Criminal abortion. Medical search. Frequent questions

Election night was an energizing moment for Democrats hoping abortion rights will pull voters to the polls in the 2024 presidential election. (chicagotribune.com)

The Texas "trigger ban" will ban abortion at any stage of pregnancy. (utexas.edu)
Abortion in Puerto Rico is legal throughout pregnancy. (wikipedia.org)
Once Bill C-150 was passed, after going through several examinations, if three professionals came to the conclusion that the pregnancy would put the mother's physical, mental or emotional health at risk an abortion could be performed. (ipl.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)
Guam currently allows abortions in the first 13 weeks of pregnancy - or in the first 26 weeks in the case of rape or incest, grave fetal defects or serious risks to the pregnant person's life or health. (wwlp.com)
Supporters of abortion rights believe that pro-life legislators in Virginia and elsewhere around the country are using retroactive regulations to get around constitutional guarantees to abortion on demand during the first trimester of pregnancy. (reason.com)
In addition to support of codifying a right to an abortion throughout the entirety of a pregnancy, Biden and Harris wrote that they will "continue to work with Congress on the Women's Health Protection Act. (catholicnewsagency.com)
The ban would prohibit abortions in the state after six weeks of pregnancy, with exceptions for mothers whose lives are at risk and for abortions up to 15 weeks for pregnancies caused by rape, incest or human trafficking. (yahoo.com)
Fort Worth native denied abortion after doctors said pregnancy wasn't viable. (yahoo.com)
The type of abortion that an individual can seek is often dependent on the weeks of the pregnancy and the province or territory in which medical attention is sought. (calgarydefence.com)
If the pregnancy has progressed beyond 10 weeks, a surgical abortion will likely be the main option. (calgarydefence.com)
Abortion care is not available for a pregnancy beyond 23 weeks and 6 days. (calgarydefence.com)
In Virginia, Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin tried to rally voters behind GOP legislative candidates by staking out what he and other Republicans felt was a middle-ground approach: a proposal to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy with exceptions for rape, incest and situations where the mother's life was at risk. (chicagotribune.com)
A 1960s-era New Mexico's law makes it a felony for an abortion provider to terminate a pregnancy, with exceptions for rape, birth defects and serious threats to a woman's health. (prolifewitness.org)
Clark, a Registered Nurse, was reimbursed by New Mexico medicaid for performing abortions from 17-24 weeks of pregnancy. (prolifewitness.org)
It would also allow for abortions to be banned once it has been established that the fetus can survive outside of the womb, unless a physician determines that continuing with the pregnancy would endanger the patient's "life or health. (wrbl.com)
In March 1973, following Roe , the Utah legislature enacted a law banning abortion after 91 days of pregnancy unless performed to save the life of a pregnant woman or prevent serious and permanent damage to her health. (nacdl.org)
The 1991 law outlawed abortion unless it was to save the pregnant person's life, protect her health, or in the case of grave fetal defects, and in cases of rape or incest until the fifth month of pregnancy. (nacdl.org)
Two other challenges are pending, including one seeking to overturn a law that bans the standard method of abortion used after the 14th week of a pregnancy and that requires women to wait 72 hours after counseling before obtaining an abortion, and another law that requires doctors to tell women that medication-induced abortions can be reversed at a certain point in the process. (wildabouttrial.com)
Abortion is banned after 15 weeks of pregnancy, but the Democratic governor signed an executive order in June that bars county prosecutors from bringing abortion-related cases. (fourstateshomepage.com)
Opponents want to ban abortion throughout pregnancy. (fourstateshomepage.com)
Colorado currently has no state laws barring abortion at any point in pregnancy. (fourstateshomepage.com)
DeSantis, a Republican candidate for president, this year signed into law a measure to ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, with exceptions to save the life of the woman and in cases of rape or incest. (fourstateshomepage.com)
To receive the prescription, patients and providers must sign an agreement that certifies the patient has decided to take the drugs to end their pregnancy - regardless of whether they are seeking an abortion or are being treated for a miscarriage, which is another common use for mifepristone. (wa.gov)
In 2019, the Georgia Legislature approved a bill that bans abortions once a doctor can detect fetal cardiac activity, typically about six weeks into a pregnancy. (ajc.com)
First approved by the FDA in 2000, "medication abortion" has increasingly become the preferred method for terminating a pregnancy up until 10 weeks. (ajc.com)
More than 40% of all women will end a pregnancy by abortion at some time in their reproductive lives. (medscape.com)
All females above = 12 years old with suspicious sexual violence or illegal pregnancy or criminal induction of abortion. (who.int)
Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy before the fetus has attained viability. (who.int)
The reform also abolished marital rape exemption from sexual assault, decriminalized abortion from rape induced pregnancy and criminalized female genital mutilation, a sexual offence because it is an attempt to control a female's sexual life. (lu.se)

We knew he was going to support abortion- late term abortions. (catholicnewsagency.com)
Albuquerque, NM- New Mexico law actually criminalizes the practice of late term abortions that are performed outside of accredited hospitals. (prolifewitness.org)

