• Some abolitionists also reject humane exceptions, like abortion permitted to save the mother's life. (christianitytoday.com)
  • An unborn baby is killed, and its mother's life is put at risk. (lifenews.com)
  • In fact, he thinks abortion should be an option in cases of rape, incest, or to save a mother's life. (thedailybeast.com)
  • It also allows abortions to save a mother's life. (nsnews.com)
  • Earlier in August Indiana passed a near-total ban set to take effect Sept. 15 with exceptions for rape, incest and if the mother's life is in danger. (nsnews.com)
  • As commenters below note, Palin's position is to only allow abortion in cases where there is threat to the mother's life, but not for incest or rape . (bigthink.com)
  • An additional 82 nations (42%) allow abortions when the mother's life is at risk as well as for at least one other specific reason, such as to preserve a woman's physical or mental health, in cases of rape or incest, because of fetal impairment or for social or economic reasons. (pewresearch.org)
  • In a few European states (Ireland, Andorra and San Marino), abortion is only permitted if the mother's life is at risk. (pewresearch.org)
  • Although all countries in the Middle East-North Africa region allow abortions if the mother's life is at risk, only four out of 18 permit abortions in cases of rape or incest, and just two (Bahrain and Tunisia) allow abortion for any reason. (pewresearch.org)
  • Similar trends are seen in sub-Saharan Africa, where 98% of countries allow abortions to save the mother's life, but only 33% permit abortion in cases of rape or incest and just two, Cape Verde and South Africa, allow elective abortions for any reason. (pewresearch.org)
  • But the bill requires practitioners who claim the exemption for medical emergency to 'deliver the child in the manner which, in reasonable medical judgment, provides the best opportunity for the unborn child to survive, but only if it is consistent with preserving the pregnant mother's life and preventing an irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman. (allgov.com)
  • In March 2017, the UN's Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) proposed recommendations to El Salvador that would decriminalize abortions in cases of rape and abuse, fatal fetal impairments, and when the mother's life is at risk. (iwmf.org)
  • It also would allow later abortions to save the mother's life or to protect her physical or mental health. (whnt.com)
  • Last week I discussed the idea that legal abortion has created legal, social, and economic structures that positively incentivize abortion, making it more difficult for mothers who want to give birth. (hli.org)
  • Indeed, even despite the existence of legal abortion, many advances in health care have taken place in recent years, and we now know that in cases where abortion was thought to be necessary in the past (of course, it should never have been considered an option), in fact continuing the pregnancy often results in positive outcomes. (hli.org)
  • In the 70s, Bayer's then-15-year-old sister was raped and had to fly to New York to get a legal abortion. (statenews.com)
  • Access safe, legal abortion without restrictions. (ontheissues.org)
  • Only in Uruguay, which has some of the most liberal abortion laws in the region, does at least half the public (54%) voice support for legal abortion in all or most cases. (pewresearch.org)
  • Knowingly doesn't meet standards for legal abortion. (findlaw.com)
  • In the most recent presidential debate, Hillary Clinton claimed late-term abortions are sometimes necessary to save women's lives. (thefederalist.com)
  • So only a small percentage of late-term abortions are done with the sole intent of saving the mother from a dying from complications with pregnancy. (thefederalist.com)
  • He currently faces 19 criminal charges for committing illegal late-term abortions and a grand jury investigation that could net additional indictments. (operationrescue.org)
  • ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia Governor Nathan Deal on Tuesday signed legislation banning most abortions after 20 weeks pregnancy, the seventh state to outlaw most late-term abortions based on controversial research that a fetus can feel pain by that stage of development. (chicagotribune.com)
  • This proposal would impose painful late-term abortions up to birth," Birnbaum said in a statement. (whnt.com)
  • NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to uphold health care guidance issued in 2022 that says hospitals must provide abortions for women whose lives are at risk due to pregnancy. (wtnh.com)
  • The negative psychological effects of late-term pregnancy are undisputed, even by pro-abortion experts. (thefederalist.com)
  • Instead of cynically using the suffering of the women in these hard cases as a wedge to achieve social and cultural transformation, pro-abortion propagandists would be better served in pursuing a model of health care that values and prioritizes both patients in a pregnancy - the mother and her unborn child - as pro-life doctors have been doing for decades with great success. (hli.org)
  • As the National Catholic Bioethics Center writes, "Pulmonary hypertension, for example, is often exacerbated by pregnancy: the additional blood volume of the pregnancy burdens the mother's weakened heart and, in extreme cases, can result in heart failure and the death of both mother and child. (hli.org)
  • However, in such circumstances, doctors who appreciate and respect the value of the lives of both the mother and child will first pursue medical strategies that take into account the life and health of both patients, often with the result that both mother and child safely come through the pregnancy, to the great joy and satisfaction of everyone involved. (hli.org)
  • If a woman with a serious illness - heart disease, say, or diabetes - gets pregnant, the abortion procedure may be as dangerous for her as going through pregnancy … with diseases like lupus, multiple sclerosis, even breast cancer, the chance that pregnancy will make the disease worse is no greater that the chance that the disease will either stay the same or improve. (hli.org)
  • Conceived by rape, Kiessling's birth mother planned to terminate her pregnancy. (statenews.com)
  • Oppose limiting abortions to under 20 weeks of pregnancy. (ontheissues.org)
  • In Oklahoma, a complaint was filed with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services after Jaci Statton said she was denied an abortion despite having a life-threatening pregnancy. (kfor.com)
  • There was no chance of a healthy baby, and the pregnancy was life-threatening," said Jaci Statton, an Oklahoman denied an abortion. (kfor.com)
  • During Satton's pregnancy, she said doctors at OU Health agreed she would need an abortion and should receive care, since her health was at risk. (kfor.com)
