• FILE - Abortion rights demonstrators attend a rally at the Texas state Capitol in Austin, Texas, May 14, 2022. (abc4.com)
  • The ruling was the first to undercut Texas' law since it took effect in 2022 and delivers a major victory to abortion rights supporters, who see the case as a potential blueprint to weaken restrictions elsewhere that Republican-led states have rushed to implement. (abc4.com)
  • In her book "Abortion Tales - Women between Family, Love and Medicine," which was published in Arabic in late December 2022, she explains the circumstances in Egypt, describes the legal and medical situation and also lets numerous women like Noura speak openly. (dw.com)
  • Since the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organizatio n on June 24, 2022, states are free to regulate and even prohibit abortion. (findlaw.com)
  • THE bill prohibits abortion except in cases of rape, incest, severe fetal deformity, or when pregnancy threatens a woman's health or life. (csmonitor.com)
  • The measure also prohibits abortion after the point when a doctor determines the fetus to be viable, unless pregnancy threatens the mother's life. (csmonitor.com)
  • CINCINNATI (AP) - An Ohio law banning virtually all abortions will remain blocked while a state constitutional challenge proceeds, a judge said Friday in a ruling that will allow pregnancy terminations through 20 weeks' gestation to continue for now. (ktar.com)
  • He testified to observing more danger to patients in pregnancy than in abortion. (ktar.com)
  • The law bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. (lex18.com)
  • The law bans abortion once cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy. (lex18.com)
  • The Texas law conflicts with landmark U.S. Supreme Court rulings that prevent a state from banning abortion early in pregnancy but was written in a way that has essentially outmaneuvered those precedents. (lex18.com)
  • A Republican state lawmaker in Florida is proposing a bill that would ban most abortions as early as around six weeks, allow members of the public to sue anyone who helps end a pregnancy beyond that point and fine physicians $10,000 for each abortion they perform later in pregnancy. (kunc.org)
  • It would prevent physicians from performing abortions if there is a "detectable fetal heartbeat," effectively banning abortions after about six weeks into pregnancy, before many people even know they are pregnant. (kunc.org)
  • The Republican-led chamber passed a bill that would ban abortions eight weeks into a woman's pregnancy-a point at which many women don't know they're pregnant. (complex.com)
  • A Texas judge ruled Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, the state's abortion ban has proven too restrictive for women with serious pregnancy complications and must allow exceptions without doctors fearing the threat of criminal charges. (abc4.com)
  • The court found that the patients challenging the law each experienced "emergent medical conditions" during pregnancy that risked their health or lives "and required abortion care. (abc4.com)
  • Current Polish law still permits abortion up to 12 weeks when the pregnancy is the result of a crime - rape or incest - or when it poses a serious risk to the life or health of the pregnant person. (wmot.org)
  • In late March, a group of Polish politicians called on the government to expedite the legal abortion process for women who have been sexually assaulted by Russian soldiers and to ensure that rape victims are able to terminate their pregnancy in any public hospital - where doctors currently can decline to perform an abortion if they feel that doing so conflicts with their personal values or beliefs. (wmot.org)
  • Asked to comment on the availability of abortion services, the Polish Ministry of Health emailed a statement to NPR, noting: "Termination of pregnancy may be performed by a doctor in Poland in two cases, i.e. when: 1) pregnancy poses a threat to the life or health of a pregnant woman, 2) there is a justified suspicion that the pregnancy resulted from a prohibited act. (wmot.org)
  • It banned all abortions conducted after eight weeks of pregnancy, and it banned all abortions where a provider knows that a woman is seeking an abortion "solely" because of a diagnosis or the "potential" of Downs Syndrome. (pfaw.org)
  • The roughly 2,200 abortions recorded by Texas clinics in September occurred as a result of new legislation that prohibits the operation once heart activity is found, which is normally around six weeks of pregnancy and without exceptions in situations of rape or incest, as well as other circumstances. (californiaexaminer.net)
  • In contradiction with major the United States Supreme Court opinions that prohibit a state from prohibiting abortion early in pregnancy, the Texas statute was crafted to virtually outmaneuvered existing precedents, according to legal experts. (californiaexaminer.net)
  • This follows a similar law passed last year in neighbouring Texas , which bans abortion after just six weeks, a period of time in which most women are just learning of their pregnancy. (tradertap.net)
  • Egyptian law does not allow abortion, nor does it allow survivors of rape or incest to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. (dw.com)
  • This article focuses on access to early medical abortion care under Section 12 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, in Ireland and identifies existing barriers resulting from gaps in current policy design. (lancs.ac.uk)
  • More than half of registered voters believe that laws banning abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy are not too restrictive, according to a new Hill-HarrisX survey. (oldfamilyfirst.org.nz)
  • MEPs regret that, due to this restrictive legislation, women have to seek unsafe abortions, travel abroad to obtain abortions or carry their pregnancy to term against their will, including in cases of fatal foetal impairment. (legalpost.eu)
  • The law, signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, bans abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, which is before many women know they're pregnant. (spokanepublicradio.org)
  • The survey found that almost 6 in 10 Americans oppose a ban on abortions after cardiac activity is detected, at about six to eight weeks into a typical pregnancy. (spokanepublicradio.org)
  • It's a measure that prevents abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy, or when a fetal heartbeat is detected, and allows individuals to sue anyone who provides assistance to someone seeking an abortion beyond that time limit. (texasstandard.org)
  • Abortion in Liechtenstein is illegal in most circumstances with limited exceptions in cases where the life of the pregnant woman is at risk, or where the pregnancy has resulted from a sexual offence. (wikipedia.org)