The court ruled other doctors there could conduct the in-person consultations even if they do not want to personally perform abortions themselves. (wwlp.com)
Voted YES on barring HHS grants to organizations that perform abortions. (ontheissues.org)
Vote on an amendment, S.AMDT.3330, to H.R.3043 (HHS Appropriations Bill): To prohibit the provision of funds to grantees who perform abortions, with exceptions for maternal health. (ontheissues.org)
In that context, I think it is the right policy to say we are not going to send taxpayer dollars to support groups that perform abortions. (ontheissues.org)
The Oklahoma City abortion clinic filed a lawsuit Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, challenging longstanding state laws that allow only physicians to perform abortions in Oklahoma, marking the sixth time in the past five years that the state's abortion restrictions have ended up in court. (wildabouttrial.com)

In Canada, what options are included in my right to an abortion? (calgarydefence.com)
The right to an abortion may be influenced by political actions. (calgarydefence.com)
Amendment 2 also mandates that no provisions of the constitution provide a right to an abortion or require funding of abortions. (latimes.com)

During the 1960s and early 1970s, women from the mainland of the United States would travel to the island for legal abortions, with the practice largely ending in 1973 as a result of the US Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade. (wikipedia.org)
There was no move by the legislature of Puerto Rico to create new abortion legislation prior to the 1973 Roe v. Wade US Supreme Court ruling. (wikipedia.org)
Prior to the Roe v. Wade ruling, it was often a bit cheaper and easier for women to obtain abortions in Puerto Rico than it was for women to obtain abortions in the mainland United States. (wikipedia.org)
In 1973, abortion became legal in the United States through the well-known court case of Roe vs Wade. (ipl.org)
If - as seems likely - the Supreme Court overrules Roe v. Wade , at least 26 states are certain or likely to ban many or all abortions as soon as Roe is overturned. (brennancenter.org)
President Joe Biden pledged to defend a so-called right to abortion and reaffirmed his commitment to the widespread availability of the procedure in a Jan. 22 statement marking the anniversary of Roe v. Wade , the landmark 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide. (catholicnewsagency.com)
After the U.S Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling on abortion rights, many individuals have become interested in the current law surrounding abortion in Canada. (calgarydefence.com)
The Criminal Abortion Statute [NMSA 1978 §30-5-3(C)] was passed in 1969 by the New Mexico legislature [pre ROE vs. WADE era] but was enjoined by a judge from being enforced. (prolifewitness.org)
Ironically, if they accomplish their stated goal and repeal the criminal abortion statute before Roe vs. Wade is overturned non physicians will be able to perform invasive surgical procedures on women without their consent. (prolifewitness.org)
According to Roe v. Wade, a woman s right to have an abortion is protected in the period before a fetus is viable. (ontheissues.org)
In 2006, McCain wrote a letter to the National Right to Life Committee stating, "I share our common goal of reducing the staggering number of abortions currently performed in this country and overturning the Roe v. Wade decision. (issues2000.org)
A leaked United States Supreme Court draft opinion reveals it is poised to strike down Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that guaranteed abortion as a constitutional right. (nationofchange.org)
2021 polling indicated 80% of Americans support abortion in all or most cases, and at least 60% support Roe v Wade. (nationofchange.org)
If Roe v. Wade falls, abortion will be returned to the states for regulation . (nationofchange.org)
Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had protected abortion rights nationally, voters in all seven states that held a statewide vote have backed access. (fourstateshomepage.com)
The Dobbs case overturned nearly a half-century of precedent, stripping away the constitutional right to abortion recognized by the court's Roe v. Wade decision. (wa.gov)
The doctor's account of the rape victim traveling from Ohio to Indiana to receive abortion drugs became a flashpoint in the abortion debate days after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer. (wrbl.com)
The drugstore chain's request comes after the U.S. Supreme Court last month overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion. (boston.com)
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, concluding that the Constitution of the United States does not confer a right to abortion. (bvsalud.org)

Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the anti-abortion group SBA Pro-Life America, said Ohio's results "serve as a warning sign for the GOP heading into 2024″ and "proved this is not a formula for success. (chicagotribune.com)
Tony Lauinger, who chairs the anti-abortion group Oklahomans for Life, said those who support abortion rights are trying to use the state's judiciary to thwart the will of the Legislature and the people. (wildabouttrial.com)
An anti-abortion group has said members are "not there to hit people over the head with a bible" as 40 days of protest begins outside a Glasgow hospital. (sky.com)

In 2019, International Women's Day in Puerto Rico revolved around women taking to the streets en masse to support abortion rights. (wikipedia.org)
It's become clear that the majority of Americans support abortion rights and want to see abortion remain legal and accessible, and the anti-abortion side knows that," Smith said. (chicagotribune.com)