  • For Black women, pregnancy and childbirth, no matter how planned out or desired, puts our lives at risk. (medpagetoday.com)
  • The new forced pregnancy law, which takes immediate effect, prohibits abortion care in nearly all cases. (commondreams.org)
  • Abortion is allowed in cases of rape or incest, but only during the first six weeks of pregnancy-before many people realize they are pregnant. (commondreams.org)
  • Abortion is also allowed without gestational limits if terminating a pregnancy could prevent the pregnant person's 'death or a serious health risk. (commondreams.org)
  • Burgum, a former vice president at Microsoft, said in a statement that North Dakota's new forced pregnancy law 'clarifies and refines' the existing abortion ban that has been blocked by courts. (commondreams.org)
  • As the lawsuit opposing North Dakota's currently enjoined abortion ban proceeds, fresh legal challenges to the state's new forced pregnancy law are expected. (commondreams.org)
  • Two days after passing a controversial "heartbeat" abortion bill, the Ohio Legislature on Thursday approved a ban on abortions past 20 weeks of pregnancy. (courthousenews.com)
  • Abortion is illegal in West Virginia except in the case of a medical emergency, the fetus is not compatible with life, or in the case of an ectopic pregnancy. (findlaw.com)
  • In cases of sexual assault, abortion is available up to 8 weeks of pregnancy. (findlaw.com)
  • A bill that would ban abortions 18 weeks into a woman's pregnancy -- with an exception for medical emergencies or pregnancies resulting from rape or incest -- passed in the Arkansas Senate on Monday. (arkansasonline.com)
  • A "medical emergency" in both bills are basically the same except HB1439 adds the allowance of an abortion when continuation of the pregnancy would result in the "irreversible impairment of a major bodily function. (arkansasonline.com)
  • I think it's vital not only for the sake of unborn children, but also for the health of women because later in the pregnancy the woman gets an abortion, the more likely there are to be health risks. (arkansasonline.com)
  • That said, they could still get an abortion for the first four-and-a-half months of pregnancy. (arkansasonline.com)
  • Thirteen states have so-called trigger laws designed to outlaw most abortions when the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the constitutional right to end a pregnancy in June. (nsnews.com)
  • Thus, by choosing to terminate her pregnancy, Thomson concludes that a pregnant woman does not normally violate the fetus's right to life, but merely withdraws its use of her own body, which usually causes the fetus to die. (wikipedia.org)
  • To liken this to pregnancy, the mother can be thought to be the person inside the house, the fetus the growing child. (wikipedia.org)
  • The benefit announced Tuesday, April 12, 2022 covers Yelp's entire workforce of 4,000 employees, but seems most likely to have its biggest immediate impact on its 200 workers in Texas, which has passed a law banning abortions within the state after six weeks of pregnancy. (ktnv.com)
  • The Senate rejected a bill to legalize elective abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. (csmonitor.com)
  • In the meantime, the right to abortion will continue until 24 weeks of pregnancy, beginning on July 8th. (womensenews.org)
  • The fight over abortion rights helped Democrats limit their losses in last year's midterms after the U.S. Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy. (whnt.com)
  • Arizona currently bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with limited exceptions. (whnt.com)
  • The proposed constitutional amendment would guarantee abortion rights until a fetus could survive outside the womb, typically around 24 weeks of pregnancy. (whnt.com)
  • Budd co-sponsored a recent measure to ban abortion nationally after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with some exceptions. (mynorthwest.com)
  • More than 40% of all women will end a pregnancy by abortion at some time in their reproductive lives. (medscape.com)
  • Leach reportedly used a combination of mifepristone and misoprostol, which can be used to induce abortion but is typically used to treat gastric ulcers, to terminate her pregnancy, according to News Australia . (feminist.org)
  • For the purpose of surveillance, a legal induced abortion is defined as an intervention performed by a licensed clinician (e.g., a physician, nurse-midwife, nurse practitioner, physician assistant) within the limits of state regulations, that is intended to terminate a suspected or known ongoing intrauterine pregnancy and that does not result in a live birth. (cdc.gov)
  • Calculate pregnancy rates, on the basis of the number of pregnancies ending in abortion, in conjunction with birth data and pregnancy loss estimates. (cdc.gov)
  • Work during pregnancy and subsequent hospitalization of mothers and infants. (cdc.gov)
  • In a high-risk pregnancy, the mother, fetus, or neonate is at increased risk of morbidity or mortality before, during, or after delivery. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy before the fetus has attained viability. (who.int)
  • In Indiana, the Planned Parenthood abortion business ha filed suit to overturn the law so it can abort more babies with Down syndrome. (lifenews.com)
  • In the lawsuit, Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky claims the restrictions are unconstitutional because they infringe on a woman's "right" to a first-trimester abortion, according to the Indy Star . (lifenews.com)
  • Planned Parenthood boasts $2 million a year in abortion revenue in Indiana alone. (lifenews.com)
  • Soon after the governor's announcement, Jennifer M. Allen, chief executive officer of Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii, praised Inslee for devoting precious resources to abortions. (lifenews.com)
  • In it, he promised, "[A]s president, I will support efforts to prohibit federal funding for any organization like Planned Parenthood, which primarily performs abortions or offers abortion-related services. (thedailybeast.com)
  • Planned Parenthood, which provides women's health services and is the nation's largest abortion provider, said the bill would limit women's access to healthcare. (chicagotribune.com)
  • He is now the target of attacks by Democrats , who claim that Romney is trying to 'cover up' his true position in order to win women voters, and abortion rights activists like Planned Parenthood, who said Romney was being 'dishonest' about his stance. (go.com)
  • During the fiercely conservative Republican primary last year, Romney expanded that view to include cutting all federal funding for Planned Parenthood, reversing Roe v. Wade 'because it is bad law and bad medicine,' and ending funding for any international aid program that 'promotes or performs abortions on women around the world. (go.com)