  • Sections 97 and 98 of the Strafgesetzbuch, respectively, prohibit termination of pregnancy without the consent of the pregnant woman and grossly negligent intervention in respect of a pregnant woman, including the promotion of abortion. (wikipedia.org)
  • A proposal to legalize abortion, in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy or when the unborn child was disabled, was defeated by 52.3% of voters in a further referendum held in September 2011. (wikipedia.org)
  • Under the new law, all abortions in Alabama will be illegal at any stage of the pregnancy unless the mother's health is in danger. (talkingpointsmemo.com)
  • The Ohio Legislature on Thursday passed a bill that would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is heard, which can happen as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. (motherjones.com)
  • In 1995, Ohio was the first state to ban so-called partial-birth abortion, an imprecise term for a rare procedure used late in pregnancy. (motherjones.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)
  • The law prohibits abortions once medical professionals can detect fetal cardiac activity, usually around six weeks into a pregnancy. (kxan.com)
  • Last week Ohio passed a more limited right to abortion via Constitutional amendment, with no restrictions up until fetal viability, around 22-24 weeks of pregnancy, or later if necessary "to protect the life or health of the mother. (americanthinker.com)
  • Abortion became a common way of dealing with an unwanted pregnancy amid the harsh Soviet economy, even though Rivkin-Fish said conditions at clinics often were "terrible. (nbc4i.com)
  • More than 40% of all women will end a pregnancy by abortion at some time in their reproductive lives. (medscape.com)
  • In states with restrictive laws, pregnancy prevention is the safest approach for women of childbearing age who face life-threatening complications in the event of pregnancy, according to Cohen. (medscape.com)
  • Using mixed-method card sort and vignette data from cognitive interviews (n = 64) and a national online survey (n = 2009), we examined individuals' understandings of pregnancy outcomes including abortion and miscarriage. (bvsalud.org)
  • Many respondents considered 'intent' when classifying pregnancy outcomes and focused on intervention to distinguish between miscarriages and abortions. (bvsalud.org)
  • Lack of knowledge regarding pregnancy experiences and ambiguity surrounding early stages of pregnancy also influenced respondents' understanding of abortion. (bvsalud.org)
  • After a spontaneous or induced abortion, people may desire to delay or prevent a future pregnancy and many desire to use contraceptive methods to do so. (bvsalud.org)
  • The most common complications of induced abortions are continuing pregnancy, retained products of conception, infection, and surgical trauma to the uterus. (medscape.com)
  • Induced abortion is not associated with subsequent extrauterine pregnancy, infertility , pregnancy loss, or abnormal placentation. (medscape.com)
  • It is the healthcare provider's job to educate women about the risks and benefits of continuing pregnancy versus induced abortion. (medscape.com)
  • A cross-sectional epidemiological study with a convenience sample of adolescents and women with pregnancy due to sexual violence and requesting legal abortion between August 1994 and December 2012, at Hospital Pérola Byington, São Paulo, Brazil. (bvsalud.org)
  • From primary data collected from patients enrolled in a referral hospital for the care of women and adolescents victims of sexual violence and legal termination of pregnancy, with the outcome variable analyzed as abortion, logistic regression was applied and the use of stepwise backward method observed that where only when the sex offender is typified as known explains the withdrawal of the procedure. (bvsalud.org)
  • What the change in the law therefore means is that women requiring pregnancy termination would have to travel to other States in the US or possibly outside the country to seek safe abortion care, resulting in untold hardships. (bvsalud.org)
  • 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)
  • He also pointed to Ohio laws beyond abortion that limit citizens' autonomy, such as the state's ban on assisted suicide. (ktar.com)
  • Earlier this month, Indiana lawmakers passed one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. (wbez.org)
  • Forty-two states have laws requiring parental consent or notification before a minor can have an abortion. (feminist.org)
  • Despite this, Barnaby's proposed bill would change all references to "fetus" to "unborn child" in the state's abortion legislation more broadly, affecting other laws and regulations. (kunc.org)
  • At the time, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signaled he might support similar legislation in his own state, telling reporters that he wanted to pass stronger laws against abortion but needed more information about the Texas law. (kunc.org)
  • The shifted ideological balance on the Supreme Court has emboldened anti-abortion politicians and organizations to rally behind laws that threaten Roe v. Wade . (complex.com)
  • Media coverage of Texas' anti-abortion laws often provides equal coverage to both sides of the debate, at the expense of fact-checking anti-abortion proponents who claim, against the advice of medical experts, that the legislation helps women, as Amanda Marcotte noted in a July 2 post for RH Reality Check. (mediamatters.org)
  • Health experts have roundly backed abortion access advocates in their assertion that laws of this nature are both medically unnecessary and dangerous to women. (mediamatters.org)
  • However, the state's immediate appeal "stays an activist Austin judge's attempt to override Texas abortion laws pending a ruling by the Texas Supreme Court," said a statement from First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster. (abc4.com)
  • And while courts in other parts of the world - Colombia, for example - are liberalizing abortion laws. (wmot.org)
  • Poland has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe. (wmot.org)
  • A federal trial opened on Monday with activists challenging four state laws that restrict abortion , including requirements that clinics meet stringent licensing standards, that patients get an ultrasound at least 24 hours before an abortion and that only doctors perform the procedure in the first trimester. (the-independent.com)
  • This corporate activism follows two particularly restrictive state laws. (tradertap.net)
  • Despite the raft of abortion bans, a CNN poll conducted by SSRS found that most people were not in favour of such restrictive laws. (tradertap.net)