As of 2016, the law required that women seeking an abortion must have a pelvic exam performed by the doctor providing the abortion at the clinic. (wikipedia.org)
The case, R. v. Morgentaler, was a case in which three doctors, including Dr. Morgentaler set up a clinic where they performed abortions for women who did not have the approval from a therapeutic abortion committee of an approved hospital. (ipl.org)
Senate Bill 924 reclassifies any health clinic that provides five or more first trimester abortions a month as an outpatient surgical center rather than a physician's office, which is the current classification. (reason.com)
In specific provinces, legislation has also been passed to support individuals that choose to visit an abortion clinic. (calgarydefence.com)
This includes Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, Nova Scotia, as well as Newfoundland and Labrador, requiring protestors to remain a minimum distance away from an abortion clinic. (calgarydefence.com)
The family of slain abortion provider George Tiller said Tuesday that his Wichita clinic will be "permanently closed," effective immediately. (motherjones.com)
When a renowned abortion doctor opened a clinic in Ocala, Florida, he was seen as a public pest. (thenation.com)
Was it possible for Pendergraft to get a fair trial, one that had "nothing to do with abortion," in Ocala-where the last abortion clinic was burned to the ground in 1989, and no one was ever charged? (thenation.com)
The lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of the Trust Women clinic, contends that such laws are unconstitutional because they restrict women's access to abortion without any valid medical basis. (wildabouttrial.com)
Attorneys for the clinic argue that nurse practitioners are fully capable of providing both medication-induced and aspiration abortions, which accounted for nearly 90% of the roughly 5,000 abortions performed in Oklahoma last year, according to state figures. (wildabouttrial.com)
The clinic, which was opened in 2016 by founder and CEO Julie Burkhart, has to fly an out-of-state doctor to Oklahoma to provide abortion services, resulting in patient wait times of up to eight hours, said Emily Nestler, one of the clinic's attorneys. (wildabouttrial.com)
Because of that, they can only offer abortions two days per week at their clinic and the wait times are substantial because they're trying to squeeze so much into those two days," she said. (wildabouttrial.com)
The clinic is represented by the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights, an abortion rights advocacy group that has filed six legal challenges against Oklahoma abortion restrictions in the past five years. (wildabouttrial.com)
Kwajelyn Jackson, executive director of the Feminist Women's Health Center, an abortion clinic, said her facility is still seeing patients in person and has not arranged for any abortion pills to be sent through the mail. (ajc.com)

State Rep. Joanne Ferrary of Las Cruces said last week that removes the state's criminal ban on abortion in case the U.S. Supreme Court overturns a 1973 decision that made the procedure legal nationwide. (prolifewitness.org)
Since the 1973 decision, approximately 1.3-1.4 million abortions have been performed annually in the United States. (medscape.com)

On June 22, 2022, the Senate passed a bill limiting abortion to 22 weeks, with exceptions for danger to the mother's life, fetal defects, and if the fetus would not be viable. (wikipedia.org)
According to AP VoteCast, a nationwide survey of more than 94,000 voters, 63% of voters in the 2022 midterm elections said abortion should be legal in most or all cases. (chicagotribune.com)
Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist, gave the girl a medication-induced abortion in June 2022 and received widespread attention after she gave an interview to the Indianapolis Star about the child. (wrbl.com)

After 20 years of legal battles, finally, in 1988, The Supreme Court of Canada abolished Canada's abortion law as unconstitutional. (ipl.org)
The Supreme Court of Canada concluded that the abortion provision in the Criminal Code was unconstitutional because it violated section 7 in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. (ipl.org)
Following the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion, a growing group of prosecutors is pledging to use their discretion to not prosecute abortion cases. (brennancenter.org)
I don't like the Supreme Court decision on abortion. (catholicnewsagency.com)
Ohio offered the clearest snapshot on Tuesday of the issue's salience more than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court ended the nationwide right to abortion. (chicagotribune.com)
Abortion also will sit at the center of a slate of state Supreme Court races in 2024. (chicagotribune.com)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Democrats in the New Mexico Legislature are laying plans to end a decades-old ban on abortion that came before the landmark Supreme Court case. (prolifewitness.org)
The Oklahoma Supreme Court overturned three of those restrictions, including laws that required doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and restricted the use of medication-induced abortions, and a third that covered several abortion-related topics. (wildabouttrial.com)
Despite Republican control of Oklahoma's state government, Lauinger said the majority of the nine-member Oklahoma Supreme Court was appointed by Democratic governors who supported abortion rights. (wildabouttrial.com)
The state Supreme Court in 2019 upheld a lower court decision that there is a right to abortion in the state constitution. (fourstateshomepage.com)
[ 1 ] Accurate statistics have been kept since the enactment of the 1973 US Supreme Court decisions legalizing abortions. (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)

Attorney General [Pam] Bondi asked my Office of Statewide Prosecution to review the information for any criminal prosecution to ensure Florida takes the appropriate necessary action," stated Nick Cox, a statewide prosecutor with the Attorney General's office, in an e-mail to Pine on February 17, 2017. (operationrescue.org)
FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 20, 2017, file photo, activists with Planned Parenthood demonstrate in support of a pregnant 17-year-old being held in a Texas facility for unaccompanied immigrant children to obtain an abortion, outside of the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington. (wildabouttrial.com)
Lloyd, who has written about his own opposition to abortion, said he had not approved any abortions since becoming director in March 2017. (wildabouttrial.com)
Department of Health and Human Services data show that Medicaid paid for about 1,500 abortions in 2017 at a cost of $326,000. (latimes.com)

And the director of the office that oversees the shelters has said he believes teens in his agency's care have no constitutional right to abortion. (wildabouttrial.com)

