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An analysis from the Gender Equity Policy Institute found that from 2019 to 2022, the rate of maternal mortality cases in Texas rose by 56%, compared with just 11% nationwide during the same time period. Within a year after Texas' abortion ban took effect in 2021, maternal mortality rose in all racial groups studied, according to the Institute ...
The Texas Heartbeat Act contains twelve sections. [55] Although the Act is best known for its provisions that outlaw abortion after cardiac activity has been detected, and that authorize private lawsuits against those who violate the Act, the Act includes other provisions that further restrict abortion and deter litigants from challenging abortion laws in court. [56]
A vast majority of Texas OB-GYNs feel they cannot provide the highest-quality care to their pregnant patients under the state's near-total abortion ban — and one in five has considered leaving ...
N/A; abortion is banned here. [201] Texas: Fertilization N/A; abortion is banned here. N/A; abortion is banned here. N/A; abortion is banned here. 100% N/A; abortion is banned here. N/A; abortion is banned here. [203] Utah: 18 weeks Yes No Yes 62% Yes One Vermont: At any stage None No None 38% No No Virginia: 25 weeks Yes 24 hours Yes 78% Yes ...
Texas became the first U.S. state to ban most abortion in the 21st century with the passage of Senate Bill 8 in 2021 and currently has one of the strictest prohibitions on the procedure in the ...
The trigger ban will make performing an abortion a felony, subject to penalties of up to life in prison and a fine of at least $100,000. ... “But the funding networks in Texas have ceased ...
A ban on abortion at 20 weeks post-fertilization and recognize that the state has a compelling interest to protect fetuses from pain (aka a "fetal pain" bill). [3] Requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital within 30 miles (48 km). [2]
A new Texas abortion law has no exception for rape. Supporters say the state can arrest more rapists. But Texas solves fewer cases than the U.S. average.