  • Only 30 per cent said they would like to see the Supreme Court overturn Roe vs Wade, but 59 per cent said that if the law - which has never been a legally perfect solution to the abortion question - was overturned, they would want their state to set more permissive laws around abortion. (tradertap.net)
  • Unreliable statistics on unsafe abortion in nations where access to safe abortion is limited or non-existent prevents adequate research on the effects of abortion laws on women's health in the Middle East and North Africa area," Washington-based gender studies expert Habiba Abdelaal told DW. (dw.com)
  • Globally, there is an overwhelming trend towards the liberalization of abortion laws. (reproductiverights.org)
  • Over the past 30 years, more than 60 countries have liberalized their abortion laws. (reproductiverights.org)
  • 40% live under restrictive laws. (reproductiverights.org)
  • Forty-five percent of respondents said they believe the laws are "too restrictive. (oldfamilyfirst.org.nz)
  • Proponents of abortion rights have mounted legal challenges to new regulations passed by a number of states, but the Hill-Harris poll shows that in the court of public opinion, the laws do not currently appear to have sparked majority opposition. (oldfamilyfirst.org.nz)
  • Opponents of the state laws - which ban abortion procedures after a fetal heartbeat can be detected - have argued that they place undue burdens on women, citing research that many do not know they are pregnant at six weeks of gestation. (oldfamilyfirst.org.nz)
  • Forty-three percent of male respondents said the laws, sometimes referred to as "heartbeat bills," were too restrictive while 47 percent of women said the same. (oldfamilyfirst.org.nz)
  • There were stronger differences between age groups, however, with older respondents being much more likely to believe the new laws are too restrictive. (oldfamilyfirst.org.nz)
  • In Kentucky , a state court granted a request for a restraining order filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, its Kentucky chapter and Planned Parenthood Great Northwest to block two laws passed in 2019 that would stop abortion services in the state. (kesq.com)
  • The blocked laws include a complete abortion ban and a six-week ban. (kesq.com)
  • Courts in Arizona , Idaho and Georgia have blocked laws banning abortions at 20 weeks. (visitsedonasoon.com)
  • In April and November 2012, the Landtag considered but did not advance proposals to relax abortion laws. (wikipedia.org)
  • Laws have never been the only thing that make it harder to access abortion in the US. (popsugar.com)
  • Here is an overview of current abortion laws in Kansas. (findlaw.com)
  • She argued that it would have been better to take a more incremental approach to legalizing abortion, rather than the nationwide ruling in Roe that invalidated dozens of state antiabortion laws. (americanthinker.com)
  • In the third trimester, once the fetus reaches the point of "viability," a state may regulate abortions or prohibit them entirely, so long as the laws contain exceptions for cases when abortion is necessary to save the life or health of the mother. (americanthinker.com)
  • Poland's anti-abortion laws have always been among the most restrictive in Europe. (kff.org)
  • The country's current laws prohibit doctors from practicing abortions. (thenation.com)
  • Not only do these restrictive laws not stop abortions , research shows that extreme bans lead to more unsafe terminations in Haiti and represent a major impediment to reproductive freedom. (thenation.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)
  • Even when termination is medically appropriate, restrictive laws are making these services harder to find. (medscape.com)
  • Sunjay R. Devarajan, MD, assistant professor of pulmonary medicine and critical care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, has faced this issue in a state that has some of the most restrictive laws. (medscape.com)
  • In most countries, abortion laws regulate the procedures. (medscape.com)
  • In countries with strict abortion laws, the rate of unsafe abortions is higher. (medscape.com)
  • As discussed in this paper, restrictive laws will not prevent induced abortions but will drive patients to unsafe procedures. (medscape.com)
  • Strongly restrictive abortion laws are often enforced in developing countries. (bvsalud.org)
  • In truth, restrictive abortion laws have never been known to reduce women's desire to seek induced abortion, anywhere. (bvsalud.org)
  • The legislation bans abortions in cases of disabilities like Down Syndrome and in cases where the decision is based on the gender or race of the fetus. (wbez.org)
  • The ruling made New Jersey the fifth state to strike down a parental notification law but young women still remain a target of restrictive anti-choice legislation. (feminist.org)
  • Media coverage of Texas' restrictive anti-abortion legislation often presents a false equivalence between arguments from proponents of the legislation and women's health advocates, despite medical experts agreement that such measures are dangerous to women. (mediamatters.org)
  • According to the legislation, any private individual who brings a successful lawsuit against someone who performed or assisted a woman in obtaining an abortion after the limit is entitled to a reward of $10,000 or more, which opponents have decried as a bounty. (californiaexaminer.net)
  • As state after state in America's conservative heartland adopts reactionary abortion legislation, the beacon of the free world looks bizarrely out of kilter with even socially conservative neighbours like Mexico, where more progressive policies are being implemented. (tradertap.net)
  • The legislation even allows individuals to sue anyone who helps a woman seeking an abortion - healthcare professionals, obviously, but also a family member who might help a minor obtain care, or a driver who takes a woman to an abortion clinic. (tradertap.net)
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  • Following Brett Kavanaugh 's appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, a number of Republican-controlled states have passed legislation aiming to reduce access to abortion, in the hopes of sparking a legal challenge that could lead to the high court reconsidering its landmark 1970 Roe v. Wade decision which legalized medical termination of pregnancies. (oldfamilyfirst.org.nz)
  • Even if Kasich successfully vetoes the bill, anti-choice advocates are confident that the election of Attorney General Mike DeWine, a pro-life crusader, to the governorship will get the restrictive legislation through in the new year. (motherjones.com)
  • For instance, he asked Congress to pass "legislation to prohibit late-term abortion. (ncjw.org)