Abortion rights advocates contend having no doctors able to provide abortions on the island creates a significant challenge to people seeking care. (wwlp.com)
Abortion rights advocates plan to ask the courts to repeal any remaining abortion bans and restrictions on the books in Ohio, including a mandatory 24-hour period that abortion seekers must wait before they can have the procedure and a ban on abortions after a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome. (yahoo.com)
Colorado has dueling efforts - one from abortion rights advocates and one from opponents. (fourstateshomepage.com)
Neither side has settled on specific language, but abortion rights advocates want a constitutional amendment that would keep the state from banning abortion and would overturn a 1984 amendment that let the government prohibit insurance coverage for abortion. (fourstateshomepage.com)
Abortion rights advocates back a constitutional amendment to reverse laws restricting abortion. (fourstateshomepage.com)

ALLYN: One big question, though, is how tech companies will respond if law enforcement make requests aimed at women seeking abortions. (waer.org)
Indiana is now one of the most hostile states for women seeking abortions, with more than a dozen restrictions, including bans, mandatory delays, biased counseling requirements, and prohibitions on insurance coverage of abortion. (nirhealth.org)

Florida currently bans abortions after 15 weeks. (yahoo.com)

In Congress and as governor of Indiana, Pence supported some of the most extreme legislation on abortion in the nation, co-sponsoring bills that would clearly make abortion illegal in a manner that would make penalize women and doctors. (nirhealth.org)
The stakes are too high to allow these candidates to keep dodging the central question: 'You say you want to make abortion illegal, so how much time should a woman serve? (nirhealth.org)
The true lesson from last night's loss is that Democrats are going to make abortion front-and-center throughout 2024 campaigns," Dannenfelser said in a statement. (chicagotribune.com)

Abortion effectively became legal in 1937 after a series of changes in the law by the Puerto Rico legislature based on introduction of Malthusian clinics introduced from US-initiated eugenic policies. (wikipedia.org)
The total number of abortion clinics on the island has been in decline since a peak of over a dozen in the 1990s. (wikipedia.org)
In 1937, modeled after US-initiated eugenic policies, Puerto Rico adopted more liberal abortion policies which saw the introduction of Malthusian clinics. (wikipedia.org)
Abortion clinics throughout the state have said compliance costs will force many of them to close and two out of 20 abortion clinics have already shut down, citing financial burdens related to the new regs. (reason.com)
Quigley and other supporters point to the deplorable conditions in abortion clinics such as the one run by Kermit Gosnell in Philadelphia. (reason.com)
FCHC has had no deaths since opening in 2002, an outcome that is similar to the generally low rate of complications related to abortions performed in clinics. (reason.com)
Most provinces and territories allow private abortion clinics. (calgarydefence.com)
However, the availability of abortions at private clinics varies across the country. (calgarydefence.com)
Finally, the Times notes this grim fact: Before Wichita first became a target of anti-choice groups in the 1980s, the city had four clinics providing abortions, including Dr. Tiller's. (motherjones.com)
Hodari denies any wrong doing, but in the meantime, he has put his abortion clinics up for sale along with his expensive classic car collection, and filed for a hasty divorce from his wife of 29 years. (operationrescue.org)
Instead, private clinics provide abortion services and patients pay hundreds of dollars out-of-pocket . (nationofchange.org)
The pandemic inadvertently led to the permanent closure of regional abortion clinics in Queensland and New South Wales. (nationofchange.org)
Until COVID, many private regional abortion clinics relied on doctors working on a fly-in-fly-out model . (nationofchange.org)

A slate of other restrictions impose criminal and civil charges. (utexas.edu)
Biden and Harris condemned efforts by pro-life lawmakers to enact restrictions on abortion, saying that "in Texas, Mississippi, and many other states around the country, access to reproductive health care is under attack. (catholicnewsagency.com)
The Women's Health Protection Act would establish "a statutory right for health care professionals to provide abortion and the right for their patients to receive care, free from medically unnecessary restrictions that single out abortion care. (catholicnewsagency.com)
Are there restrictions regarding when I can have an abortion performed? (calgarydefence.com)
If the amendment or any other abortion restrictions were to end up being challenged in the courts, it's unclear how they would fare. (yahoo.com)
The FDA's restrictions on mifepristone create unnecessary risk for Washington state medical providers, patients and people who travel to the state to receive abortion care. (wa.gov)
Indiana was the first state to approve abortion restrictions after the court's decision. (wrbl.com)

Changes were made that made having an abortion a felony. (wikipedia.org)
In Arkansas , for instance, the state's trigger law would make it a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for anyone who attempts or performs an abortion except to save the life of a pregnant woman. (brennancenter.org)
Any woman who has an abortion after six weeks and any doctor who gives her care will be guilty of a felony," the narrator said. (yahoo.com)
The graphic included a description of Florida's six-week abortion ban that explained the "punishment" is a "felony mandating up to 5 years in prison. (yahoo.com)
The law would also make it a third-degree felony for physicians or anyone who "actively participate(s) in" an abortion in violation of the ban and prohibits state funds from being used to help a woman get an abortion in another state. (yahoo.com)
It would also see dilation and evacuation (D&E) terminations, the safest and most common form of second trimester abortions, become a felony with offenders facing six years in prison or a $10,000 fine. (rt.com)

Afterward, abortion opponents flocked to Wichita. (motherjones.com)
The outcome of Tuesday's intense, off-year election was the latest blow for abortion opponents. (wrbl.com)
In the longer term, opponents of abortion view this moment as a beginning rather than an end. (nationofchange.org)

