballot measures passing in 7 of 10 states. Donald Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris marks a turning point ...