  • Recent legislation that has been implemented allows for abortion if there is a real and substantial risk to the woman's life, but in general Irish women must travel abroad for abortion services. (bmj.com)
  • Anti-abortion legislation in the United States exploits misinformation and ignores medical definitions to curtail access to essential healthcare. (bvsalud.org)
  • The abortion clinics literally forum shopped to get the outcome they wanted. (ktar.com)
  • Lawyers for abortion clinics presented witnesses who emphasized that abortion is safe, necessary health care and that pregnant Ohioans seeking the procedure were devastated when the law was briefly imposed after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade case in June. (ktar.com)
  • The provisions in question required all clinics providing abortions "in the state to meet the standards for 'ambulatory surgical centers,' including regulations concerning buildings, equipment and staffing," The New York Times explained, and required doctors who performed the procedure "to have admitting privileges at nearby hospital[s]. (mediamatters.org)
  • The immediate impact of Mangrum's decision also was unclear in a state where all abortion clinics have shuttered in the past year. (abc4.com)
  • The three female justices of the US Supreme Court - Elana Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg und Sonia Sotomayor - carry out adamant questionings while hearing the case Whole Woman's Health vs. Hellerstedt - and thus show the inconsistent argumentation for the Texas law HB2, that caused 23 out of 41 so-called abortion clinics in Texas to close between 1992 and today. (gwi-boell.de)
  • Kasich has also imposed burdensome requirements on abortion clinics, which now have to have a patient-transfer agreement with a local private hospital. (motherjones.com)
  • 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)
  • She was telling me stories about abortions being performed with wardrobe hangers in the dormitories," said Lina Zharin, a psychotherapist and feminist activist in Kaliningrad, where lawmakers are considering banning abortion in private clinics. (nbc4i.com)
  • We are going to do everything we can to prevent this from happening and are in contact with foreign abortion clinics that are ready to to provide services to Polish women. (kff.org)
  • State Rep. Anna Eskamani issued a statement calling it "a gross excuse of a bill," saying it "attacks women and birthing people who are seeking an abortion" and "attempts to mimic Texas" by creating a process for civil action against those who help people obtain abortions. (kunc.org)
  • counsels against striking down a statute solely because women may have to travel long distances to obtain abortions. (typepad.com)
  • However, abortion providers have called the law unconstitutional, considering many women won't know they're pregnant within six weeks of conception. (lex18.com)
  • Nikki Fried, Florida's agriculture commissioner and Democratic candidate for governor , said in a fundraising pitch that in addition to banning abortions before most people know they're pregnant, the proposal "turns Floridians against one another by asking citizens to enforce this extreme law. (kunc.org)
  • In a six-page ruling, the judge found that portions of the abortion law violated the rights afforded to pregnant people under the Texas Constitution. (abc4.com)
  • It argues the state is flouting a federal law called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act and placing emergency room doctors and other medical professionals in criminal jeopardy if they perform abortions to help stabilize the health of pregnant women. (wvik.org)
  • The state Senate Bill 612 would make performing an abortion "except to save the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency" punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine. (tradertap.net)
  • After they realized she was pregnant, her boyfriend obtained abortion pills through friends. (dw.com)
  • Women have no say about whether they want to get pregnant or not, or whether they want to have an abortion," Azza Soliman told DW. (dw.com)
  • Because many women still don't know they're pregnant after six weeks, pro-choice activists say the bill essentially amounts to a ban on abortion. (motherjones.com)
  • If implemented, the new provisions would dramatically change the legal framework regarding abortion and significantly improve the country's current protections for pregnant people. (thenation.com)
  • Pregnant women who gave up abortion after receiving the procedure approval were included and, in another group, pregnant women who completed the abortion. (bvsalud.org)
  • Roe vs. Wade is a well-publicized decision of the US Supreme Court in January 1973 in which the court ruled 7-2 that the US constitution protects the liberty of a pregnant woman to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction1. (bvsalud.org)
  • Oklahoma has put a near-ban on abortion, even in cases of rape or incest. (tradertap.net)
  • They cite the Virginia legislature turning Democrat due to Governor Glenn Youngkin's proposed 15-week limit on abortion with exceptions for rape, incest, or life of the mother. (americanthinker.com)
  • People who procure an abortion for themselves or consent to it also can face life in prison , with no exceptions for cases such as rape or incest. (thenation.com)
  • NATIONAL Right to Life Committee activists have persuaded the Idaho House and now a state Senate committee to adopt a bill that anti-abortion activists say will lead to a near-total prohibition of abortion here. (csmonitor.com)
  • Anti-abortion activists were elated by the outcome in the House. (csmonitor.com)
  • But in practice, activists and providers say, abortions for rape victims are almost never performed. (wmot.org)
  • So yet, no lawsuits against abortion have been launched by anti-abortion activists. (californiaexaminer.net)
  • Abortion is a relatively safe procedure for the woman, carrying less risk than a colonoscopy, plastic surgery or tonsillectomy, an expert witness testified for activists bringing the suit. (the-independent.com)
  • My body, my choice' is the mantra many abortion rights activists are chanting these days. (lakeshorepublicmedia.org)
  • Abortion-rights activists rally at the Texas Capitol in Austin on Sept. 11 in opposition to the state's restrictive new abortion law. (spokanepublicradio.org)
  • To be clear, "late-term abortion" is a medically inaccurate term coined by anti-abortion activists to create a stigma around basic health care. (ncjw.org)
  • Rapists are facing less jail time than a doctor who performs an abortion on a rape victim. (complex.com)
  • The rape exception is meaningless," says Mara Clarke, founder of the London-based Abortion Support Network . (wmot.org)
  • Restricting access to abortions for rape survivors re-victimizes women and impedes their physical, psychological, and spiritual recovery,' he said. (visitsedonasoon.com)