Women have continued to travel to Puerto Rico from other parts of the Caribbean since the 1990s to obtain abortions illegal in their home countries. (wikipedia.org)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal court in Washington has told the Trump administration that the government can't interfere with the ability of pregnant immigrant teens being held in federal custody to obtain abortions. (wildabouttrial.com)

Tallahassee, FL - A state prosecutor with the Florida Attorney General's office has contacted M. Susan Pine of FACE Life, Inc., with confirmation that he is reviewing a criminal referral of Presidential Women's Center, Inc. made by the US. (operationrescue.org)
This confirmation came just two days after Operation Rescue urged supporters to contact the Florida Attorney General to ask if her office planned to act on the criminal referral of Presidential Women's Center. (operationrescue.org)
We thank Attorney General Bondi for handing over the House's criminal referral of the Florida abortion facility to a prosecutor for review," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. (operationrescue.org)
Efforts to enact state laws that would outlaw abortion and criminalize women have been proposed this year alone in Florida, Oklahoma, and Ohio. (nirhealth.org)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Sunday released a new ad digging into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R) six-week ban on abortion as the two governors prepare to debate one another later this month. (yahoo.com)
On Tuesday, February 13, 1951, The Florida Times-Union reported that Dr. Alvah Hovey Weathers, 63, freed on a $10,000 bond, had been arrested a second time, the previous day, on "new charges of manslaughter arising from an alleged abortion. (jaxpsychogeo.com)
Abortion in Florida is now banned at 15 weeks, based on a law that went into effect last year with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' signature. (fourstateshomepage.com)

This is the full report of "Forsaken Lives:The Harmful Impact of the Philippine Criminal Abortion Ban," which the Center for Reproductive Rights released in Manila on Aug. 2, 2010. (bulatlat.com)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok ( KFOR ) - The Center for Reproductive Rights filed legal action in Tennessee, Idaho, and Oklahoma, where abortion is banned. (kfor.com)
Elisabeth Smith, director of state policy and advocacy at the Center for Reproductive Rights, said the anti-abortion movement is "on their heels" after turning to misinformation and fearmongering in Ohio in a losing cause. (chicagotribune.com)

American colonial powers in Puerto Rico had a major impact on the island's relationship with women's reproductive rights and on abortion laws. (wikipedia.org)
Abortion effectively became legal in Puerto Rico in 1937 after the territory's legislature repealed existing laws around reproductive care and treatment. (wikipedia.org)
The governor "thought he was going to give a playbook to Republicans, but he actually gave a playbook to Democrats on how to help voters connect the dots between candidates and their abortion policies," said Mini Timmaraju, president and CEO of Reproductive Freedom for All, formerly known as NARAL Pro-Choice America. (chicagotribune.com)
Ohio voters have approved a constitutional amendment that guarantees the right to abortion and other forms of reproductive health care. (wrbl.com)
Known as "Issue 1," the proposal would amend the state Constitution to establish the right to "make and carry out one's own reproductive decisions" on matters including abortion, contraception and fertility treatment. (wrbl.com)
The August measure, which failed 57% to 43%, did not mention abortion or reproductive rights specifically but quickly became a proxy fight over reproductive rights as it would have made it more difficult for Tuesday's measure to pass. (wrbl.com)
This amendment punishes the very organizations that work hard every day using their own funds to provide family planning services and reproductive health care, including legal abortion services. (ontheissues.org)
In the 2019 federal election, Labor promised "free abortions" via a major sexual and reproductive health policy but has not revisited this proposal in the current campaign. (nationofchange.org)
While Australia does not share the US' intense partisan politics over abortion, we also do not share the approach of Canada where abortion is normalised as reproductive health care. (nationofchange.org)
After Ohio voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment protecting the right to abortion and other forms of reproductive health care, advocates on both sides of the issue are looking at how they can get support on 2024 ballots in at least a dozen states. (fourstateshomepage.com)

While we don't yet know how exactly state prosecutors might enforce abortion bans, it is theoretically possible that some states could start investigating women suspected of having sought abortions. (waer.org)

The American Civil Liberties Union, which advocates for abortion rights, spent more than $9 million on races in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia this year, with over $6 million of that going to Ohio, said the group's chief political and advocacy officer, Deirdre Schifeling. (chicagotribune.com)
Abortion access advocates want to amend the state constitution to protect access to abortion until the fetus is viable, generally considered to be around 24 weeks gestational age or later, to protect the life or physical or mental health of the woman. (fourstateshomepage.com)

WASHINGTON (AP) - A proposal to enshrine abortion rights in Ohio's Constitution was approved in a statewide election Tuesday, with a significant number of Republicans joining with Democrats to ensure the measure's passage. (wrbl.com)
Abortion in Australia is regulated by state and territory legislation and the overall trend in the 21st century has been to enshrine abortion as a legal right. (nationofchange.org)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Four Ohio Republican state lawmakers are seeking to strip judges of their power to interpret an abortion rights amendment after voters opted to enshrine those rights in the state's constitution this week. (yahoo.com)

