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The Human Life Protection Act, also known as House Bill 314 (HB 314) [1] and the Alabama abortion ban, [2] is an Alabama statute enacted on May 15, 2019, that imposes a near-total ban on abortion in the state. Originally set to go into effect in November 2019, a legal challenge against the bill delayed implementation until 2022.
None authorized by the state's ban on abortion. [192] 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. [193] None authorized by the state's ban on abortion. [194] Louisiana
Abortion continues to be a controversial subject in many societies on religious, moral, ethical, practical, and political grounds. Though it has been banned and otherwise limited by law in many jurisdictions, abortions continue to be common in many areas, even where they are illegal.
Rape and incest exceptions to Idaho’s abortion ban are limited to the first trimester. A pregnant person must report the assault to law enforcement and provide a copy of the report to their ...
Abortion was illegal in North Dakota from 2022-2024, 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.
Two states, Maine and Washington, also ban harassment by telephone. Four states ban property damage to a clinic: California, Oregon, New York, and Washington. One state, Maine, has enacted a noise regulation pertaining to activity outside of a clinic, and also made it an offense to intentionally release a substance with an unpleasant odor ...
McBurney had previously blocked the abortion ban in November 2022 on narrower grounds, but the state's Supreme Court quickly overturned that ruling and sent the case back to McBurney for trial.
On that date, the S.C. Supreme Court handed down the decision to uphold the state's six-week ban on abortion, which had been blocked for three months. Following the decision, health care providers ...