  • State-funded rape crisis counselors are not allowed to refer women to abortion services. (motherjones.com)
  • The law signed by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine in April 2019 prohibits most abortions after the first detectable "fetal heartbeat. (ktar.com)
  • In 2019, Missouri passed a bill that severely restricted abortion in two ways. (pfaw.org)
  • But illegal and unsafe abortions are very common in the country, with an estimated 36 percent of unintended pregnancies between 2015 and 2019 resulting in abortions, according to an ongoing global Guttmacher Institute study . (thenation.com)
  • Trump Eighth Circuit judge David Stras argued in dissent that the court should vacate a preliminary injunction against a restrictive Missouri abortion law that prohibits abortions because of possible Downs Syndrome. (pfaw.org)
  • Before the law took effect, there were more than 5,400 abortions statewide in August. (lex18.com)
  • In August, more than 5,400 abortions were performed across the state. (californiaexaminer.net)
  • The Biden administration cast the fallout from the Supreme Court's abortion ruling as a matter of gender and racial justice. (wvik.org)
  • The Supreme Court's majority decision overturning Roe v. Wade has allowed states to begin setting their own abortion policies. (kesq.com)
  • In Louisiana , a state district judge on June 27 temporarily blocked the state from "enforcing or implementing" an abortion ban that had gone into effect immediately following the Supreme Court's ruling. (kesq.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)
  • Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed the nation's most restrictive abortion bill into state law on Wednesday, and on Thursday, the Missouri Senate followed suit . (complex.com)
  • Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) signed the state's abortion ban on Wednesday evening, making the law the most strict anti-abortion measure in the country. (talkingpointsmemo.com)
  • I've seen many, many more patients end up in intensive care units after having a baby compared to women who have had an abortion," Ralston said in video testimony. (ktar.com)
  • The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Health Association condemned such measures in a joint amicus brief, writing that the measure to be implemented in Texas "jeopardize[s] the health of women" and "denies them access" to safe abortions. (mediamatters.org)
  • He estimates that about 300 to 350 women use this method of abortion every year. (oneofus.eu)
  • The challenge is believed to be the first in the U.S. brought by women who have been denied abortions since the Supreme Court last year overturned Roe v. Wade, which for nearly 50 years had affirmed the constitutional right to an abortion. (abc4.com)
  • During two days of emotional testimony in an Austin courtroom, women gave wrenching accounts of learning their babies would not survive birth and being unable to travel long distances to states where abortion is still legal. (abc4.com)
  • Campaigners intervene after police try to lead away one of the three women (centre with sunglasses) who publicly took an abortion pill during a demonstration outside Belfast's Crown and High Courts, where counter-demonstrations were held by both sides of the Northern Irish abortion argument. (the-independent.com)
  • Companies including Yelp, Citigroup, Uber and Salesforce are stepping up to help employees who need access to out-of-state healthcare, providing transportation, time off, and even legal protection for those who help women trying to get abortions. (tradertap.net)
  • After the Texas ruling, women began travelling to Oklahoma for abortions. (tradertap.net)
  • In Texas, a state legislator has threatened to prevent Citigroup from doing any municipal bond offers in the state following its announcement that it would pay travel expenses and give time off to women seeking out-of-state abortions. (tradertap.net)
  • I want other women who have gone through an abortion, or are still facing one, to know that they are not alone," she says. (dw.com)
  • Articles 260 to 264 of the penal code stipulate penalties for women, doctors, midwives and pharmacists who perform or assist in illegal abortions or who sell abortion-inducing drugs. (dw.com)
  • However, the fact that abortions are banned in Egypt does not prevent women from having one, whether they are married or not. (dw.com)
  • According to WHO figures, about 39,000 women worldwide die each year as a result of unprofessional abortions. (dw.com)
  • We recognize people who do not identify as women may also need access to abortion services. (reproductiverights.org)
  • The article draws primarily on qualitative interviews with 24 service users, 20 primary healthcare providers in the community and 27 key informants, including from grassroots groups that work with women from different migrant communities, to examine service users' experiences accessing early medical abortions on request up to 12 weeks gestation. (lancs.ac.uk)
  • Over the last 10 months, only 300 Polish women accessed abortion services in hospitals on the grounds of a threat to life and health. (legalpost.eu)
  • In a resolution adopted on Thursday by 373 votes in favour, 124 against and 55 abstentions, MEPs call on the Polish government to ensure that no more women in Poland die because of this restrictive law. (legalpost.eu)
  • They urge the Polish government to swiftly and fully guarantee access to safe, legal and free abortion services for all women. (legalpost.eu)
  • Parliament thus calls on member states to cooperate more effectively to facilitate cross-border access to abortion, for example by granting Polish women access to a free and safe abortion in other national healthcare systems. (legalpost.eu)
  • Over the past year, Abortion Without Borders have helped 34 000 women from Poland access an abortion, which represents only a fraction of the total number of Polish women needing support to access this service. (legalpost.eu)
  • Women in Liechtenstein who choose to have an abortion must cross the border, to either neighboring Switzerland or Austria, to have the procedure carried out legally or to obtain advice in relation to abortion. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2011, it was estimated that approximately 50 women a year had abortions, either illegally in Liechtenstein or abroad in either Switzerland or Austria. (wikipedia.org)
  • These include a ban on abortion after 20 weeks and a law that makes it a criminal offense for women to abort a fetus that may have Down syndrome. (motherjones.com)
  • Women have to have two in-person doctor's appointments prior to receiving an abortion and must undergo a state-mandated ultrasound. (motherjones.com)