While in the Senate, Biden repeatedly voted for legislation that would prevent the taxpayer funding of abortion. (catholicnewsagency.com)
Since the failed attempt by Brian Mulroney in 1990 to restrict abortion rights, no other government has tried to pass legislation. (calgarydefence.com)
Republican lawmakers are already strategising about legislation that would ban abortion nationwide after six weeks . (nationofchange.org)
A Republican state senator has filed legislation to fight a decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowing those with a prescription to obtain the abortion pill through the mail. (ajc.com)
The legislation, supported by 24 Senate Republicans, also says pregnant women would have to sign an "informed authorization consent form" that tells a patient, among other things, that medication abortions can be reversed. (ajc.com)

Unsafe abortion : global and regional estimates of incidence of unsafe abortion and associated mortality in 2000. (who.int)

A surgical abortion is conducted by vacuum aspiration or dilation and evacuation (D&E). (calgarydefence.com)
What pro-abortion democrats are failing to mention is that the criminal abortion statute also prohibits non physicians from performing surgical abortions. (prolifewitness.org)
This is going to set up funding so the law that says we are going to protect young children from being taken across State lines to have a surgical abortion--we are going to make sure those people are protected. (ontheissues.org)
Broadly, there is a significant shortage of trained surgical abortion providers. (nationofchange.org)

In 1991, Utah's governor signed the toughest anti-abortion measure in the 50 states at that time, prohibiting almost all elective abortions. (nacdl.org)

ALLYN: Still, she says, women living in states where abortion is illegal or highly restricted need to be asking themselves some questions. (waer.org)
It is illegal to help a pregnant person obtain medical abortion pills through mail or delivering them, but it will be hard to detect these crimes. (utexas.edu)
Prior to this, abortion in Puerto Rico had been all but illegal. (wikipedia.org)
Abortions done without this approval were considered illegal. (ipl.org)
On Thursday, February 8, 1951, police investigating "an abortion death" raided a "dilapidated hospital where at least two women underwent illegal operations and one had a baby which she surrendered for 'expenses. (jaxpsychogeo.com)
New charges included one "illegal abortion" count against Herschell Seymour Baxter and an accessory charge against Weathers for the death of Martha S. Carver following an abortion. (jaxpsychogeo.com)
When the Republicans in South Dakota passed a draconian abortion ban, making all abortions illegal except those that would save the life of the mother, McCain said he "would take appropriate steps under state law to ensure that the exceptions of rape, incest of life of the mother were included. (issues2000.org)
While safeguards exist to protect the privacy of medical records, the patient agreement documentation required by the FDA creates an added risk for patients - particularly for those patients who travel to Washington for medical treatment from states where abortion is illegal. (wa.gov)
Illegal abortions are unsafe and account for 13% of all maternal mortality and serious complications. (medscape.com)

The proposed amendment would undo both bans and require that abortion be available until fetal viability, around 24 weeks. (fourstateshomepage.com)

No matter what the situation was, no abortions were permitted which led to unsafe, behind the scene procedures. (ipl.org)
Unsafe abortion and sexual health in the Arab world : the Damascus Conference / edited by Malika Ladjali and Jeremy Hamand. (who.int)

The risks are exacerbated by the growing criminalization and penalization of abortion around the country in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health . (wa.gov)

We should not be sending taxpayer money to an organization such as Planned Parenthood that performs abortions. (ontheissues.org)
Q: On Healthcare: Should Planned Parenthood be eligible to receive public funds for non-abortion health services? (issues2000.org)

There's at least one example from 2018 where a Mississippi woman's Google history searching for abortion pills was part of the evidence prosecutors used against her in a second-degree murder case after having a stillbirth. (waer.org)
In 2018 and 2019, the effects of Hurricane Maria hampered women's ability on the island to get access to abortion services. (wikipedia.org)
The last doctor to provide abortions in Guam retired in 2018, leaving people seeking the procedure without local options. (wwlp.com)

In an interview with The Washingtonian when Roe was issued, Biden said he was more moderate on many social issues, including abortion. (catholicnewsagency.com)
But when it comes to issues like abortion, amnesty, and acid, I'm about as liberal as your grandmother," Biden said at the time. (catholicnewsagency.com)
The coronavirus pandemic has caused a rise in doctor's visits being conducted by phone or online as the Biden administration temporarily waived the requirement for pregnant women to have in-person visits to gain access to the abortion pill. (ajc.com)
And when the Biden administration authorized the mail order of the abortion pills without having a physician involved in that process, we feel that that is putting women in grave danger. (ajc.com)

Voters in the increasingly Republican-leaning state resoundingly approved an amendment to the state constitution to protect abortion access. (chicagotribune.com)
The campaigning and results for the amendment in Ohio, the only state with an abortion question on the ballot this year, is a precursor to similar ballot measures expected to be put to a vote in several states next year. (chicagotribune.com)
The scope of the victory for abortion access in Ohio suggests that a significant number of Republicans voted in favor of the amendment, signaling deep divisions in the party over their next steps. (chicagotribune.com)
Your support for the Vitter amendment will uphold the principle that the US taxpayer should not have to subsidize the abortion industry. (ontheissues.org)
Both chambers of the Republican-controlled legislature have approved an amendment that would declare that there's no right to abortion in the state constitution. (fourstateshomepage.com)
Anti-abortion groups across the country have pushed state Legislatures to require abortion providers to tell patients that abortions done through medication are reversible, but courts in states such as Tennessee and Indiana have ruled the efforts violate doctors' First Amendment rights. (ajc.com)

