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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.
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]
A bill in New Hampshire, where abortion is legal until 24 weeks of pregnancy, also targets young people by proposing to outlaw transportation of a minor for an abortion without their parents' or ...
Question 6, or the Right to Abortion Initiative, asked voters to amend the state constitution and provide the right to an abortion until fetal viability or when necessary to protect the life or ...
Illinois. Abortion is legal until viability.. Exceptions: Abortions are allowed after viability if necessary to save a pregnant person's life. Changes since Dobbs: In January 2023, the state ...
Abortion in Michigan is legal throughout pregnancy. [1] [2] A state constitutional amendment to explicitly guarantee abortion rights was placed on the ballot in 2022 as Michigan Proposal 22–3; [3] it passed with 57 percent of the vote, adding the right to abortion and contraceptive use to the Michigan Constitution. [4]
CURRENT LAW: In Nebraska, abortion is legal until the 13th week of pregnancy. BALLOT INITIATIVES: In Nebraska, there are two abortion-related initiatives on the ballot.
Colorado became a territory in 1861, [10] and its General Laws included a ban on abortion: [11] "[E]very person who shall administer substance or liquid, or who shall use or cause to be used any instrument, of whatsoever kind, with the intention to procure the miscarriage of any woman then being with child, and shall thereof be duly convicted, shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three ...