  • The bill, co-sponsored by 45 Senators and 150 Representatives, will help expand access to health programs for women around the world, ensuring that foreign NGOs can continue to operate US-supported health programs abroad - including those providing counseling, referral, and legal abortion services. (ncjw.org)
  • A constitutional right for Irish women to travel abroad to access abortion services was established. (bmj.com)
  • 6 , 7 The Abortion Information Act in 1995 limited the information Irish doctors could give to women regarding abortion and prevented direct referrals for abortion services in the UK. (bmj.com)
  • Some see it as a throwback to the Stalinist era, when abortion was outlawed in 1936, and women ending unwanted pregnancies often turned to illegal and unsafe procedures. (nbc4i.com)
  • For the over 10 million women of reproductive age in Poland, this ruling effectively puts in place a complete ban on abortion. (kff.org)
  • Women without access to money and information, often from smaller towns and villages, will end their pregnancies in dangerous ways, on their own or by unsafe underground abortions. (kff.org)
  • Fifteen women in their first trimester were recruited for the study from a community health centre mandated for abortion. (bvsalud.org)
  • In the current paper, the authors note the estimated rate of abortions globally to be 35/1000 women between 2010 and 2014, down from 40/1000 from 1990-1994. (medscape.com)
  • The study included 941 women, 849 (90.2%) who had an abortion and 92 (9.8%) who gave up after being approved. (bvsalud.org)
  • Few research have documented the personal trajectories and decision-making processes of women who resort to legal abortion. (bvsalud.org)
  • Particular situation in cases of sexual violence is that of women who give up abortion, even after receiving care in the health service and having legally approved request. (bvsalud.org)
  • It would re-enact the case of another developed country like Romania that witnessed severe hardships and increased mortality of women after abortion became legally restricted in 1967 under President Nicolae Ceausescu4. (bvsalud.org)
  • The restrictive gender roles that these mid-century American women are instructed to incarnate develop into their prisons. (lu.se)
  • HIV infection can diseases, women are at higher risk and have a more severe be transmitted perinatally, and increasing numbers of chil- course of illness than men for many reasons, including bio- dren--estimated at 12 million--are orphaned by the dis- logic differences, social inequities, and restrictive cultural ease (2). (cdc.gov)
  • Sponsors of the bill say it was drafted to provoke a test case to challenge the 1973 US Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion. (csmonitor.com)
  • The Justice Department has issued its first legal challenge over abortion rights since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. (wvik.org)
  • Indiana becomes the first state to pass an abortion ban after Roe v. Wade was overturned by the US Supreme Court. (lakeshorepublicmedia.org)
  • Civil liberties and women's advocacy groups are expected to fight the ban in court as a violation of Roe v. Wade , which is exactly what anti-abortion conservatives are aiming for. (talkingpointsmemo.com)
  • As I reported in August, many Republicans are hoping that the Supreme Court will use such a case as an opportunity to review and overturn Roe v. Wade , the seminal case that legalized abortion nationwide. (motherjones.com)
  • Instead, the law simply codifies Roe v. Wade , ensuring that New Yorkers have access to their constitutionally-protected right to an abortion. (ncjw.org)
  • Following the June 24 decision by the US Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, several states were swift to enact tight restrictions on abortion. (medscape.com)
  • Gupta says the task force will monitor state efforts to prohibit abortion medication and limits on people's travel to other states to get health care. (wvik.org)
  • Texas' ban is among the most restrictive in the nation and has sown fears that other states will follow suit. (kunc.org)
  • Federal authorities are suing Idaho over a near-total abortion ban. (wvik.org)
  • Indiana passed a near-total abortion ban earlier this month. (lakeshorepublicmedia.org)
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  • 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)
  • Debate in the Idaho House focused on whether Idaho should lead or follow the national dialogue about abortion and whether the state should take on the legal cost of a Supreme Court case. (csmonitor.com)
  • In response, Abela's government requested the health department draft a legal amendment to the abortion law, which the Cabinet could discuss. (oneofus.eu)
  • Abortions had previously been legal in cases of fetal abnormality but last year they too were barred by a 2020 court ruling. (wmot.org)
  • Demonstrators in Krakow, Poland, hold a banner reading "Legal Abortion Without Compromise" at a December 2021 protest. (wmot.org)
  • Federal regulators' green light for pharmacists to dispense abortion pills is crashing into legal questions and simmering court battles. (worh.org)
  • 60% live where abortion is broadly legal. (reproductiverights.org)
  • This map is our definitive record of the legal status of abortion globally and is updated in real-time to show how countries are protecting - or violating - individuals' abortion rights. (reproductiverights.org)
  • Last September, a 30-year-old Polish woman died of septic shock because her doctors did not perform a life-saving abortion, waiting instead for the foetus to die because of the restrictions on legal abortions in Poland. (legalpost.eu)
  • This entailed a de facto abortion ban, as the vast majority of legal abortions in Poland were based on these grounds. (legalpost.eu)
  • In more than a dozen states, legal fights are underway over abortion bans and limits on the procedure. (kesq.com)
  • Oklahoma is one of the latest states to face new legal action challenging its abortion bans, with provider groups asking the state Supreme Court on July 1 to block a criminal abortion law enacted this year, as well as a pre-Roe abortion ban that's more than a century old. (kesq.com)
  • Abortion is still legal in Alabama for the time being. (talkingpointsmemo.com)
  • If the bill passes, the inevitable legal challenge to the law's constitutionality could make it the first abortion restriction reviewed by the newly conservative Supreme Court. (motherjones.com)
  • Abortion is legal in Kansas through viability. (findlaw.com)
  • Thereafter, abortion is legal only if the life of the mother is at risk. (findlaw.com)
  • You can also consult with a Kansas health care attorney in your area if you would like legal assistance regarding an abortion matter. (findlaw.com)