  • The only clinic that performs abortion in South Dakota is Planned Parenthood in Sioux Falls, which will not perform abortions after the 14th week of gestation. (allgov.com)
  • We know the work for achieving reproductive freedom is an uphill battle, and this ballot initiative is the next critical step in our renewed drive to protect the health and freedom of our patients and our communities," said Chris Love, senior adviser to Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona, the political arm of the state's leading abortion provider. (whnt.com)
  • The abortion rights groups behind the Arizona initiative include the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, Affirm Sexual and Reproductive Health, Arizona List, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona, NARAL Arizona, and Healthcare Rising Arizona. (whnt.com)
  • She certainly has done that in her young life, having appeared at Congressional Hearings in support of a Federal ban on Partial Birth Abortions and in the process, made friends with some of the most influential politicians in Washington, DC. (operationrescue.org)
  • Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life. (ontheissues.org)
  • Abortion is generally legal in Alaska, except that ' partial birth abortions ' are legal only if necessary to save the life of the mother. (findlaw.com)
  • The survey also showed that most voters, Democrats and Republicans, do not think abortion should be prohibited in cases of rape or incest, nor do they support laws that set criminal punishments for abortion providers and women who have abortions. (pressherald.com)
  • The findings also showed striking agreement: More than 8 in 10 voters nationally oppose laws that prohibit abortion in cases of rape or incest - as do more than 8 in 10 voters living in states with the strictest abortion bans, as well as more than 8 in 10 voters living in states with abortion protections. (pressherald.com)
  • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The South Carolina House on Tuesday approved a bill that outlaws abortion except in the cases of pregnancies caused by rape or incest. (nsnews.com)
  • Few polls separate out the conditions differentiating between rape and incest and threat to the mother. (bigthink.com)
  • I believe that abortion is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother,' Romney wrote. (go.com)
  • quicklist: 5title: 2011: 'I Will Support Efforts to Prohibit Federal Funding for Any Organization Like Planned Parenthood'text: Since 2005, Romney has consistently said that he is 'pro-life' and believes abortion should be legal only in the case 'of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother. (go.com)
  • The bill provides some exceptions to save the life of the mother, but not for rape or incest. (allgov.com)
  • I am pro-life and believe that abortion should be limited to only instances of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother. (politifact.com)
  • Let's not forget, after all, that he is the presidential nominee for a party that, as part of its platform, expressly endorses a ban on all abortion, even in instances of rape and incest. (truthdig.com)
  • Last Tuesday, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a draconian bill into law that outlaws all abortions after six weeks - before most women even realize they're pregnant - including in cases of RAPE OR INCEST. (latimes.com)
  • Still others believe abortion in situations other to save life of mother, rape, or incest is murder. (medicaljustice.com)
  • Judge Leslie Southwick appeared skeptical, noting that the guidance was issued shortly after the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling that overturned abortion rights. (wtnh.com)
  • Ohio law currently bans abortion when a fetus is viable outside the womb, which can be in the 24 to 26-week range. (courthousenews.com)
  • A woman should be able to get an abortion if she wants one, no matter what the reason, up until the time the fetus is viable, that is, can live on its own (46% support). (bigthink.com)
  • Granting for the sake of argument that the fetus has a right to life , Thomson uses thought experiments to argue that the right to life does not include, entail, or imply the right to use someone else's body to survive and that induced abortion is therefore morally permissible. (wikipedia.org)
  • For the same reason, Thomson says, abortion does not violate the fetus's legitimate right to life, but merely deprives the fetus of something - the non-consensual use of the pregnant woman's body and life-supporting functions - to which it has no right. (wikipedia.org)
  • In such a case, the mothers's life is being threatened, and the fetus is the one who threatens it. (wikipedia.org)
  • Because for no reason should the pregnant woman's life be threatened, and also for no reason is the fetus threatening it, both are innocent, and thus no third party can intervene. (wikipedia.org)
  • The legislation allows exceptions to save the life of the mother and if the fetus has extreme defects that make survival unlikely. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Georgia Right to Life, which opposes abortion, has called the new legislation "a step in the right direction" but expressed disappointment at the exemption for "medically futile" pregnancies in which the fetus is likely to die after birth. (chicagotribune.com)
  • PIERRE, S.D. (CN) - The South Dakota Legislature approved - and the governor promptly signed - a bill outlawing abortion after the 20th week of gestation based on a belief that this is when a fetus can register pain. (allgov.com)
  • Information sought includes the reason for the abortion, the mother's age and race, the gestational age of the fetus, and how the procedure was paid for. (allgov.com)
  • In Philipps' Twitter replies - and across social media - women said they had abortions because their pregnancies were life-threatening or the fetus wasn't viable. (latimes.com)
  • The law was written into the constitution in 1999, amended to declare that a human life begins at conception, giving the fetus the same legal protections as a person. (iwmf.org)
  • A stillbirth, miscarriage, or loss of the fetus is still considered an abortion under Salvadoran federal law. (iwmf.org)
  • Early Jewish scholars' interpretation of the Talmud required that the fetus be destroyed if it posed a threat to the mother during delivery. (medscape.com)
  • The ancient Romans did not consider a fetus a person until after birth, and abortion was practiced widely. (medscape.com)
  • If the issue of when a fetus is considered a human being is returned to the states, nothing would stop the legislature from defining life as beginning at fertilization. (medicaljustice.com)