Then there was another bill before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the state of Illinois not that long ago, where he voted against a ban on partial-birth abortion. (issues2000.org)
Both courts say the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act doesn't have enough of an exception for the health of the mother, but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision is particularly interesting for its interpretation of the Supreme Court's recent unanimous Ayotte decision. (christianitytoday.com)

They not only endorsed Bush, they ran ads attacking McCain--despite the fact that the two candidates' positions on abortion were essentially identical. (issues2000.org)
She rebelled against the church, rejecting their positions on abortion and women's rights. (medscape.com)

That included refusing the abortion request of a teen who had been impregnated as a result of rape. (wildabouttrial.com)
A pregnant woman's husband will be able to sue to prevent his wife from having an abortion, even in cases of rape and incest, under a new law that could come into effect as early as spring. (rt.com)
On Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, a complaint was filed alleging that Rokita violated professional conduct rules in statements about Dr. Caitlin Bernard, a doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim who traveled from Ohio to Indiana for the procedure. (wrbl.com)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A complaint filed Monday alleges that Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita violated professional conduct rules in statements he made about a doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim last year. (wrbl.com)

Meanwhile, in West Virginia, voters passed a measure that prohibits Medicaid from funding abortions. (latimes.com)

In 1974, a policy requiring the director of the state Department of Social Services to personally approve an abortion for any woman receiving Medicaid was held unconstitutional by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. (nacdl.org)
That was up from 2008, when Medicaid paid for 657 abortions at a cost of $222,000. (latimes.com)

Until 1990 includes all abortions. (who.int)

And the new Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau has stated his and the liberty party's standpoint of abortion：Government of Canada will stand on the side of women's personal willingness, which is Pro-Choice . (ipl.org)
In the article "Abortion in Canada: Legal but Not Accessible" (2009), Cross's main objective is to spread her advocacy and thoughts on abortion to ensure social action towards supporting women's rights. (ipl.org)
As a resident at Yale New Haven Hospital, she helped found the Women's National Abortion Action Coalition and was the keynote speaker at the first national pro-choice demonstration in Washington, DC, in November 1971. (medscape.com)

DeSantis, who is currently running in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, has stopped short of saying whether he would sign a federal six-week abortion ban, instead stressing he wants to be a "pro-life president. (yahoo.com)

But while legal abortion in Australia seems secure, we are still a long way from treating abortion as the routine health care it is. (nationofchange.org)

A medical abortion involves taking a prescription dose of medicines, specifically Mifegymisoâ. (calgarydefence.com)
Often, a medical abortion is the primary method for pregnancies up to roughly 10 weeks. (calgarydefence.com)

If you were caught trying to get an abortion you could face two years in prison and if you were helping the lady get an abortion you could face a life sentence. (ipl.org)
Abortion after six weeks will be punishable by up to five years in prison," the narrator continued. (yahoo.com)

The state can engage with electronic surveillance, which could be used as evidence to prosecute someone for mailing medication or otherwise helping someone get an abortion. (utexas.edu)
Indeed, since 1974 state data show only three deaths during legal abortions. (reason.com)
The ad, released by Newsom and the Campaign for Democracy PAC, railed against the criminalization of women who receive abortions and the doctors who perform such procedures in the Sunshine State. (yahoo.com)
Democrats also harnessed the issue in Virginia, riding it to retake control of the Legislature, and in Kentucky, giving Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear a second term after he made abortion rights central to his campaign in the deeply Republican state. (chicagotribune.com)
For the anti-abortion movement, the latest post-Roe defeat came after its scattershot messaging struggled to win over voters in a state that has become a testing ground. (chicagotribune.com)
Anti-abortion groups said the outcome was fueled by millions in campaign donations that abortion-rights supporters poured into the Ohio race, including large donations from out-of-state groups. (chicagotribune.com)
The law does not go into effect until 2020, so you still have time to legally seek abortion services in the state of Georgia. (atlantafederalcrimeattorney.com)
Voted YES on prohibiting minors crossing state lines for abortion. (ontheissues.org)
To increase funding for the vigorous enforcement of a prohibition against taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions consistent with the Child Custody Protection Act. (ontheissues.org)
McCAIN: Sen. Obama, as a member of the Illinois State Senate, voted against a law that would provide immediate medical attention to a child born of a failed abortion. (issues2000.org)
Although Australia is sometimes described as the 51st US state , when it comes to abortion our politics and laws are extremely different. (nationofchange.org)
That's the reason the abortion challenges to pro-life laws in Oklahoma are typically filed in state court, rather than federal court. (wildabouttrial.com)
The teen, referred to in court paperwork as Jane Doe, obtained a state court order permitting her to have an abortion and secured private funding to pay for it, but federal officials refused to transport her or temporarily release her so that others could take her to get the procedure. (wildabouttrial.com)
That includes Ohio, where voters Tuesday enshrined abortion access in the state constitution. (fourstateshomepage.com)
Nearly 60% of the abortions in Washington state are medication abortions. (wa.gov)
Senate Bill 351 , filed Monday by state Sen. Bruce Thompson, R-White , would require pregnant women to see a doctor in person before being able to obtain mifepristone, the abortion pill. (ajc.com)
Still, she said, SB 351 would create additional barriers between patients and abortion care, especially in rural parts of the state where it may be difficult to get to a doctor. (ajc.com)
It certainly is both not surprising and disappointing that even in the face of all of the other obstacles that the state Legislature has tried to put between people and their ability to access abortion care, they still feel compelled to double and triple down on removing all options from people," Jackson said. (ajc.com)
DeAngelis said state laws that restrict the dispensing of medications used for abortions have forced the company to start the validations. (boston.com)
It also adds a line to the state constitution that says, "Nothing in this constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of abortion. (latimes.com)