  • Conclusions The clinical experiences and opinions of the respondents suggest that the current legal availability of abortion in Ireland is insufficient to guide best clinical practice and does not represent the views of those that provide obstetric care. (bmj.com)
  • Although abortion in Russia is still legal and widely available, new restrictions are being considered as President Vladimir Putin takes an increasingly socially conservative turn and seeks to reverse the country's declining population. (nbc4i.com)
  • However, abortion rights advocates have raised concerns about the conditions under which people will be able to access legal abortions, as well as the ability of the reforms to stay in effect over the long term. (thenation.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)
  • The known sex offender was found to be associated with a two-fold greater chance of the woman giving up legal abortion. (bvsalud.org)
  • Earlier this year, Delegate Kathy Tran caused an uproar when she filed a bill seeking to loosen restrictions on late-term abortion. (the-independent.com)
  • Research by the World Health Organization has shown that abortion bans or restrictions do not reduce the number of procedures. (dw.com)
  • Was it unlimited abortion or were there restrictions? (americanthinker.com)
  • These restrictions include bans on elective abortions for almost any reason. (medscape.com)
  • If the advice is interpreted as aiding and abetting an elective abortion, it is a felony offense in some states," Cohen said. (medscape.com)
  • If even one woman is harmed by an unsafe abortion, we will hold the Polish state accountable. (kff.org)
  • Many factors - including difficulties in accessing abortion care, delays in arranging travel and funds to pay for the procedure, and changes in life circumstances - influence the decision to have an abortion after the first trimester. (ncjw.org)
  • In the second trimester, the state may impose regulations on abortion that are reasonably related to maternal health. (americanthinker.com)
  • Virginia previously limited abortion to the first 26 weeks and the ballot proposal would have changed that to 15 weeks, basically the first trimester. (americanthinker.com)
  • A Scott Rasmussen poll found that 56 percent of voters want abortion permitted only during the first trimester. (americanthinker.com)
  • This chapter provides an overview of evidence-based guidelines for medication abortion in the first trimester. (bvsalud.org)
  • A second-trimester abortion can be attempted with 200 mg mifepristone followed by repetitive doses of misoprostol. (medscape.com)
  • Nowhere in Ohio's Constitution does a right to an abortion exist. (ktar.com)
  • PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: The Justice Department stepped in to make sure that this extreme state law criminalizing abortion does not put women's health and lives at risk. (wvik.org)
  • They reiterate their strong condemnation of the illegitimate Constitutional Tribunal's ruling of 22 October 2020 imposing a near-total ban on abortion and putting women's health and lives at risk. (legalpost.eu)
  • 4 In 1983, the Eighth Amendment of the Irish Constitution (Article 40.3.3) was passed by the Irish public, which effectively banned abortion in all situations in Ireland, guaranteeing to protect the life of the unborn and its equal right to life to the mother. (bmj.com)
  • He said the state failed to prove that the ban on most abortions after detection of fetal cardiac activity is narrowly tailored enough not to infringe on those rights. (ktar.com)
  • In that first month, abortions in the state fell by 60%, according to new figures that for the first time reveal a full accounting of the immediate impact. (lex18.com)
  • One Republican state lawmaker has introduced a restrictive abortion bill that is drawing comparisons to the ban recently enacted in Texas. (kunc.org)
  • Outside scholars say that, like the Idaho case, the federal law could be a, quote, "sword to poke holes in state abortion bans. (wvik.org)
  • Abortions in Texas decreased by 60 percent in the first month after the state passed the most restrictive abortion ruling in the United States in decades, according to new numbers that disclose for the first time a comprehensive assessment of the immediate effect. (californiaexaminer.net)
  • In Wisconsin , the Republican-controlled state legislature declined on June 22 to repeal an 1849 state law banning abortion during a special session called by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers - allowing it to take effect again after the high court overturned Roe. (kesq.com)
  • Mississippi law states that within 10 days of the state attorney general confirming Roe has been overturned, abortions are prohibited in the state. (kesq.com)
  • The state passed a separate 15-week abortion ban in 2018, which was the law at the center of the case the Supreme Court ruled on last month. (kesq.com)
  • In North Dakota , a 2007 abortion ban takes effect 30 days after the law is certified by the state attorney general to the Legislative Council, a nonpartisan arm of the state's legislature. (kesq.com)
  • Viewed from the proper perspective, the State's articulation of rational legislative objectives, which was backed by evidence placed before the state legislature, easily supplied a connection between the admitting-privileges rule and the desirable protection of abortion patients' health. (typepad.com)
  • State statutes require notification of at least one parent prior to an abortion, and mandate a 24-hour waiting period before the procedure. (findlaw.com)
  • The state Supreme Court upheld the lower court's ruling last month and said the state constitution protected abortion rights in some situations. (commondreams.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)
  • Burgum, who also signed a bill prohibiting gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth last week, argued that the new abortion ban 'reaffirms North Dakota as a pro-life state. (commondreams.org)
  • My state of Colorado has no limits on abortion, allowing it from conception until birth. (americanthinker.com)
  • It is also contradictory to the spirit of the Dobbs decision, which turned abortion over to each individual state. (americanthinker.com)
  • Decisions regarding abortion can have serious consequences, both emotionally and legally. (findlaw.com)
  • Introduction The provision of abortion services in the Republic of Ireland is legally restricted. (bmj.com)
  • Death from abortion is almost unknown in the United States or in other countries where abortion is legally available. (medscape.com)