  • Of voters living in states with full abortion bans, 51% said their state's laws had made them more motivated to vote, suggesting the potential for higher Democratic voter turnout in several Republican states. (pressherald.com)
  • Republican Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota on Monday signed one of the nation's most draconian abortion bans into law, just weeks after the state's GOP lawmakers shot down a proposal to provide free school lunches to low-income students. (commondreams.org)
  • For the second time this week, the state's General Assembly sent an abortion restriction to Gov. John Kasich. (courthousenews.com)
  • South Carolina leaders have watched those developments carefully, as well as events several weeks ago in Kansas, where nearly 60% of voters rejected a ballot measure that would have allowed the state's conservative Legislature to ban abortion. (nsnews.com)
  • PHOENIX (AP) - Abortion rights advocates on Tuesday began a push to ask Arizona voters to create a constitutional right to abortion, injecting the issue into the battleground state's volatile politics ahead of next year's election. (whnt.com)
  • The bill originally would allow abortions only in medical emergencies to save the life of the mother. (arkansasonline.com)
  • Republicans accused Democrats of playing politics as they also voted down an amendment supporters said would allow abortions for women carrying fetuses with medical problems leaving them unlikely to be born alive. (nsnews.com)
  • About a quarter of the countries in the analysis (50 countries, or 26%) only allow abortions to save the life of the mother. (pewresearch.org)
  • And three-in-ten countries (58) allow abortions on request or for any reason, although many of these states do not allow women to terminate their pregnancies after a certain point (e.g., 20 weeks). (pewresearch.org)
  • The six countries that do not allow abortions under any circumstances are the Latin American nations of Chile, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Nicaragua as well as Vatican City (represented in the U.N. by the Holy See) and Malta, both of which are in Europe. (pewresearch.org)
  • Opponents of the guidance say Texas law already allows abortions to save the life of the mother, but that the federal guidance went too far, calling for abortions when an emergency condition is not present and eliminating obligations to treat the unborn child. (wtnh.com)
  • Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses abortion-rights protesters at the Michigan State Capitol on June 24, 2022. (statenews.com)
  • Supporters of abortion rights gathered at the Capitol on June 24, 2022, after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. (statenews.com)
  • A woman bows her head in prayer outside the Michigan Hall of Justice as anti-abortion supporters gathered to celebrate the overturning of Roe v. Wade and rally to continue the fight to end abortion on June 24, 2022. (statenews.com)
  • Once again, conservative Kansas lawmakers made the state a battleground for abortion rights, by proposing a constitutional amendment in 2022 that would effectively negate the court's decision by explicitly amending the constitution to assert that nothing in the document guaranteed abortion rights. (motherjones.com)
  • Abortion-rights protesters fill Indiana Statehouse corridors and cheer outside legislative chambers, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, as lawmakers vote to concur on a near-total abortion ban, in Indianapolis. (pressherald.com)
  • In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization , which returned to the states the power to regulate, even prohibit, abortion. (findlaw.com)
  • Although the Supreme Court legalized abortion at the federal level in 1973 ( Roe v. Wade ), it overruled that decision in 2022 ( Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health ). (findlaw.com)
  • Increasing numbers of women are taking seats in parliaments throughout the region, and global initiatives have put a spotlight on maternal mortality, including deaths from illegal abortions. (csmonitor.com)
  • Before abortion was legalized in New York in 1970, black and Puerto Rican women accounted for 80 percent of deaths from illegal abortions. (blackcommentator.com)
  • Before the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which resulted in the legalization of abortion in the United States, the United States right-to-life movement consisted of lawyers, politicians, and doctors, almost all of whom were Catholic. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to Charles Curran, prior to Roe v. Wade, abortion was not a high priority for Catholic bishops in the United States. (wikipedia.org)
  • Curran asserts that, since Roe v. Wade, the Catholic hierarchy in the United States has devoted more time, energy and money to the issue of abortion than any other single issue. (wikipedia.org)
  • The overturning of Roe v. Wade has brought new attention to a small but growing group of pro-life Christians who identify as "abortion abolitionists. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Abortion-rights protesters gathered on the Michigan State Capitol lawn after the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, decided by Roe v. Wade in 1973, through their decision in the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization case. (statenews.com)
  • She said her mother considered getting an abortion, but couldn't because Roe v. Wade wasn't in place. (statenews.com)
  • The right is likely to cut him some slack on his abortion and birth control shift because he needs to close the gender gap to win-and because that win could easily mean the end of Roe v. Wade , says Michelle Goldberg. (thedailybeast.com)
  • The poll showed 76% of all voters motivated by the court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade plan to vote for candidates who support abortion access. (pressherald.com)
  • North Dakota is one of several states where dormant abortion bans took immediate effect last June when the U.S. Supreme Court's reactionary majority overturned Roe v. Wade , the 1973 decision that had legalized the healthcare procedure nationwide. (commondreams.org)
  • The definition in HB1439 was different from that used in Rapert's "trigger bill," Senate Bill 149, which would ban abortions in Arkansas if the U.S. Supreme Court reverses its Roe v. Wade precedent or if the U.S. Constitution is ever amended to allow states to prohibit the procedure. (arkansasonline.com)
  • Democrats said they didn't want to debate abortion again after the General Assembly agreed to a six-week ban in 2021, but Republicans decided to call a special session after Roe v. Wade was overturned. (nsnews.com)
  • Here is a rundown of Romney's stances on all things abortion-related, from supporting Roe v. Wade in 1994 to disavowing it in 2011, to backing away from any legislative changes in 2012. (go.com)
