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In states where abortion is legal, several classes of restrictions on the procedure may exist, such as parental consent or notification laws, requirements that patients be shown an ultrasound before obtaining an abortion, mandatory waiting periods, and counseling requirements. From 1973 to 2022, Supreme Court rulings in Roe v.
This color-coded map illustrates the current legal status of elective-specific abortion procedures in each of the individual states, U.S. territories, and federal district. [ a ] A colored border indicates a more stringent restriction or ban that is blocked by legal injunction.
The table below summarizes the legal grounds for abortion in all United Nations member states and United Nations General Assembly observer states and some countries with limited recognition. This table is mostly based on data compiled by the United Nations up to 2019, [ 46 ] with some updates, additions and clarifications citing other sources.
Nevada - PASSED. Abortion is currently legal in Nevada up to 24 weeks of pregnancy or if the pregnancy can be fatal for the mother. Question 6, or the Right to Abortion Initiative, asked voters to ...
The Guttmacher Institute has created an interactive map showing how far people may have to travel for an abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court significantly weakens or overturns landmark abortion ...
Access to the two-drug regimen is currently legal in some form in 37 states: Medication abortion is legal in 22 states and restricted in the remaining 15, according to data from the Guttmacher ...
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. [39]
As of April 14, 2022, nine governors have signed abortion restrictions into law this year, a dozen states have passed such legislation in at least one chamber, and such legislation has been active ...