Pregnant people may face criminal charges. (utexas.edu)
Texas' abortion-specific laws exempt pregnant people who have had an abortion, but other laws could still be invoked. (utexas.edu)
These reforms included allowing interstate transportation of information about contraceptives and birth control methods, legalized contraceptive sterilization, and introduced a therapeutic exemption for abortions to protect the life or health of the woman who was pregnant. (wikipedia.org)
The ruling handed down Tuesday by a unanimous three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could make it even more difficult for pregnant people to access abortions on the remote island where 85% of residents are Catholic and about 1 in 5 live below the poverty line. (wwlp.com)
In 1876, the Utah Territory adopted a law that banned abortion except to save a pregnant person's life. (nacdl.org)
A pregnant woman who acceded to an abortion was not an accomplice. (nacdl.org)
A judge issued an order Friday evening barring the government from "interfering with or obstructing" pregnant minors' access to abortion counseling or abortions, among other things, while a lawsuit proceeds. (wildabouttrial.com)
In a deposition taken in December as part of the litigation, Scott Lloyd, the director of the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Refugee Resettlement, which oversees shelters for unaccompanied immigrant minors, said pregnant teens in his agency's care have no right to abortion under the Constitution. (wildabouttrial.com)

1. Compare and Contrast A. Summary for first author U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, from "Why Abortion Is Bad for America," The Human Life Review (2012), discusses why he is against abortions from mainly a moral viewpoint, rather than a political viewpoint. (ipl.org)
The number of abortions is actually down in America over the last eight years. (ontheissues.org)

Therefore, an abortion law was viewed as unconstitutional. (calgarydefence.com)

Bans will criminalize abortion. (utexas.edu)

The health department said in a statement Saturday that it "strongly maintains that taxpayers are not responsible for facilitating the abortion of unaccompanied minors who entered the country illegally and are currently in the government's care. (wildabouttrial.com)
Parents and legal guardians would also be able to sue to prevent minors from having abortions, raising concerns for victims of sexual abuse and incest. (rt.com)

Abortion was something that many women would get done illegally in secret as most people were against it. (ipl.org)
Lawyers for the Department of Health and Human Services, which is responsible for sheltering children who illegally enter the country unaccompanied by a parent, have said the department has a policy of "refusing to facilitate" abortions. (wildabouttrial.com)
Worldwide, some 20-30 million legal abortions are performed annually, with another 10-20 million abortions performed illegally (see The Alan Guttmacher Institute ). (medscape.com)

Attitudes and laws in Puerto Rico relating to abortion have been significantly impacted by decisions of the federal government of the United States. (wikipedia.org)
But a growing group of prosecutors is promising to use their charging discretion and not prosecute abortion-related conduct if these laws go into effect. (brennancenter.org)
A published article said Lieberman believes abortion laws should be re-examined because medical advancements have lengthened the window of when a fetus is viable. (ontheissues.org)
16 states plus the District of Columbia have laws protecting abortion rights. (nationofchange.org)
This documentation may also be used to threaten providers or patients with legal liability in states with extreme anti-abortion laws - even when the care is legal in Washington. (wa.gov)
Six states, including Oklahoma and Texas, passed laws that ban the mailing of the abortion pill. (ajc.com)
He noted that some of the laws come with criminal penalties. (boston.com)
Before the 19th century, most US states had no specific abortion laws. (medscape.com)

The present-day government under the Liberal Party reaffirms that abortion rights will continue to be protected in Canada. (calgarydefence.com)

In the short term, a patient's ability to legally access abortion would effectively be a lottery, determined by geography or having the financial resources to travel significant distances. (nationofchange.org)
In most of Australia, patients needing abortion care face significant barriers to access. (nationofchange.org)
Access to abortion services outside major cities is almost non-existent . (nationofchange.org)
Nestler said the legal challenges are filed not because of the makeup of the court, but because Oklahoma women deserve to have access to safe abortions without the Legislature making it more difficult. (wildabouttrial.com)
Seemingly the only reason is a desire to deter people or stop people from being able to access abortion services," Nestler said. (wildabouttrial.com)
[ 3 ] Access to abortion was particularly limited in rural communities and in the South and Midwest. (medscape.com)

It is rare for an abortion to be performed after 20 weeks but may be sought due to life-threatening conditions. (calgarydefence.com)
The ACLU has since represented several other teens who have sought abortions while in custody, but the organization doesn't know of any others actively seeking abortions, Amiri said Friday night. (wildabouttrial.com)
WINDHAM, N.H. (AP) - Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday kept up his attacks on special counsel Jack Smith and vowed to continue talking about his criminal cases even as prosecutors sought a protective order to limit the evidence that Trump and his team could share. (kron4.com)

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