  • After debate moderator Anderson Cooper showed the clip of Romney saying in 1994 that 'we should sustain and support' Roe v. Wade, the Republican presidential candidate said that 'on abortion, I was wrong. (go.com)
  • Referring to the 1973 Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal in every state, Romney added, 'I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years, it should be sustained and supported. (politifact.com)
  • In a televised debate , Romney was asked 'If Roe vs. Wade was overturned and Congress passed a federal ban on all abortions and it came to your desk, would you sign it, yes or no? (politifact.com)
  • And it hit me hard at that very moment that the Roe v. Wade philosophy had cheapened the value of human life. (truthdig.com)
  • Twenty-two states are expected to enact significant restrictions on access to abortions, including automatic bans if the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision is over turned. (blackcommentator.com)
  • It has voted to end abortion in anticipation of Roe v. Wade being overturned. (blackcommentator.com)
  • Beasley also pounded Budd's opposition to abortion, an issue greatly elevated by the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade. (mynorthwest.com)
  • Following the 1968 publication of Humanae Vitae, an encyclical by Pope Paul VI that expressly forbade abortion and most methods of birth control and that sowed controversy within the church over its restatement of the prohibition on birth control, Catholic bishops in the United States started to stress anti-abortion views as a central facet of Catholic identity and preached against proposed liberalization of state-level abortion laws. (wikipedia.org)
  • Catholics for Choice believe: Church teachings, tradition and core Catholic tenets-including the primacy of conscience, the role of the faithful in defining legitimate laws and norms, and support for the separation of church and state-leave room for supporting a more liberal position on abortion. (wikipedia.org)
  • The move to entirely abolish abortion, rather than cut back or adjust laws to restrict the procedure, is inspired by slavery abolitionists like William Wilberforce , who was monumental in ending Britain's participation in the slave trade in 1807. (christianitytoday.com)
  • The findings, collected in late September through KFF's regular survey of public opinion on health care issues, highlight that even the majority of Republican voters oppose some of the laws that have strictly restrained abortion access - including for those who have been raped - that are now in effect in Republican-led states such as Texas and Missouri. (pressherald.com)
  • Among women of reproductive age, 44% said they are more motivated to vote this year, with nearly 6 in 10 attributing their feelings to the court's decision and more than 5 in 10 pointing to abortion laws in their home state. (pressherald.com)
  • While 70% of Republican voters approved of the court's decision, a majority of Republicans also said they oppose laws that ban abortion in all cases or that make it a crime to have or perform an abortion. (pressherald.com)
  • So what exactly are the abortion laws in different states and how do they work? (findlaw.com)
  • Here's a quick introduction to abortion laws in West Virginia. (findlaw.com)
  • I believe that the states, through the democratic process, should determine their own abortion laws and not have them dictated by judicial mandate. (go.com)
  • Romney said he would uphold his campaign promise not to change Massachusetts' abortion laws, even though that campaign pledge was preceded by Romney's statement that he would 'protect a woman's right to chose. (go.com)
  • Either way, he wrote in an Op-Ed article for The Boston Globe that "I understand that my views on laws governing abortion set me in the minority in our Commonwealth. (truthdig.com)
  • Dr. Joseph Booker and his colleagues in Mississippi work under the strictest abortion laws in the nation. (blackcommentator.com)
  • Actress and talk show host Busy Philipps is bringing private conversations about abortion into the public discourse with the #youknowme campaign, an effort to get women to open up about their abortion experiences as restrictive laws about the practice are gaining traction across the country. (latimes.com)
  • When I think about the fact that women might have to face abortions in even worse conditions than I did because of new laws, my stomach turns. (latimes.com)
  • While there is much ongoing confusion about the states where abortion is legal, where it is illegal, and where it has been further restricted, there is one thing we can be absolutely sure of: The status of abortion isn't settled -while some lawmakers are expected to propose new laws to restrict abortion access, others are moving to expand access. (womensenews.org)
  • The following chart contains additional details of abortion laws in Alaska, with links to related sources. (findlaw.com)
  • Before the 19th century, most US states had no specific abortion laws. (medscape.com)
  • Since the landmark 1973 US Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, hundreds of laws, federal and state, have been proposed or passed, making this the most actively litigated and highly publicized area in the field of medicine. (medscape.com)
  • Today, laws define when an abortion can and cannot be performed. (medicaljustice.com)
  • Arkansas is one of 19 states that has successfully enacted bans on abortion past 20 weeks, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based research group that supports abortion rights. (arkansasonline.com)
  • In 2019, the state supreme court heard a related case on abortion, ruling that the Kansas constitution provides women the right to make decisions about their bodies, including whether or not to continue their pregnancies. (motherjones.com)
  • It's also a myth, he continued, that "overturning Roe means healthcare professionals and hospitals cannot treat women with miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies, or when the mom's life is endangered. (medpagetoday.com)
  • The regulation of abortion may vary widely from country to country, but nearly all nations - 96% - allow women to terminate their pregnancies in order to save their lives, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of 196 countries based on 2013 United Nations data. (pewresearch.org)
  • Based on estimated lifetime risk, each American woman is expected to have 3.2 pregnancies, of which 2 will be a live birth, 0.7 will be an induced abortion, and 0.5 will be a miscarriage. (medscape.com)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) shows an increase in rates of unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions, sexually transmitted diseases and neonatal repercussions in women who are sexually abused 1 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Unsafe abortion appears as an alternative to unwanted pregnancies 1,6,7 , mainly in cases related to physical violence, sexual violence, usually caused by an intimate or known partner. (bvsalud.org)
