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Abortion was illegal in North Dakota from 2022 to 2024, until Judge Bruce Romanick ruled that the state's abortion ban violated the Constitution of North Dakota's equality provisions. [ 158 ] [ 159 ] The law technically made exceptions to save the life of the pregnant woman, or, until 6 weeks into a pregnancy, in cases of rape or incest.
The fallout from Dobbs v.Jackson Women's Health Organization and the resulting restrictive abortion policies are causing increasing barriers to abortion access in the United States, which is statistically negatively affecting, among other things, the health and well-being of birthing people and young children, with ripple effects to other populations.
None authorized by the state's ban on abortion. [194] Kentucky: Intentional termination of life of an unborn human being is a class D felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than 1 and not more than 5 years. [195] None authorized by the state's ban on abortion. [196] Louisiana
Arizona's first ban on abortion was passed in 1864. [3] It read: [E]very person who shall administer, or cause to be administered or taken, any medicinal substances, or shall use or cause to be used any instruments whatever, with the intention to procure the miscarriage of any woman then being with child, and shall be thereof duly convicted, shall be punished by imprisonment in the Territorial ...
Nebraska Protect Women & Children Initiative Shall the Nebraska Constitution be amended to include a new section which provides: “Except when a woman seeks an abortion necessitated by a medical emergency or when the pregnancy results from sexual assault or incest, unborn children shall be protected from abortion in the second and third trimesters."
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]
Pages in category "Anti-abortion movement in the United States" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Additionally, it requires the majority of health insurance plans, including private health insurance plans, to cover abortions cost free. [292] 2022 – Oklahoma's abortion ban took effect on May 25, 2022, when Governor Kevin Stitt signed HB 4327 into law, and abortion providers ceased offering services in Oklahoma as of that date.