  • He said Ohio's law is "consistent with good medical practice" and that he views performing abortions under its limited exceptions - which include the life of the mother or risk of extensive internal organ damage - is medically ethical. (ktar.com)
  • AUSTIN, Texas - Texas began enforcing a new, restrictive law on abortion in September. (lex18.com)
  • The measure is drawing comparisons to the restrictive abortion law recently passed in Texas, which the U.S. Supreme Court declined to block . (kunc.org)
  • The Supreme Court temporarily blocked implementation of two provisions of Texas' extreme efforts to restrict abortion through a targeted regulation of abortion providers (TRAP) law. (mediamatters.org)
  • Abortions in Texas dropped 60 percent in the month after the restrictive new law. (californiaexaminer.net)
  • Because there are few alternatives available, abortion providers in Texas have conceded that the ban is likely to remain on the books for the foreseeable future. (californiaexaminer.net)
  • Texas also has a separate abortion ban dating back to 1925, which the state's Republican attorney general has tried to enforce since the US Supreme Court decision. (kesq.com)
  • A clear majority of Americans, including most Republicans, opposes key provisions of the controversial new Texas abortion law , the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds . (spokanepublicradio.org)
  • So why have so few well-known brands spoken out about Texas' new abortion law, SB 8? (texasstandard.org)
  • Emmy Liederman writes for ADWEEK that Texas' new abortion law is a call to action for brands and ad agencies. (texasstandard.org)
  • But so far, most ad agencies and corporate brands haven't been pressured by consumers or by other corporate action to take a position on the Texas abortion law. (texasstandard.org)
  • Listen to the interview above or read the transcript below to learn more about why Texas' abortion law hasn't galvanized large-scale corporate response. (texasstandard.org)
  • And this ad redirects readers to access accessisfreedom.com, where they're invited to help expand abortion access in Texas by donating to some of these nonprofit organizations and spreading the word on social media. (texasstandard.org)
  • How many lawsuits could come out of Texas' new abortion law? (kxan.com)
  • How restrictive is Texas' latest abortion law? (kxan.com)
  • The narrow exception of the Fifth Circuit's reversal if that the admitting privileges requirement 'may not be enforced against abortion providers who timely applied for admitting privileges under the statute but are awaiting a response from the hospital. (typepad.com)
  • Under the current law, it is illegal for a woman to get an abortion in Malta or go through any procedure that may trigger one, Euractive writes. (oneofus.eu)
  • Abortions are illegal in Egypt unless they are necessary to save a married woman's life. (dw.com)
  • Two years after Stalin's death in 1953, authorities reversed the ban to curtail dangerous illegal abortions. (nbc4i.com)
  • Making abortion illegal will not reduce the number of procedures, research shows. (kff.org)
  • Illegal abortions are unsafe and account for 13% of all maternal mortality and serious complications. (medscape.com)
  • If this happens, it would mean that abortion could instantly become illegal in 26 out of the 50 US States. (bvsalud.org)
  • Yet despite the health community's denouncement of the provisions, the media often fails to interrogate anti-abortion proponents' false claims on the law. (mediamatters.org)
  • In addition, it permits anyone to seek an injunction against any doctor planning to perform an abortion. (csmonitor.com)
  • A host of women's rights advocates, politicians, celebrities, and artists took to social media to denounce the restrictive measures in Alabama and Missouri, and call on their followers to donate to reproductive rights organizations such as Alabama's Yellow Hammer Fund ( which you can do here ) and Missouri's Gateway Access Women's Fund ( which is right here ). (complex.com)
  • And they now find themselves in a country that severely restricts access to reproductive health care, including both contraception and abortion. (wmot.org)
  • Reproductive rights are also jeopardized by a Supreme Court, with three Trump justices, that has agreed to consider a restrictive Mississippi ban on abortion next Term. (pfaw.org)
  • The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and the Alliance for Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Justice describe Egypt as being one of the most restrictive countries in the world when it comes to abortion. (dw.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)
  • We hope that this comprehensive review helps the health care community make strides to increase access to abortion in a time when reproductive health care is continuously restricted. (bvsalud.org)
  • Advancing our understanding of abortion and miscarriage definitions improves reproductive health research by elucidating potential areas of confusion that may lead to misreporting of reproductive experiences as well as highlighting ways that blurred definitions may be exploited by abortion opponents. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Food and Drug Administration earlier this month removed a longtime restriction that only doctors could dispense mifepristone, which is approved for abortions up to 10 weeks. (worh.org)
  • The Supreme Court will rule on the validity of a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks. (tradertap.net)
  • By now, you've likely heard that SB 8, Texas's draconian (and frankly dystopian) law banning abortions after six weeks, has taken effect. (popsugar.com)
  • Up until 9 weeks gestation, 200 mg mifepristone followed by 800 µg of misoprostol is the recommended regimen for medical abortion. (medscape.com)
  • The ancient Romans did not consider a fetus a person until after birth, and abortion was practiced widely. (medscape.com)
  • the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives. (americanthinker.com)
  • The interviews were part of a wider mixed-methods study from 2020-2021 examining the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of abortion policy in Ireland. (lancs.ac.uk)
  • 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)
  • Little is known about how individuals most likely to need this care define abortion, in general or as distinct from miscarriage, and how this might impact access to, utilization of, and experiences of care. (bvsalud.org)
  • We find that abortion and miscarriage definitions are socially constructed and multi-layered. (bvsalud.org)
  • In 2003, President George W. Bush signed the federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act, outlawing the procedure. (motherjones.com)
  • He stressed that this amendment was not about legalising abortion but about saving mothers' lives endangered by their pregnancies. (oneofus.eu)