  • In addition to the data available in the annual Abortion Surveillance report, data from 2011 to 2020 are also available for abortions distributed by area of residence and area of clinical service. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2020, 620,327 legal induced abortions were reported to CDC from 49 reporting areas. (cdc.gov)
  • Among 48 reporting areas with data each year during 2011-2020, in 2020, a total of 615,911 abortions were reported, the abortion rate was 11.2 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years, and the abortion ratio was 198 abortions per 1,000 live births. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2020, 51.0% of all abortions were early medical abortions. (cdc.gov)
  • In Latin America, most people believe that abortion should be illegal in all or most cases, according to a 2014 Pew Research Center report . (pewresearch.org)
  • In a debate during his 1994 race against Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy, Romney said, 'I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. (politifact.com)
  • Someone watching the latest ads about Mitt Romney's position on abortion could rightly feel confused. (politifact.com)
  • In June, 2011, Romney published his position on abortion in the National Review , a widely read conservative magazine. (politifact.com)
  • Given the recent assault against women's rights by conservatives, Romney's ever-changing position on abortion should be enough to raise an alarm for female voters across the country. (truthdig.com)
  • The issue of abortion has been a sensitive one since PEPFAR's inception in 2003. (ktla.com)
  • Dobbs returned the issue of abortion regulation to the states. (findlaw.com)
  • He previously backed a bill that would ban abortions after cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks of fertilization. (mynorthwest.com)
  • There's words in the statute that address the unborn child and the pregnant mother, but there's no word in there that says abortion services," Wilson said. (wtnh.com)
  • But even that small number of "lifesaving" abortions is questionable, because the best medical evidence reveals that of the few women who die of disease while pregnant it appears there's not even one cause of death abortion can prevent (see " Therapeutic Abortion: The Medical Argument ," in the Irish Medical Journal ). (thefederalist.com)
  • Abortion is often recommended for pregnant women who are diagnosed with cancer. (thefederalist.com)
  • So not only does abortion fail to reduce mortality rates among women, it actually contributes to higher mortality rates (most notably in a three-fold increased risk of suicide compared to women not pregnant and a six-fold increased risk compared to those who carry to term), but also due to other negative impacts on women's health. (thefederalist.com)
  • The real reason doctors recommend abortion for pregnant women facing a disease is that abortion makes it easier for the doctor to focus on just her disease. (thefederalist.com)
  • Claitor tried to water down the bill to instead provide information to pregnant women about available services for infants born with disabilities, to discourage abortion based on genetic abnormalities. (lifenews.com)
  • For those that do not want to be pregnant for any reason, the ability to have an abortion gives them the freedom to decide if and when to become pregnant. (medpagetoday.com)
  • In 2021, they proposed a rigid resolution for "immediate abolition of abortion without exception or compromise. (christianitytoday.com)
  • The Senate added an exception for abortions performed to save the life of the mother. (lifenews.com)
  • Last week, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker allowed an exception for elective abortions as well in his state. (lifenews.com)
  • Every state abortion law triggered by overturning Roe includes an exception to save the life of the mother. (medpagetoday.com)
  • The only exception in either abortion bills passed this week is to save the life of the mother. (courthousenews.com)
  • Abortion opponents said that the exception left the door open for a doctor to recommend abortion of fetuses that are less than completely healthy. (chicagotribune.com)
  • The only exception is an abortion to save the life of the mother. (ktnv.com)
  • Abortion is criminalized in the Australian state of Queensland, where Leach resides, with an exception only to save the life or health of the mother. (feminist.org)
  • The risk of death associated with childbirth is approximately 14 times higher than that with abortion, and overall morbidity associated with childbirth exceeds that with abortion. (medscape.com)
  • BACKGROUND: Psoriasis is associated with significant morbidity and impaired quality of life. (bvsalud.org)
  • Pushed the sonogram bill with pro-life advocates. (ontheissues.org)
  • During the summer of 1991, dubbed the "Summer of Mercy," anti-abortion advocates flocked there to protest reproductive rights, and some 2,600 protesters were arrested. (motherjones.com)
  • as abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in Washington. (pressherald.com)
  • The new law, signed by Gov. Mike Pence in March , bans abortion doctors from knowingly aborting an unborn baby solely because of a genetic disability such as Down syndrome, the unborn baby's race or sex. (lifenews.com)
  • I don't think abortion is an easy choice for anybody," she said. (statenews.com)
  • He also said he would be 'delighted' to sign a bill as president that would outlaw abortion, if there 'was such a consensus in this country that we said we don't want to have abortion in this country at all, period. (go.com)
  • She wants to outlaw abortion, with no exceptions permitted, not even to save the life of the mother. (blackcommentator.com)
  • Prohibit transporting minors across state lines for abortion. (ontheissues.org)
  • Prohibit federal funding for abortion. (ontheissues.org)
  • It will prohibit all abortions in Texas from the moment of fertilization, with rare exceptions including to save the life of the mother. (womensenews.org)
  • These numbers suggested that Obama's best chance of reopening the gender gap lay in emphasizing Romney's support for hardline Republican positions on contraception and abortion. (thedailybeast.com)
  • Oct. 10, 2012 -- intro: Mitt Romney's stance on abortion came under scrutiny this week after the GOP challenger said he would not make abortion-related legislation part of his agenda if elected president. (go.com)
  • Two years later, Romney's evolution on the abortion issue was complete. (truthdig.com)
