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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. [35]
In contrast, from 2017 to 2020, the abortion rate by state of residence for Missourians went up by 18% from 8.4 to 9.9. [28] Abortion patients may leave their state for care for many reasons, including state restrictions related to gestational limits, waiting periods, and parental notification requirements or judicial bypass processes, as well ...
In 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that 26% of reported legal induced abortions in the United States were known to have been obtained at the end of 6 weeks of gestation or less, 18% at 7 weeks, 15% at 8 weeks, 18% at 9 through 10 weeks, 10% at 11 through 12 weeks, 6% at 13 through 15 weeks, 4% at 16 through ...
Abortion is de facto legal in Utah up to 18 weeks of pregnancy. A near-total trigger ban was passed by the state legislature in 2020; however, this law is being challenged in court by Planned Parenthood of Utah on the grounds that it violates the state constitution , which establishes a right to gender equality and a right to determine family ...
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.
This category contains articles which are related to abortion, abortion law, the abortion debate, or the history of abortion within the United States. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
Abortion remained illegal until 1988, when the Supreme Court of Canada overruled the criminal punishments for abortion. [149] Abortion remains a hotly debated topic. As of 2008 in Canada only 1–2% of abortions were pharmaceutically induced. [150] After much controversy, starting in 2017 abortion pills could be used legally in Canada. [151]
In Latin America, abortion on request is only legal in Cuba (1965), Uruguay (2012), [39] Argentina (2021), [36] Colombia (2022) [40] and in parts of Mexico. [41] [42] Abortions are completely banned in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, and only allowed in certain restricted circumstances in most other Latin American ...