  • But as the Times reported, Center for Reproductive Rights attorneys representing the clinic 'say it is important to ensure that the ban does not take effect, so that patients facing medical emergencies can receive abortions in hospitals and from their doctors. (commondreams.org)
  • Indeed, only six countries do not allow women to receive abortions under any circumstances. (pewresearch.org)
  • Unborn babies will continue to be killed in elective abortions in Washington state even though most other elective and non-urgent medical procedures have been temporarily banned. (lifenews.com)
  • Using 1996 data, this translates into 3.89 million live births, 1.37 million abortions, and 0.98 million miscarriages. (medscape.com)
  • An independent organization called Catholics for Choice was founded in 1973 to support the availability of abortion, stating that this position is compatible with Catholic teachings, particularly the primacy of conscience and the importance of the laity in shaping church law. (wikipedia.org)
  • quicklist: 1title: 1994: 'Abortion Should Be Safe and Legal in This Country'text: In a now-notorious debate while running for Senate in 1994, Romney said he 'believe[s] that abortion should be safe and legal in this country' and expressed support for the 1973 Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal. (go.com)
  • In 1973, El Salvador's penal code allowed for abortion in select cases, but in 1998, a bill that banned abortion completely passed into law. (iwmf.org)
  • [ 1 ] Accurate statistics have been kept since the enactment of the 1973 US Supreme Court decisions legalizing abortions. (medscape.com)
  • Since the 1973 decision, approximately 1.3-1.4 million abortions have been performed annually in the United States. (medscape.com)
  • Last week, he told the Des Moines Register 's editorial board , "There's no legislation with regards to abortion that I'm familiar with that would become part of my agenda. (thedailybeast.com)
  • When enacted, this legislation will immediately begin saving hundreds of babies throughout Ohio and be part of a national movement that will save thousands of lives," Ohio Right to Life President Michael Gonidakis said in a statement. (courthousenews.com)
  • Two states, Mississippi and North Carolina, restrict abortion after 18 weeks post fertilization and similar legislation around the nation is being debated. (arkansasonline.com)
  • And after Romney suggested Tuesday that abortion-related legislation would not be a major part of his presidency, he was forced once again to clarify his position. (truthdig.com)
  • She continued her advocacy Wednesday as the movement prompted a barrage of replies from women protesting legislation criminalizing abortions and sharing their emotional personal histories - similar to the early days of 2017's revolutionary #MeToo movement. (latimes.com)
  • The Catholic Church opposes abortion and has campaigned against abortion in the United States, both saying that it is immoral and making statements and taking actions in opposition to its classification as legal. (wikipedia.org)
  • practicing Catholics, along with Latino Catholics, are far more likely to be anti-abortion, while non-practicing Catholics are more likely to be in favor of abortion legalization. (wikipedia.org)
  • Abortion activists highlight the most extreme and rarest cases to gin up public support for legalization. (hli.org)
  • And then once abortion is legal, they completely ignore the fact that over 99% of abortions taking place have nothing to do with the extreme cases that were used to achieve legalization in the first place. (hli.org)
  • In 2013, North Dakota became the first state to pass a similar bill to protect unborn babies from abortions because of disabilities. (lifenews.com)
  • But he also allowed abortion facilities to continue using precious medical resources to abort unborn babies. (lifenews.com)
  • Elsewhere, clear majorities - ranging from 60% in Argentina to 95% in Paraguay - oppose making abortion lawful. (pewresearch.org)
  • If you like this pro-life article, please help LifeNews.com with a donation ! (lifenews.com)
  • Describe the clinical consequences of unsafe abortion, report this experience as well as sexual violence in situations of social and age vulnerability. (bvsalud.org)
  • It also revealed the need for further discussion on the topic, highlighting health promotion practices against unsafe abortion. (bvsalud.org)
  • It's pretty simple in that we already have existing law that prohibits abortion at 20 weeks. (arkansasonline.com)
  • This year's proposal was not brought for a vote, though several pastors criticized the SBC's Ethics and Religious Liberty (ERLC) Commission's campaign to make abortion not just illegal but "unthinkable. (christianitytoday.com)
  • With Roe gone and abortion already illegal, or set to become illegal, in numerous states, you can expect abortion activists and pro-abortion media to go into overdrive spreading propaganda, trying to make the case that abortion is often "necessary" to preserve the life or health of the mother. (hli.org)
  • I'm old enough to remember when abortions were illegal," he said. (statenews.com)
  • However, it was illegal at the time, and Kiessling's birth mother decided the risks were too high. (statenews.com)
  • or abortion should be made illegal without any exceptions? (bigthink.com)
  • women who receive an illegal abortion in the country face up to 14 years' imprisonment . (pewresearch.org)
  • 47% say that abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while 49% say it should be illegal in all or most circumstances. (pewresearch.org)
  • Black women suffered disproportionately when abortion was illegal. (blackcommentator.com)
  • While there is much ongoing confusion about the states where abortion is legal, where it is illegal, and where it has been further restricted, there is one thing we can be absolutely sure of: The status of abortion isn't settled! (womensenews.org)
  • In 2000, the abortion rate for black women (30 per 1,000 women) was 3.1 times the rate for white women (10 per 1,000 women). (blackcommentator.com)
  • Half of voters say the Supreme Court's decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion has made them more motivated to vote in next month's midterm elections, with enthusiasm growing especially among Democrats and those living in states with abortion bans, according to a new poll from KFF. (pressherald.com)
  • I'm thrilled that Arizonans are going to have the opportunity to make their voices heard next November, and I'm confident they will support a constitutional right to abortion," Hobbs said in a statement released Tuesday by her political adviser. (whnt.com)
  • The Supreme Court ruled states could not legislate against abortion because of a constitutional right to privacy, among other reasons. (medicaljustice.com)
  • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The major-party candidates to succeed retiring North Carolina Republican Sen. Richard Burr parried over inflation, abortion and election integrity on Friday night in their only expected debate. (mynorthwest.com)
  • Before examining the "abortion to save women's lives" question, it is first important to note that only about 1.2 percent of abortions (about 15,000 per year) take place after 20 weeks of gestation. (thefederalist.com)
  • Absent any evidence, they simply ignore contrary evidence and continue to appeal to the "common sense" myth that abortion is necessary, at least in some hard cases, to save women's lives. (thefederalist.com)
  • The lack of medical evidence for any benefit from abortion (in saving women's lives) is further magnified by the fact that record linkage studies have proven that abortion is associated with a decline in overall health and increase in short- and longer-term mortality rates among women exposed to abortion . (thefederalist.com)
  • Donna Joy and her mother Lori Vance will be available for comment to the media outside Women's Health Care Services located at 5107 E. Kellogg in Wichita, KS, today, Thursday, May 15, at Noon. (operationrescue.org)
  • Today I am calling on all members of this committee to personally and publicly condemn the firebombing violent attacks and threats against life-affirming charitable women's clinics. (medpagetoday.com)
  • However, 'North Dakota's trigger ban was blocked last year by a district judge, after its sole abortion provider, the Red River Women's Clinic, filed a lawsuit against the law,' The New York Times reported Monday. (commondreams.org)
  • North Dakota has been completely bereft of abortion clinics since August, when the Fargo-based Red River Women's Clinic moved its operations a short distance across the border to Moorhead, Minnesota. (commondreams.org)
  • But lawmakers in the Republican-controlled legislature passed the measure banning most abortions after 20 weeks, or in the later weeks of the second trimester. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Now, a few Republican lawmakers are endangering the stability of the program, which officials say has saved 25 million lives in 55 countries from Ukraine to Brazil to Indonesia. (ktla.com)
  • 1 in 4 women have had an abortion," Philipps tweeted late Tuesday just as Alabama lawmakers voted to ban all abortions in the state and to punish doctors , and as other states prepare for their own versions of the law. (latimes.com)
  • Thanks @GovInslee for recognizing that reproductive health care including abortion is care that can't wait, and for making sure it WILL continue to be available," she wrote on Twitter . (lifenews.com)
  • OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok ( KFOR ) - The Center for Reproductive Rights filed legal action in Tennessee, Idaho, and Oklahoma, where abortion is banned. (kfor.com)
  • When I asked Rachel Sweet, a political operative from flyover country, what motivated her to pursue a career of fighting for reproductive rights, she couldn't pinpoint a specific moment or life experience. (motherjones.com)
  • In the United States, you are 14 times more likely to die in childbirth than you are to die of an abortion," said Kristyn Brandi, MD, MPH, board chair of Physicians for Reproductive Health. (medpagetoday.com)
  • National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF) works with members to remove financial and logistical barriers to abortion access by centering people who have abortions and organizing at the intersections of racial, economic, and reproductive justice. (womensenews.org)
  • If proponents collect enough signatures, Arizona will become the latest state to put the question of reproductive rights directly to voters, who have turned out in large numbers to support abortion rights even in conservative states. (whnt.com)
  • This finding may suggest possible exposures to reproductive toxins causing both recognized and unrecognized spontaneous abortions for case mothers. (cdc.gov)
  • Under the earlier ban, providers who performed an abortion to save the life of a mother could face felony prosecution. (commondreams.org)
  • On Tuesday, Oklahoma's governor signed a bill into law that makes it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. (ktnv.com)
  • Abortions up until third trimester are woman's choice. (ontheissues.org)
  • Georgia already prohibits most abortions starting in the third trimester. (chicagotribune.com)
  • States and reporting areas needing guidance on abortion surveillance may contact CDC at Contact CDC-INFO . (cdc.gov)
  • Alaska's Supreme Court has held that the state constitution protects a woman's right to an abortion and that any law that purports to restrict that right must be narrowly tailored to serve a compelling state interest. (findlaw.com)
  • The Republican Party has struggled to navigate the politics of abortion since the Supreme Court's decision last year rescinding federal protections for the procedure put the question at the forefront of state politics and created a state-by-state patchwork of restrictions and bans. (whnt.com)
  • In Arizona, about two-thirds of voters said in last year's midterms that the Supreme Court's abortion ruling was an important factor in their vote, according to AP VoteCast, an expansive survey of more than 3,200 voters in Arizona. (whnt.com)
  • Catholics can, in good conscience, support access to abortion and affirm that abortion can be a moral choice. (wikipedia.org)
  • One myth, he said, was that "women will not have access to abortion. (medpagetoday.com)
  • And we know from the Turnaway Study that people denied access to abortion have a higher chance of facing poverty and having worse health outcomes compared to patients that were able to access an abortion. (medpagetoday.com)
  • [ 3 ] Access to abortion was particularly limited in rural communities and in the South and Midwest. (medscape.com)
  • The fact is, as many pro-life OB/GYNs and other doctors with decades of experience have made clear, abortion is never medically necessary . (hli.org)
  • The provider would need to offer an 'affirmative defense' proving that the abortion was medically necessary within the confines of the state law. (commondreams.org)
  • Perhaps the best survey items on the specific conditions shaping support for abortion rights have been asked in polling sponsored by Fox News. (bigthink.com)
  • Into the 21st century, the church's opposition to abortion, and specifically the actions it has taken against pro-abortion rights Catholics, has often been the subject of controversy. (wikipedia.org)
  • citation needed] The only coordinated opposition to abortion during the early 1970s came from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Family Life Bureau, also a Catholic organization. (wikipedia.org)